Glenn Beck And Bill O’Reilly Juan Williams Split As Top Show Friday Night
Cable news ratings, October 2, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Glenn Beck had the top cable news show Friday night in the A25-54 demographic, averaging 689,000 in the A25-54 demographic. His colleague Bill O”Reilly Juan Williams (he filled in for O’Reilly Friday night) stayed in his usual top spot in total viewers, averaging 2,743,000 total viewers.
• CNN’s Larry King had the top non-FNC show Friday night, in both categories, at 9pmET.
Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
689 |
Blitzer
145 |
Matthews
114 |
Prime
86 |
| 6 pm | Baier
523 |
Blitzer
76 |
EdShow
131 |
Prime
105 |
| 7 pm | Shep
455 |
Dobbs
171 |
Matthews
152 |
Issues
92 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
657 |
Brown
175 |
Olbermann
282 |
Grace
187 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
491 |
King
295 |
Maddow
227 |
Behar
169 |
| 10 pm | Greta
444 |
Cooper
226 |
Olbermann
181 |
Grace
177 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
318 |
Cooper
261 |
Maddow
155 |
Showbiz
233 |
| TOTAL DAY | 356 | 176 | 142 | 138 |
| PRIME TIME | 534 | 232 | 230 | 174 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
2598 |
Blitzer
663 |
Matthews
506 |
Prime
212 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2312 |
Blitzer
532 |
EdShow
533 |
Prime
307 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1866 |
Dobbs
734 |
Matthews
595 |
Issues
311 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2743 |
Brown
758 |
Olbermann
785 |
Grace
668 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2583 |
King
1151 |
Maddow
751 |
Behar
565 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2083 |
Cooper
819 |
Olbermann
488 |
Grace
400 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1383 |
Cooper
560 |
Maddow
392 |
Showbiz
494 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1568 | 608 | 395 | 317 |
| PRIME TIME | 2473 | 909 | 675 | 531 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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