Glenn Beck Has Most Demo Viewers Again, CNN Strong in Prime Time
Cable news ratings, August 27, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• For the 2nd night in a row, FNC’s Glenn Beck had the top-rated show on cable news in the A25-54 demographic. Bill O’Reilly had the most total viewers. It was a bigger than usual night for CNN as well.
• CNN was #2 in prime time in both categories. Larry King had the top non-FNC show.
• Campbell Brown topped MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann in both categories, and HLN’s Nancy Grace finished ahead of Olbermann at 8pmET in the demo. Rachel Maddow finished 4th in the demo as well.
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
762 |
Blitzer
193 |
Matthews
166 |
Prime
145 |
| 6 pm | Baier
446 |
Blitzer
249 |
EdShow
187 |
Prime
199 |
| 7 pm | Shep
418 |
Dobbs
241 |
Matthews
271 |
Issues
286 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
757 |
Brown
337 |
Olbermann
276 |
Grace
347 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
691 |
King
378 |
Maddow
279 |
Issues
297 |
| 10 pm | Greta
623 |
Cooper
343 |
Olbermann
258 |
Grace
234 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
597 |
Cooper
226 |
Maddow
199 |
Showbiz
167 |
| TOTAL DAY | 407 | 214 | 156 | 165 |
| PRIME TIME | 693 | 352 | 271 | 287 |
| 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
2544 |
Blitzer
1158 |
Matthews
519 |
Prime
346 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1906 |
Blitzer
997 |
EdShow
541 |
Prime
507 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1697 |
Dobbs
791 |
Matthews
783 |
Issues
760 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2896 |
Brown
1243 |
Olbermann
1199 |
Grace
957 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2402 |
King
1464 |
Maddow
1112 |
Issues
788 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2330 |
Cooper
1280 |
Olbermann
800 |
Grace
638 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1478 |
Cooper
686 |
Maddow
608 |
Showbiz
434 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1483 | 810 | 499 | 404 |
| PRIME TIME | 2545 | 1329 | 1037 | 777 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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