Sarah Palin Interview Gives Sean Hannity Second Best Ratings of 2009


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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)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
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)
Fox News CNN MSNBC CNN Headline News
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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11 comments

  • Pat Doherty Pat Doherty says:

    Steve
    Do you think O’Reilly will break 5 mil tonight?

  • TfT TfT says:

    What/when did he have higher ratings?

  • Ted Ted says:

    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.

  • Fidoohki Fidoohki says:

    O’Reilly is going to blow the doors off Hannity tonight.

  • ImNotBlue ImNotBlue says:

    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?

  • Sunnyr Sunnyr says:

    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!

  • ImNotBlue ImNotBlue says:

    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.”

  • Ben Linus Ben Linus says:

    Sunnyr, why don’t you go take a walk or something, maybe have a coke and a smile.

  • Ted Ted says:

    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.

  • Nachi Nachi says:

    Now there’s an intellectual dynamic duo!!

  • ImNotBlue ImNotBlue says:

    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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