Geraldo Wins Demo, Huckabee Wins Total Viewers

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 57
6 pm	NewsHQ 203	SitRoom 131	Special 178	Prime 46
7 pm	Report 220	Newsroom 165	Special 194	Issues 27
8 pm	Huckabee 281	Reclaiming the Dream 147	Special 158	Grace 79
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	98
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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