Fox News Tops CNN, MSNBC, HLN Combined In Prime Time Monday

Cable news ratings, September 28, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News was the top cable news network during prime time Monday night, in the A25-54 demographic and total viewers. The network topped CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined during that time in both categories. Bill O’Reilly had the #1 show of the night.

• The top non-FNC show in the demo was, for the first time since we started here at Mediaite in early July, MSNBC’s 7pmET broadcast of Hardball with Chris Matthews. The top non-FNC show in total viewers was Countdown an hour later.

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   501	Blitzer   139	Matthews   124	Prime   113
6 pm	Baier   343	Blitzer   137	EdShow   140	Prime   88
7 pm	Shep   460	Dobbs   170	Matthews   236	Issues   171
8 pm	O’Reilly   873	Brown   157	Olbermann   198	Grace   259
9 pm	Hannity   652	King   189	Maddow   187	Issues   177
10 pm	Greta   540	Cooper   205	Olbermann   198	Grace   267
11 pm	O’Reilly   469	Cooper   188	Maddow   134	Showbiz   217
TOTAL DAY	398	148	140	166
PRIME TIME	689	184	194	230
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2317	Blitzer   621	Matthews   551	Prime   213
6 pm	Baier   2055	Blitzer   641	EdShow   589	Prime   245
7 pm	Shep   1903	Dobbs   616	Matthews   706	Issues   509
8 pm	O’Reilly   3353	Brown   655	Olbermann   726	Grace   782
9 pm	Hannity   2203	King   605	Maddow   603	Issues   480
10 pm	Greta   1975	Cooper   526	Olbermann   509	Grace   513
11 pm	O’Reilly   1531	Cooper   369	Maddow   359	Showbiz   367
TOTAL DAY	1557	538	388	334
PRIME TIME	2515	595	613	577
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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