Bill O’Reilly #1, Glenn Beck #2 (By A Lot) Thursday

Cable news ratings, January 7, 2010: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly had the top-rated cable news show Thursday night, as usual, with Glenn Beck coming in #2 – in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. Beck had nearly 200,000 demo viewers more than #3 Sean Hannity.

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   703	Blitzer   127	Matthews   121	Prime   120
6 pm	Baier   497	Blitzer   107	Ed Show   157	Prime   117
7 pm	Shep   407	Tonight   121	Matthews   187	Issues   162
8 pm	O’Reilly   848	Brown   156	Olbermann   289	Grace   303
9 pm	Hannity   517	King   136	Maddow   236	Behar   278
10 pm	Greta   419	Cooper   145	Olbermann   170	Grace   226
11 pm	O’Reilly   354	Cooper   83	Maddow   106	Showbiz   191
TOTAL DAY	377	121	112	143
PRIME TIME	598	145	232	264
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2601	Blitzer   814	Matthews   680	Prime   262
6 pm	Baier   2339	Blitzer   585	Ed Show   707	Prime   282
7 pm	Shep   2025	Tonight   496	Matthews   816	Issues   434
8 pm	O’Reilly   3415	Brown   588	Olbermann   1036	Grace   974
9 pm	Hannity   2024	King   561	Maddow   790	Behar   847
10 pm	Greta   1623	Cooper   568	Olbermann   475	Grace   502
11 pm	O’Reilly   1124	Cooper   316	Maddow   294	Showbiz   385
TOTAL DAY	1555	503	447	355
PRIME TIME	2357	573	767	757
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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