Palin Farewell Speech Isn’t Big Sunday Night Draw

Cable news ratings, July 26, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Sarah Palin‘s farewell speech at 7pmET on Sunday night was not a big draw on the cablers. FNC and CNN aired the speech, while MSNBC stuck with their original programming, a Michael Jackson doc. MSNBC won the hour in the A25-54 demographic, while in total viewers FNC won and MSNBC was 3rd. but FNC lost viewers from the hour before.

• Geraldo Rivera had the top-rated cable news program Sunday, in total viewers. The 10pmET program was edged by MSNBC’s doc block 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	NewsHQ 252	Zakaria 103	Special 165	News 64
6 pm	News Sunday 286	Newsroom 102	Investigates 95	Prime 91
7 pm	Report 274	Newsroom 156	Special 287	Issues 58
8 pm	Huckabee 305	Presents 189	Special 275	Grace 64
9 pm	Hannity 284	– –	Special 248	Issues 112
10 pm	Geraldo 345	Newsroom 222	Special 398	Grace 124
11 pm	Huckabee 139	Presents 164	Special 441	Showbiz 159
TOTAL DAY	219	148	182	118
PRIME TIME	311	200	307	96
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	NewsHQ 971	Zakaria 436	Special 342	News 189
6 pm	News Sunday 1167	Newsroom 472	Investigates 219	Prime 187
7 pm	Report 1129	Newsroom 704	Special 530	Issues 140
8 pm	Huckabee 962	Presents 548	Special 664	Grace 295
9 pm	Hannity 1104	– –	Special 638	Issues 309
10 pm	Geraldo 1186	Newsroom 681	Special 825	Grace 307
11 pm	Huckabee 634	Presents 428	Special 861	Showbiz 366
TOTAL DAY	820	448	355	242
PRIME TIME	1084	593	709	296
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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