Chris Matthews Finishes 4th In Prime Time Demo Friday

Cable news ratings, December 18, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Chris Matthews averaged just 41,000 A25-54 demographic viewers Friday night at 5pmET for MSNBC – finishing behind HLN for 4th place. He was 3rd in total viewers. His 7pmET repeat was good enough for 2nd (ahead of CNN/HLN) in both categories.

• Bill O’Reilly had the top show on cable news, again, in 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   485	Blitzer   106	Matthews   41	Prime   95
6 pm	Baier   362	Blitzer   109	EdShow   78	Prime   60
7 pm	Shep   382	Tonight   103	Matthews   113	Issues   73
8 pm	O’Reilly   714	Brown   103	Olbermann   184	Grace   189
9 pm	Hannity   473	King   128	Maddow   157	Behar   137
10 pm	Greta   331	Cooper   90	Olbermann   123	Grace   156
11 pm	O’Reilly   429	Cooper   98	Maddow   124	Showbiz   171
TOTAL DAY	361	108	87	135
PRIME TIME	507	107	155	158
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2114	Blitzer   643	Matthews   460	Prime   256
6 pm	Baier   1804	Blitzer   494	EdShow   514	Prime   194
7 pm	Shep   1630	Tonight   414	Matthews   506	Issues   302
8 pm	O’Reilly   3236	Brown   430	Olbermann   755	Grace   693
9 pm	Hannity   2081	King   715	Maddow   745	Behar   630
10 pm	Greta   1659	Cooper   514	Olbermann   414	Grace   478
11 pm	O’Reilly   1529	Cooper   334	Maddow   398	Showbiz   397
TOTAL DAY	1446	507	367	344
PRIME TIME	2327	553	638	588
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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