Bill O’Reilly, Fox News, Win Big On Labor Day

Cable news ratings, September 7, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• The top cable news how on Labor Day was Bill O’Reilly‘s 8pmET hour, in total viewers and in the A25-54 demographic. As a whole, FNC had a below-average prime time (which was expected for a holiday), but still easily topped their competitors.

• The top non-FNC program was MSNBC’s doc block at 9pmET in the demo and CNN’s The Situation Room at 5pmET in total viewers.

• The 2nd best cable news show went to a rare duo – FNC’s 7pmET FOX Report came in at #2 in the demo, and the 6pmET program Special Report was #2 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)
5 pm	Beck   426	Blitzer   174	MSNBC Special   253	Prime   66
6 pm	Baier   362	Blitzer   168	MSNBC Special   243	Prime   72
7 pm	Shep   468	Dobbs   126	MSNBC Special   180	Issues   70
8 pm	O’Reilly   501	Brown   186	MSNBC Special   354	Grace   203
9 pm	Hannity   466	King   165	MSNBC Special   371	Issues   164
10 pm	Greta   448	Cooper   222	MSNBC Special   295	Grace   165
11 pm	O’Reilly   422	Cooper   202	MSNBC Special   189	Showbiz   163
TOTAL DAY	352	146	176	116
PRIME TIME	472	191	340	174
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   1733	Blitzer   896	MSNBC Special   397	Prime   226
6 pm	Baier   1891	Blitzer   810	MSNBC Special   361	Prime   180
7 pm	Shep   1861	Dobbs   691	MSNBC Special   307	Issues   218
8 pm	O’Reilly   2237	Brown   753	MSNBC Special   640	Grace   543
9 pm	Hannity   1671	King   716	MSNBC Special   682	Issues   402
10 pm	Greta   1575	Cooper   675	MSNBC Special   478	Grace   453
11 pm	O’Reilly   1098	Cooper   551	MSNBC Special   394	Showbiz   327
TOTAL DAY	1345	606	362	276
PRIME TIME	1828	716	600	458
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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