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)
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)
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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