O’Reilly Has Top Show In Megyn Kelly’s Return From Maternity Leave

Cable news ratings, December 3, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly had the top cable news show Thursday night, in Megyn Kelly‘s return from maternity leave. Kelly will make weekly appearances on the show, while she will return to her regular anchoring gig at America’s Newsroom in January.

• The top non-FNC show in the demo was Anderson Cooper‘s 10pmET CNN show, and the top non-FNC show in total viewers was Keith Olbermann‘s 8pmET MSNBC show.

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   463	Blitzer   90	Matthews   92	Prime   78
6 pm	Baier   455	Blitzer   124	EdShow   90	Prime   108
7 pm	Shep   486	Tonight   164	Matthews   117	Issues   110
8 pm	O’Reilly   836	Brown   125	Olbermann   248	Grace   218
9 pm	Hannity   524	King   231	Maddow   217	Behar   241
10 pm	Greta   484	Cooper   264	Olbermann   232	Grace   215
11 pm	O’Reilly   468	Cooper   209	Maddow   163	Showbiz   215
TOTAL DAY	378	143	101	132
PRIME TIME	615	207	232	218
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2115	Blitzer   489	Matthews   432	Prime   204
6 pm	Baier   2069	Blitzer   583	EdShow   421	Prime   226
7 pm	Shep   2025	Tonight   658	Matthews   550	Issues   331
8 pm	O’Reilly   3384	Brown   659	Olbermann   1008	Grace   720
9 pm	Hannity   2204	King   863	Maddow   789	Behar   786
10 pm	Greta   1836	Cooper   738	Olbermann   613	Grace   514
11 pm	O’Reilly   1308	Cooper   509	Maddow   427	Showbiz   414
TOTAL DAY	1475	513	373	321
PRIME TIME	2476	754	803	653
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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