Fox News’ 9/11 Special #1 Program On Cable News Friday

Cable news ratings, September 11, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News’ special about 9/11 on Friday night at 10pmET was the top cable news show of the day in the A25-54 demo. The program was the only one to bring in more than 1 million viewers in the demo. Bill O’Reilly‘s program at 8pmET was the top show in total viewers for FNC.

• The top non-FNC program was MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann at 8pmET in both categories.

• Glenn Beck‘s 5pmET program came down to earth a bit Friday night – O’Reilly’s repeat at 11pmET beat it in the demo, as did Sean Hannity‘s 9pmET show.

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   608	Blitzer   140	Matthews   151	Prime   66
6 pm	Baier   449	Blitzer   141	EdShow   148	Prime   73
7 pm	Shep   431	Dobbs   101	Matthews   217	Issues   135
8 pm	O’Reilly   785	Brown   130	Olbermann   329	Grace   240
9 pm	Hannity   771	King   273	Maddow   254	Issues   145
10 pm	9/11 Special   1043	Cooper   140	Olbermann   130	Grace   141
11 pm	O’Reilly   626	Cooper   167	Maddow   182	Showbiz   206
TOTAL DAY	488	164	190	120
PRIME TIME	866	181	238	170
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2544	Blitzer   889	Matthews   563	Prime   222
6 pm	Baier   1968	Blitzer   790	EdShow   577	Prime   247
7 pm	Shep   1705	Dobbs   564	Matthews   616	Issues   356
8 pm	O’Reilly   3212	Brown   610	Olbermann   1067	Grace   728
9 pm	Hannity   2644	King   875	Maddow   948	Issues   396
10 pm	9/11 Special   2627	Cooper   470	Olbermann   445	Grace   461
11 pm	O’Reilly   1762	Cooper   437	Maddow   413	Showbiz   465
TOTAL DAY	1674	602	523	312
PRIME TIME	2828	652	820	514
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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