Larry King’s Big Numbers, O’Reilly Beats Network TV

Cable news ratings, July 30, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Larry King rode the combination of Michael Jackson‘s personal chef and Ann Coulter and Al Sharpton arguing with each other to ratings success last night. King’s 9pmET show had the highest ratings of an CNN program, and was a clear #2 in the hour (FNC’s Hannity was #1 by far).

• FNC’s Bill O’Reilly had a huge night last night – by far the best ratings on cable news. As TVNewser noted in a tweet: “Bill O’Reilly on cable’s Fox News topped 30Rock/Parks&Rec reruns on NBC which averaged 3.38M.”

• Rachel Maddow at 9pmET was MSNBC’s top program last night in the A25-54 demo, but not in total viewers.

• In the race for #2 in prime time, CNN won in both categories.

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 605	Blitzer 169	Matthews 173	Prime 137
6 pm	Baier 470	Blitzer 227	EdShow 166	Prime 99
7 pm	Shep 529	Dobbs 202	Matthews 226	Issues 155
8 pm	O’Reilly 901	Brown 255	Olbermann 273	Grace 223
9 pm	Hannity 645	King 475	Maddow 309	Issues 130
10 pm	Greta 587	Cooper 346	Olbermann 264	Grace 185
11 pm	O’Reilly 596	Cooper 276	Maddow 153	Showbiz 227
TOTAL DAY	352	180	118	126
PRIME TIME	711	358	282	177
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2272	Blitzer 844	Matthews 521	Prime 286
6 pm	Baier 1969	Blitzer 941	EdShow 521	Prime 258
7 pm	Shep 1905	Dobbs 845	Matthews 749	Issues 360
8 pm	O’Reilly 3515	Brown 972	Olbermann 980	Grace 581
9 pm	Hannity 2415	King 1471	Maddow 914	Issues 464
10 pm	Greta 2046	Cooper 1109	Olbermann 671	Grace 411
11 pm	O’Reilly 1601	Cooper 660	Maddow 382	Showbiz 452
TOTAL DAY	1287	624	374	287
PRIME TIME	2660	1184	855	480
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.