Fox News Handily Wins Obama Speech Coverage

Cable news ratings, December 1, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News was the top cable news destination, by far, for Pres. Obama’s Tuesday night Afghanistan speech, topping all the cable news competition (CNN, MSNBC, HLN) combined in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. CNN finished 2nd and MSNBC 3rd.

• The analysis following the speech on Fox News was the top-rated single program of the night on cable 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   635	Blitzer   125	Matthews   107	Prime   136
6 pm	Baier   458	Blitzer   137	EdShow   143	Prime   149
7 pm	Shep   514	Tonight   145	Matthews   175	Issues   183
8 pm	Address/Ana.   1252/1471	Address/SR   669/693	Address   434	Grace   251
9 pm	O’Reilly   1293	Special   436	Olbermann   410	Behar   198
10 pm	Hannity   840	Cooper   345	Maddow   263	Grace   252
11 pm	Greta   438	Cooper   222	Matthews   194	Showbiz   218
TOTAL DAY	477	201	141	162
PRIME TIME	1113	485	371	231
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2521	Blitzer   547	Matthews   490	Prime   335
6 pm	Baier   2090	Blitzer   645	EdShow   495	Prime   351
7 pm	Shep   2159	Tonight   745	Matthews   657	Issues   481
8 pm	Address/Ana.   4554/5217	Address/SR   2349/2442	Address   1560	Grace   731
9 pm	O’Reilly   4478	Special 1769	Olbermann   1366	Behar   680
10 pm	Hannity   2631	Cooper   1093	Maddow   924	Grace   624
11 pm	Greta   1397	Cooper   579	Matthews   558	Showbiz   461
TOTAL DAY	1697	728	498	372
PRIME TIME	3792	1744	1281	666
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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