Glenn Beck Has Most Demo Viewers Again, CNN Strong in Prime Time

Cable news ratings, August 27, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• For the 2nd night in a row, FNC’s Glenn Beck had the top-rated show on cable news in the A25-54 demographic. Bill O’Reilly had the most total viewers. It was a bigger than usual night for CNN as well.

• CNN was #2 in prime time in both categories. Larry King had the top non-FNC show.

• Campbell Brown topped MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann in both categories, and HLN’s Nancy Grace finished ahead of Olbermann at 8pmET in the demo. Rachel Maddow finished 4th in the demo as well.

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 762	Blitzer 193	Matthews 166	Prime 145
6 pm	Baier 446	Blitzer 249	EdShow 187	Prime 199
7 pm	Shep 418	Dobbs 241	Matthews 271	Issues 286
8 pm	O’Reilly 757	Brown 337	Olbermann 276	Grace 347
9 pm	Hannity 691	King 378	Maddow 279	Issues 297
10 pm	Greta 623	Cooper 343	Olbermann 258	Grace 234
11 pm	O’Reilly 597	Cooper 226	Maddow 199	Showbiz 167
TOTAL DAY	407	214	156	165
PRIME TIME	693	352	271	287
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2544	Blitzer 1158	Matthews 519	Prime 346
6 pm	Baier 1906	Blitzer 997	EdShow 541	Prime 507
7 pm	Shep 1697	Dobbs 791	Matthews 783	Issues 760
8 pm	O’Reilly 2896	Brown 1243	Olbermann 1199	Grace 957
9 pm	Hannity 2402	King 1464	Maddow 1112	Issues 788
10 pm	Greta 2330	Cooper 1280	Olbermann 800	Grace 638
11 pm	O’Reilly 1478	Cooper 686	Maddow 608	Showbiz 434
TOTAL DAY	1483	810	499	404
PRIME TIME	2545	1329	1037	777
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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