FNC #1, HLN #2 In Prime Time Demo Friday

Cable news ratings, September 25, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News was the top rated cable news network, as usual, on Friday in every category. But the 2nd-rated cable channel in the prime time A25-54 demographic was a new one – HLN. After HLN’s sister network CNN finished 3rd and MSNBC 4th. In total viewers during prime time, CNN just edged HLN, and MSNBC was 4th.

• Bill O’Reilly had the top-rated program (8pmET, Fox News) 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   563	Blitzer   204	Matthews   136	Prime   84
6 pm	Baier   516	Blitzer   173	EdShow   139	Prime   69
7 pm	Shep   483	Dobbs   156	Matthews   128	Issues   180
8 pm	O’Reilly   768	Brown   183	Olbermann   222	Grace   241
9 pm	Hannity   712	King   255	Maddow   207	Issues   246
10 pm	Greta   500	Cooper   209	MSNBC Investigates   169	Grace   275
11 pm	O’Reilly   454	Cooper   195	MSNBC Investigates   184	Showbiz   218
TOTAL DAY	433	161	144	133
PRIME TIME	660	216	200	255
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2468	Blitzer   792	Matthews   474	Prime   215
6 pm	Baier   2133	Blitzer   588	EdShow   492	Prime   232
7 pm	Shep   1759	Dobbs   589	Matthews   479	Issues   424
8 pm	O’Reilly   2832	Brown   637	Olbermann   770	Grace   822
9 pm	Hannity   2292	King   703	Maddow   811	Issues   584
10 pm	Greta   1773	Cooper   642	MSNBC Investigates   345	Grace   561
11 pm	O’Reilly   1490	Cooper   504	MSNBC Investigates   383	Showbiz   462
TOTAL DAY	1528	553	413	316
PRIME TIME	2312	661	642	651
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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