Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow Get Strong 9pm Ratings Tuesday Night

Cable news ratings, October 6, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow, on Fox News and MSNBC respectively, had strong ratings at 9pmET last night. Hannity had the #2 cable news show in the A25-54 demographic (behind Bill O’Reilly) and Maddow had the top non-FNC show. Hannity had Michael Moore as a guest, while Maddow had a rare interview with major lobbyist Rick Berman.

• Fox News had a huge night in the demo, topping CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined.

• CNN aired Amanpour at 3pm on Tuesday to just 49,000 in the demo, while the re-air at 11pmET got 123,000.

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   589	Blitzer   101	Matthews   91	Prime   119
6 pm	Baier   423	Blitzer   101	EdShow   103	Prime   87
7 pm	Shep   416	Dobbs   155	Matthews   170	Issues   175
8 pm	O’Reilly   869	Brown   146	Olbermann   338	Grace   273
9 pm	Hannity   827	King   214	Maddow   348	Behar   190
10 pm	Greta   634	Cooper   187	Olbermann   244	Grace   251
11 pm	O’Reilly   532	Amanpour   123	Maddow   178	Showbiz   223
TOTAL DAY	415	119	133	141
PRIME TIME	777	182	310	233
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2603	Blitzer   517	Matthews   497	Prime   236
6 pm	Baier   2103	Blitzer   396	EdShow   513	Prime   290
7 pm	Shep   1976	Dobbs   565	Matthews   635	Issues   403
8 pm	O’Reilly   3263	Brown   617	Olbermann   1132	Grace   835
9 pm	Hannity   2507	King   876	Maddow   1098	Behar   495
10 pm	Greta   2269	Cooper   743	Olbermann   620	Grace   540
11 pm	O’Reilly   1704	Amanpour   351	Maddow   467	Showbiz   384
TOTAL DAY	1584	468	437	307
PRIME TIME	2682	745	950	611
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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