Bill O’Reilly’s Demo Rating Higher Than MSNBC/CNN Total Viewer Rating At 8pm
Cable news ratings, September 23, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Bill O’Reilly‘s A25-54 demographic viewership Wednesday night at 8pmET for Fox News (934,000) topped the total viewer average of his competition at CNN and MSNBC. The only network that had more total viewers than O’Reilly’s demo average was HLN and Nancy Grace.
• The top non-FNC show of the night was CNN’s Larry King Live at 9pmET 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) | ||||
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| 5 pm | Beck
728 |
Blitzer
224 |
Matthews
104 |
Prime
107 |
| 6 pm | Baier
500 |
Blitzer
196 |
EdShow
146 |
Prime
153 |
| 7 pm | Shep
516 |
Dobbs
244 |
Matthews
215 |
Issues
202 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
934 |
Brown
253 |
Olbermann
331 |
Grace
358 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
866 |
King
399 |
Maddow
337 |
Issues
149 |
| 10 pm | Greta
641 |
Cooper
377 |
Olbermann
191 |
Grace
228 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
623 |
Cooper
231 |
Maddow
226 |
Showbiz
254 |
| TOTAL DAY | 474 | 214 | 148 | 185 |
| PRIME TIME | 814 | 343 | 286 | 239 |
| 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
2874 |
Blitzer
790 |
Matthews
450 |
Prime
314 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2224 |
Blitzer
618 |
EdShow
512 |
Prime
343 |
| 7 pm | Shep
2136 |
Dobbs
703 |
Matthews
583 |
Issues
497 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3536 |
Brown
671 |
Olbermann
904 |
Grace
957 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2743 |
King
1293 |
Maddow
990 |
Issues
490 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2444 |
Cooper
1085 |
Olbermann
556 |
Grace
540 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1833 |
Cooper
635 |
Maddow
526 |
Showbiz
482 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1736 | 678 | 427 | 392 |
| PRIME TIME | 2910 | 1017 | 817 | 648 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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