MSNBC Goes Doc Block In Prime Time Wednesday, Finishes Fourth

Cable news ratings, November 25, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• MSNBC made the choice to go into doc block programming Wednesday night, which is normally the programming reserved for the weekends and holidays. So with no new prime time shows, the network finished 4th in prime time in the A25-54 demographic and total viewers. Fox News, as usual, was 1st by far, with HLN 2nd in demo and CNN 2nd in total viewers.

• The top program of the night was Bill O’Reilly‘s 8pmET show on Fox News – which was basically a Dennis Miller greatest hits show – in total viewers and 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 641	Blitzer 124	Matthews 110	Prime 80
6 pm	Baier 511	Blitzer 79	EdShow 125	Prime 84
7 pm	Shep 519	Tonight 108	Special 77	Issues 99
8 pm	O’Reilly 794	Brown 143	Special 123	Grace 256
9 pm	Hannity 484	King 188	Special 121	Behar 177
10 pm	Greta 421	Cooper 132	Special 95	Grace 194
11 pm	O’Reilly 344	Cooper 136	Special 69	Showbiz 154
TOTAL DAY	365	122	93	115
PRIME TIME	569	154	113	201
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2344	Blitzer 513	Matthews 433	Prime 182
6 pm	Baier 2180	Blitzer 393	EdShow 423	Prime 216
7 pm	Shep 1888	Tonight 485	Special 306	Issues 303
8 pm	O’Reilly 2914	Brown 733	Special 390	Grace 683
9 pm	Hannity 1785	King 922	Special 402	Behar 460
10 pm	Greta 1467	Cooper 626	Special 268	Grace 443
11 pm	O’Reilly 1141	Cooper 441	Special 181	Showbiz 388
TOTAL DAY	1360	488	297	274
PRIME TIME	2060	761	353	515
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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