Glenn Beck Has Most Demo Viewers on Cable News Friday

Cable news ratings, August 14, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Glenn Beck topped the prime time shows on Fox News for the most A25-54 demographic viewers on Friday, with 658,000. The 5pmET show had the 2nd most total viewers, behind his colleague Bill O’Reilly (Update: FNC had Laura Ingraham as guest host) at 8pmET.

• It was the 4th night in a row that Fox News beat all its competitors (CNN, MSNBC HLN and CNBC) combined in total viewers during prime time. It also beat the four networks combined in total viewers during the total day period on Friday.

• The best non-FNC program Friday night during prime time was MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann in the demo and CNN’s Larry King Live in total viewers.

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   658	Blitzer   114	Matthews   123	Prime   84
6 pm	Baier   542	Blitzer   178	EdShow   122	Prime   90
7 pm	Shep   403	Dobbs   189	Matthews   140	Issues   120
8 pm	O’Reilly   649	Brown   178	Olbermann   307	Grace   170
9 pm	Hannity   642	King   233	Maddow   243	Issues   152
10 pm	Greta   509	Cooper   194	Olbermann   176	Grace   98
11 pm	O’Reilly   555	Cooper   158	Maddow   132	Showbiz   109
TOTAL DAY	397	136	135	113
PRIME TIME	600	201	242	139
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2502	Blitzer   610	Matthews   487	Prime   146
6 pm	Baier   2002	Blitzer   574	EdShow   414	Prime   199
7 pm	Shep   1602	Dobbs   600	Matthews   502	Issues   284
8 pm	O’Reilly   2809	Brown   461	Olbermann   887	Grace   520
9 pm	Hannity   2278	King   1059	Maddow   853	Issues   350
10 pm	Greta   1778	Cooper   674	Olbermann   653	Grace   260
11 pm	O’Reilly   1506	Cooper   518	Maddow   446	Showbiz   264
TOTAL DAY	1443	520	415	251
PRIME TIME	2291	731	798	371
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.