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. | ||||
11 comments
Steve
Do you think O’Reilly will break 5 mil tonight?
What/when did he have higher ratings?
I think the last time O’Reilly had over 5 million was when he interviewed a goat. I bet Plain, excuse me, “Sarah” breaks that record.
O’Reilly is going to blow the doors off Hannity tonight.
Ted says:
November 19, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Are you trying to say that O’Reilly’s program is so good, that he could interview a goat and still pull in better ratings than the all the other networks?
If O’Reilly continues to ask Sarah Palin SEXIST questions like “are you sure your are SMART enough to be President of the United States,” she should get up and walk out. The SEXIST PIG did not ask this same question of Barack Obama last year! Moron!
Sunnyr says:
November 19, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Come on, Sunny… be serious. One of the most common complaints or criticisms against Palin is that she’s “dumb,” or “not smart enough.” Asking her the question wasn’t sexist, it was relevant to the comments made by many on the left (fair or not fair as the case may be). It gave her an opportunity to address them! It wasn’t O’Reilly saying, “You’re a woman, and dumb,” it was O’Reilly saying, “A lot people don’t think you’re smart enough, how do you respond to that.”
Sunnyr, why don’t you go take a walk or something, maybe have a coke and a smile.
ImNotBlue -
I’m saying that “Sarah” is, on the margins a better interview than a goat, but some may not be able to detect even minor differences between the two. For instance, the various and sundry nut jobs that watch Fox. Hey, if O’Reilly is able to pull in 5-6 million people to watch an interview with a farm animal or for that matter Glenn Beck, I say more power to him.
Now there’s an intellectual dynamic duo!!
Ted says:
November 20, 2009 at 5:14 am
Oh, I get it Ted. You think everybody who doesn’t think exactly like you do is dumb! I get it… you’re a egomaniac with a God complex! I understand now!
Forgive me. I must remember that you, and respect for other people, are unrelated entities.
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