O’Reilly’s Spat With Ingraham Helps Factor To Another Best Cable News Show Win

Cable news ratings, December 17, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly‘s dust-up with his usual fill-in host Laura Ingraham occurred on the top cable news show Thursday night – O’Reilly was once again #1 in the A25-54 demo and in total viewers. Sean Hannity was #2 in both categories.

• The top non-FNC show was Keith Olbermann on MSNBC at 8pmET 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 520	Blitzer 158	Matthews 93	Prime 92
6 pm	Baier 356	Blitzer 132	EdShow 108	Prime 106
7 pm	Shep 378	Tonight 112	Matthews 154	Issues 144
8 pm	O’Reilly 762	Brown 139	Olbermann 337	Grace 250
9 pm	Hannity 581	King 168	Maddow 294	Behar 188
10 pm	Greta 487	Cooper 134	Olbermann 254	Grace 184
11 pm	O’Reilly 435	Cooper 80	Maddow 140	Showbiz 153
TOTAL DAY	358	130	116	133
PRIME TIME	612	147	295	204
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2305	Blitzer 571	Matthews 554	Prime 233
6 pm	Baier 2087	Blitzer 482	EdShow 536	Prime 245
7 pm	Shep 1835	Tonight 446	Matthews 494	Issues 426
8 pm	O’Reilly 3290	Brown 559	Olbermann 986	Grace 874
9 pm	Hannity 2382	King 817	Maddow 806	Behar 752
10 pm	Greta 1895	Cooper 575	Olbermann 628	Grace 557
11 pm	O’Reilly 1473	Cooper 304	Maddow 345	Showbiz 380
TOTAL DAY	1492	477	397	352
PRIME TIME	2524	650	807	711
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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