Sarah Palin Interview Gives Sean Hannity Second Best Ratings of 2009
Cable news ratings, November 16, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Sean Hannity‘s interview with Sarah Palin last night – her cable news first during the book tour – gave the 9pmET FNC show it’s 2nd highest total viewer average of 2009. It also gave Hannity a rare cable news ratings victory in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. He had more demo viewers than his cable news competition had in total viewers.
• The top non-FNC show was Nancy Grace‘s at 8pmET for HLN in the demo and Keith Olbermann‘s at 8pmET for MSNBC in total viewers.
Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
651 |
Blitzer
123 |
Matthews
107 |
Prime
86 |
| 6 pm | Baier
472 |
Blitzer
117 |
EdShow
118 |
Prime
116 |
| 7 pm | Shep
452 |
Tonight
135 |
Matthews
132 |
Issues
202 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
1065 |
Brown
126 |
Olbermann
288 |
Grace
355 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1149 |
King
208 |
Maddow
273 |
Behar
152 |
| 10 pm | Greta
747 |
Cooper
171 |
Olbermann
162 |
Grace
197 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
599 |
Cooper
117 |
Maddow
129 |
Showbiz
149 |
| TOTAL DAY | 451 | 119 | 113 | 150 |
| PRIME TIME | 989 | 168 | 241 | 231 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
2512 |
Blitzer
538 |
Matthews
502 |
Prime
183 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2235 |
Blitzer
546 |
EdShow
495 |
Prime
256 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1980 |
Tonight
589 |
Matthews
625 |
Issues
500 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3868 |
Brown
569 |
Olbermann
1041 |
Grace
1036 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
4200 |
King
835 |
Maddow
957 |
Behar
537 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2283 |
Cooper
611 |
Olbermann
575 |
Grace
499 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1774 |
Cooper
409 |
Maddow
361 |
Showbiz
370 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1693 | 470 | 401 | 339 |
| PRIME TIME | 3490 | 672 | 860 | 675 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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