Fox News Dominates Obama Address Coverage, MSNBC #2 In Prime Time

Cable news ratings, September 9, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News had the top ratings last night for Pres. Obama’s address to Congress. FNC beat CNN and MSNBC combined in total viewers during prime time. MSNBC topped CNN in prime time in the A25-54 demographic.

• Bill O’Reilly‘s delayed O’Reilly Factor, beginning around 9:20pmET, was the top rated cable news program. It had even higher ratings than the Pres. Obama address.

• CNN ranked #2 during the actual speech, but when it came to analysis after, MSNBC moved up to 2nd in both categories.

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   704	Blitzer   133	Matthews   134	Prime   117
6 pm	Baier   483	Blitzer   138	EdShow   133	Prime   91
7 pm	Shep   534	Dobbs   196	Matthews   322	Issues   166
8 pm	Presidential Address   1260	Presidential Address   1056	Presidential Address   852	Grace   284
9 pm	O’Reilly   1467	King   726	Olbermann   812	Issues   260
10 pm	Hannity Special   1095	Cooper   408	Maddow   611	Grace   254
11 pm	Greta   872	Analysis   275	Ed Show   340	Showbiz   225
TOTAL DAY	542	285	240	161
PRIME TIME	1290	734	791	264
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2829	Blitzer   648	Matthews   520	Prime   258
6 pm	Baier   2295	Blitzer   552	EdShow   508	Prime   269
7 pm	Shep   2170	Dobbs   739	Matthews   877	Issues   399
8 pm	Presidential Address   4424	Presidential Address   2696	Presidential Address   2449	Grace   784
9 pm	O’Reilly   5129	King   2189	Olbermann   2304	Issues   555
10 pm	Hannity Special   3499	Cooper   1226	Maddow   1742	Grace   589
11 pm	Greta   2318	Analysis   1148	Ed Show   1035	Showbiz   476
TOTAL DAY	1943	839	723	344
PRIME TIME	4450	2044	2237	632
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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