FNC Tops Cable News Competition Combined In Prime Time Demo and Total Viewers
Cable news ratings, December 16, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Fox News Channel regularly beats CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined in total viewers every weeknight during prime time. But last night, they also beat the cable news competition combined in the A25-54 demographic during prime time – averaging 695,000 to 627,000. They also topped the other three combined in total viewers, total day.
• The top non-FNC show was Nancy Grace on HLN at 8pmET in the demo, and Keith Olbermann on MSNBC at 8pmET in total viewers.
Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
665 |
Blitzer
88 |
Matthews
94 |
Prime
132 |
| 6 pm | Baier
474 |
Blitzer
124 |
EdShow94 | Prime
81 |
| 7 pm | Shep
469 |
Tonight
115 |
Matthews
160 |
Issues
128 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
894 |
Brown
111 |
Olbermann
249 |
Grace
258 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
692 |
King
184 |
Maddow
208 |
Behar
168 |
| 10 pm | Greta
496 |
Cooper
232 |
Olbermann
279 |
Grace
210 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
568 |
Cooper
160 |
Maddow
151 |
Showbiz
199 |
| TOTAL DAY | 398 | 135 | 109 | 150 |
| PRIME TIME | 695 | 175 | 245 | 207 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
2476 |
Blitzer
621 |
Matthews
527 |
Prime
278 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2172 |
Blitzer
553 |
EdShow
488 |
Prime
254 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1997 |
Tonight
534 |
Matthews
560 |
Issues
405 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3362 |
Brown
484 |
Olbermann
1068 |
Grace
826 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2369 |
King
820 |
Maddow
915 |
Behar
645 |
| 10 pm | Greta
1706 |
Cooper
921 |
Olbermann
753 |
Grace
501 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1611 |
Cooper
489 |
Maddow
404 |
Showbiz
382 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1477 | 542 | 415 | 347 |
| PRIME TIME | 2480 | 742 | 912 | 638 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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