Laura Ingraham Tops All Cable News Competition Tuesday Night
Cable news ratings, September 1, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Laura Ingraham, in for Bill O’Reilly last night, had the most total viewers and A25-54 demographic on cable news last night, by a significant margin. He had 206,000 more demo viewers than #2 Sean HannityGlenn Beck.
• The top non-FNC show was Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC in total viewers, and HLN’s Nancy Grace 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) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
629 |
Blitzer
103 |
Matthews
108 |
Prime
138 |
| 6 pm | Baier
446 |
Blitzer
126 |
EdShow
105 |
Prime
144 |
| 7 pm | Shep
447 |
Dobbs
81 |
Matthews
144 |
Issues
195 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
901 |
Brown
151 |
Olbermann
351 |
Grace
435 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
695 |
King
300 |
Maddow
257 |
Issues
197 |
| 10 pm | Greta
660 |
Cooper
223 |
Olbermann
232 |
Grace
292 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
510 |
Cooper
239 |
Maddow
191 |
Showbiz
177 |
| TOTAL DAY | 433 | 145 | 130 | 185 |
| PRIME TIME | 754 | 225 | 280 | 301 |
| 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
2778 |
Blitzer
614 |
Matthews
498 |
Prime
263 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2104 |
Blitzer
570 |
EdShow
527 |
Prime
274 |
| 7 pm | Shep
2069 |
Dobbs
420 |
Matthews
616 |
Issues
470 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3439 |
Brown
838 |
Olbermann
1271 |
Grace
957 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2632 |
King
1113 |
Maddow
968 |
Issues
531 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2242 |
Cooper
866 |
Olbermann
788 |
Grace
566 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1420 |
Cooper
641 |
Maddow
501 |
Showbiz
393 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1621 | 615 | 448 | 366 |
| PRIME TIME | 2773 | 939 | 1009 | 672 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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