Cable news ratings, July 29, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Bill O’Reilly has been mentioning Lou Dobbs recently – a lot, and in pretty favorable ways. But so far, the 7pmET CNN host has not seen an O’Reilly Bump. Dobbs had the lowest ratings of any CNN program from 5pm-MidnightET, in both the A25-54 demographic and total viewers.
• Howard Dean‘s fill-in role on Countdown with Keith Olbermann went fairly smoothly. The 8pmET MSNBC program was top-rated in both categories. Will he be back the next time Olbermann heads to Cooperstown or elsewhere?
• O’Reilly’s FNC ratings were huge last night – he was the only FNC anchor to pass the 550,000 demo viewer mark, with a massive 805,000.
• In the race for #2 in prime time, CNN topped MSNBC in both categories. Although the date was July, this counts toward the August ratings race.
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 524 | Blitzer 206 | Matthews 189 | Prime 121 |
| 6 pm | Baier 395 | Blitzer 224 | EdShow 168 | Prime 81 |
| 7 pm | Shep 350 | Dobbs 191 | Matthews 190 | Issues 136 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 805 | Brown 226 | Olbermann 286 | Grace 253 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 544 | King 329 | Maddow 273 | Issues 163 |
| 10 pm | Greta 454 | Cooper 351 | Olbermann 179 | Grace 151 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 502 | Cooper 225 | Maddow 172 | Showbiz 144 |
| TOTAL DAY | 329 | 195 | 113 | 127 |
| PRIME TIME | 601 | 302 | 246 | 185 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | Beck 2136 | Blitzer 802 | Matthews 688 | Prime 264 |
| 6 pm | Baier 1799 | Blitzer 830 | EdShow 586 | Prime 208 |
| 7 pm | Shep 1544 | Dobbs 688 | Matthews 661 | Issues 424 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 3467 | Brown 787 | Olbermann 904 | Grace 826 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 2258 | King 1100 | Maddow 886 | Issues 463 |
| 10 pm | Greta 1762 | Cooper 1085 | Olbermann 552 | Grace 324 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 1663 | Cooper 548 | Maddow 429 | Showbiz 376 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1279 | 642 | 368 | 298 |
| PRIME TIME | 2496 | 991 | 785 | 523 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||