FNC Tops Competition Combined In Total Viewers During Prime Time Tuesday Night

Cable news ratings, September 22, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News averaged 2,504,000 total viewers in prime time last night, topping CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined. Bill O’Reilly had the top show on cable news, in the A25-54 demographic and total viewers. Glenn Beck at 5pmET was #2.

• The top non-FNC program of the night was HLN’s Nancy Grace at 8pmET in the demo and MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann during the same hour in total viewers (Lawrence O’Donnell filled in for Olbermann).

Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 683	Blitzer 146	Matthews 152	Prime 158
6 pm	Baier 447	Blitzer 209	EdShow 166	Prime 117
7 pm	Shep 498	Dobbs 229	Matthews 234	Issues 144
8 pm	O’Reilly 811	Brown 199	Olbermann 297	Grace 312
9 pm	Hannity 639	King 260	Maddow 281	Issues 156
10 pm	Greta 480	Cooper 289	Olbermann 227	Grace 225
11 pm	O’Reilly 488	Cooper 283	Maddow 133	Showbiz 248
TOTAL DAY	429	186	144	163
PRIME TIME	643	250	268	226
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2983	Blitzer 689	Matthews 613	Prime 297
6 pm	Baier 2120	Blitzer 809	EdShow 566	Prime 305
7 pm	Shep 2053	Dobbs 697	Matthews 790	Issues 390
8 pm	O’Reilly 3242	Brown 724	Olbermann 896	Grace 857
9 pm	Hannity 2396	King 825	Maddow 884	Issues 466
10 pm	Greta 1874	Cooper 858	Olbermann 573	Grace 542
11 pm	O’Reilly 1572	Cooper 727	Maddow 382	Showbiz 492
TOTAL DAY	1649	590	437	358
PRIME TIME	2504	802	785	605
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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