O’Reilly Factor Tops ABC’s Friday Night Programming

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

• Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly (update: Laura Ingraham filled in for O’Reilly) didn’t just have the top-rated cable news show Friday night, his program beat all of ABC’s entertainment programs from 8-10pm in total viewers. The 8pmET program slightly edged his colleague Sean Hannity‘s 9pmET show in the A25-54 demographic.

• CNN’s Larry King had the top-rated non-FNC show in both categories.

• MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann not only beat CNN during his live 8pmET hour, but the repeat topped Anderson Cooper 360 at 10pmET in both categories.

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   521	Blitzer   145	Matthews   141	Prime   112
6 pm	Baier   381	Blitzer   123	EdShow   168	Prime   78
7 pm	Shep   365	Dobbs   183	Matthews   157	Issues   140
8 pm	O’Reilly   607	Brown   262	Olbermann   337	Grace   307
9 pm	Hannity   549	King   364	Maddow   255	Issues   132
10 pm	The Manson Murders   444	Cooper   199	Olbermann   234	Grace   125
11 pm	O’Reilly   429	Cooper   145	Maddow   185	Showbiz   145
TOTAL DAY	341	142	137	126
PRIME TIME	533	275	275	184
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2015	Blitzer   618	Matthews   611	Prime   285
6 pm	Baier   1469	Blitzer   485	EdShow   544	Prime   201
7 pm	Shep   1429	Dobbs   617	Matthews   560	Issues   314
8 pm	O’Reilly   2707	Brown   808	Olbermann   1024	Grace   719
9 pm	Hannity   2268	King   1100	Maddow   836	Issues   403
10 pm	The Manson Murders   1676	Cooper   630	Olbermann   705	Grace   403
11 pm	O’Reilly   1310	Cooper   428	Maddow   496	Showbiz   353
TOTAL DAY	1251	477	420	274
PRIME TIME	2218	846	855	498
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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