Sean Hannity Has Best Two Nights Of Year In Demo

by Steve Krakauer | 5:37 pm, August 12th, 2009

RATINGS

Cable news ratings, August 11, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Sean Hannity topped Bill O’Reilly last night in the A25-54 demographic – for the most demo viewers on cable news. O’Reilly was still #1 in total viewers. Monday and Tuesday night were the best of 2009 for Hannity’s 9pmET show in the demo. He had 887,000 last night.

• Keith Olbermann had a big night, and he had the top-rated non-FNC program on cable news in both categories. O’Reilly had the clear #1 program at 8pmET though.

• FNC beat CNN, MSNBC, HLN and CNBC combined in both total viewers and the demo. It was the third time this year FNC beat all other networks combined in the demo during prime time.

• CNN’s top show was Larry King Live in both categories. Wolf Blitzer filled in.

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

687

Blitzer

159

Matthews

133

Prime

6 pm

Baier

567

Blitzer

155

EdShow

192

Prime

7 pm

Shep

528

Dobbs

198

Matthews

293

Issues

111

8 pm

O’Reilly

856

Brown

202

Olbermann

487

Grace

195

9 pm

Hannity

887

King

275

Maddow

306

Issues

136

10 pm

Greta

765

Cooper

233

Olbermann

212

Grace

191

11 pm

O’Reilly

716

Cooper

177

Maddow

151

Showbiz

155

TOTAL DAY

421

171

135

115

PRIME TIME

838

237

335

171

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)

5 pm

Beck

2331

Blitzer

748

Matthews

621

Prime

164

6 pm

Baier

2086

Blitzer

612

EdShow

607

Prime

189

7 pm

Shep

1750

Dobbs

648

Matthews

908

Issues

288

8 pm

O’Reilly

3193

Brown

801

Olbermann

1461

Grace

555

9 pm

Hannity

2866

King

923

Maddow

1021

Issues

405

10 pm

Greta

2352

Cooper

867

Olbermann

697

Grace

422

11 pm

O’Reilly

1878

Cooper

473

Maddow

415

Showbiz

363

TOTAL DAY

1441

586

441

250

PRIME TIME

2805

864

1059

453

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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1 comment

libra blue says:

August 12, 2009 at 6:44 pm

I am not a fan of Hannity’s so I can’t understand why he is so popular. Same goes for Olbermann.

However, I was impressed with Wolf on LKL last night. Usually he is an Obama butt kisser, but last night he was pretty good. Carville is always a little bit over the top, but I always appreciate Ben Stein’s input.

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