Blitzer’s Extra Hour Is CNN’s Best In Prime Time

Cable news ratings, November 12, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Well what happens when CNN moves to hard news at 7pmET? It’s their best hour of the night in prime time. Wolf Blitzer‘s fourth hour of The Situation Room was CNN’s top show in total viewers and the A25-54 demo. It still placed fourth in the demo at the hour and was third in total viewers.

• Bill O’Reilly had the top program of the night, by far, in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic.

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   731	Blitzer   165	Matthews   76	Prime   144
6 pm	Baier   574	Blitzer   144	EdShow   115	Prime   208
7 pm	Shep   572	Blitzer   216	Matthews   115	Issues   208
8 pm	O’Reilly   916	Blitzer   243	Olbermann   308	Grace   377
9 pm	Hannity   691	King   215	Maddow   244	Behar   160
10 pm	Greta 506	Cooper   198	Olbermann   256	Grace   191
11 pm	O’Reilly   495	Cooper   161	Maddow   159	Showbiz   159
TOTAL DAY	437	154	111	159
PRIME TIME	705	218	269	235
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2755	Blitzer   808	Matthews   470	Prime   315
6 pm	Baier   2507	Blitzer   820	EdShow   467	Prime   330
7 pm	Shep   2322	Dobbs   877	Matthews   558	Issues   544
8 pm	O’Reilly   3769	Blitzer   943	Olbermann   1190	Grace   934
9 pm	Hannity   2530	King   925	Maddow   1010	Behar   640
10 pm	Greta   1873	Cooper   736	Olbermann   686	Grace   367
11 pm	O’Reilly   1666	Cooper   517	Maddow   397	Showbiz   377
TOTAL DAY	1689	611	420	341
PRIME TIME	2724	868	962	630
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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