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) | ||||
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| 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) | ||||
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| 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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