Geraldo Wins Demo, Huckabee Wins Total Viewers

by Steve Krakauer | 2:39 pm, August 4th, 2009

RATINGS

Cable news ratings, August 1, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• The top rated cable news program in the A25-54 demographic on Saturday was FNC’s Geraldo At Large at 10pmET. #1 in total viewers was the 8pmET program Huckabee on FNC. FNC won every hour from 5pmET-MidnightET in both categories, except in the demo at 11pmET (finished #3).

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

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)

5 pm

NewsHQ

219

Newsroom

162

Special

243

News

6 pm

NewsHQ

203

SitRoom

131

Special

178

Prime

7 pm

Report

220

Newsroom

165

Special

194

Issues

8 pm

Huckabee

281

Reclaiming the Dream

147

Special

158

Grace

9 pm

Beck

274

–

Investigates

106

Issues

125

10 pm

Geraldo

315

Newsroom

122

Investigates

170

Grace

105

11 pm

JER/FNW

179/193

Reclaiming the Dream

204

Investigates

282

Showbiz

116

TOTAL DAY

208

154

172

223

PRIME TIME

290

139

145

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)

5 pm

NewsHQ

842

Newsroom

676

Special

548

News

163

6 pm

NewsHQ

844

SitRoom

621

Special

442

Prime

133

7 pm

Report

995

Newsroom

661

Special

430

Issues

127

8 pm

Huckabee

1488

Reclaiming the Dream

602

Special

396

Grace

279

9 pm

Beck

1188

–

Investigates

272

Issues

393

10 pm

Geraldo

1026

Newsroom

575

Investigates

314

Grace

288

11 pm

JER/FNW

685/668

Reclaiming the Dream

396

Investigates

468

Showbiz

306

TOTAL DAY

834

525

349

233

PRIME TIME

1234

594

327

305

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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