Glenn Beck’s “Time To Be Heard” Special #2 On Cable News

by Steve Krakauer | 6:20 pm, November 16th, 2009

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Cable news ratings, November 13, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Glenn Beck’s much-discussed “Time To Be Heard” special on Friday night gave the program the 2nd best ratings on cable news, in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. Bill O’Reilly had the top program, again, on cable news.

• The top non-FNC show on cable news was Keith Olbermann’s MSNBC 8pmET hour in total viewers and Nancy Grace’s 8pmET HLN show in the demo.

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

768

Blitzer

165

Matthews

131

Prime

6 pm

Baier

467

Blitzer

152

EdShow

143

Prime

7 pm

Shep

355

Dobbs

Matthews

168

Issues

155

8 pm

O’Reilly

843

Special

140

Olbermann

264

Grace

319

9 pm

Hannity

624

King

123

Maddow

223

Behar

145

10 pm

Greta

483

Cooper

177

Olbermann

196

Grace

229

11 pm

O’Reilly

525

Cooper

198

Maddow

234

Showbiz

169

TOTAL DAY

430

146

127

141

PRIME TIME

650

147

228

226

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

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)

5 pm

Beck

2803

Blitzer

807

Matthews

609

Prime

239

6 pm

Baier

2301

Blitzer

731

EdShow

521

Prime

207

7 pm

Shep

1872

Dobbs

541

Matthews

657

Issues

354

8 pm

O’Reilly

3324

Special

683

Olbermann

876

Grace

864

9 pm

Hannity

2178

King

588

Maddow

791

Behar

629

10 pm

Greta

1904

Cooper

564

Olbermann

416

Grace

433

11 pm

O’Reilly

1641

Cooper

548

Maddow

444

Showbiz

352

TOTAL DAY

1612

567

404

326

PRIME TIME

2469

612

694

624

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

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6 comments

Sunnyr says:

November 16, 2009 at 7:46 pm

Great show, Glenn! Keep ‘em coming. You are making a difference, as your numbers verify.

Medisnob says:

November 16, 2009 at 11:02 pm

Man, that 25-54 demo is getting EMBARRASSING! Fox is cleaning up the prime demo. More layoffs at the alphabets because they can’t sell those numbers.

tjl says:

November 17, 2009 at 1:46 am

Seems to me like a lot of 25-54 year old conservative guys and gals have little going on in the 5pm-11pm hours. EMBARRASSING! Heh. Can’t sell those numbers.

TKowalski says:

November 17, 2009 at 3:59 am

It could be nice to see the above numbers over a long period. Have anyone made such a chart?

Pat Doherty says:

November 17, 2009 at 10:56 am

Shouldn’t you guys just call the non-FNC bracket “The Losers?”

MikeLI631 says:

November 17, 2009 at 11:20 am

This show was something, ALL TV shows should be…maybe someday we, viewers will realize this.

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