Glenn Beck’s Demo Rating Beats Competition’s Total Viewers

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

• Glenn Beck was the #2 cable news show last night in the A25-54 demographic and total viewers (Bill O’Reilly was #1). But Beck achieved something rare – he had more demo viewers (719,000) than his 5pmET competition had total viewers. CNN had 657,000 total viewers, MSNBC 576,000 and HLN 301,000.

• The top non-FNC show last night was CNN’s Larry King Live at 9pmET in both categories. Must be the power of Jon Gosselin.

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 719	Blitzer 156	Matthews 121	Prime 116
6 pm	Baier 477	Blitzer 151	EdShow 192	Prime 133
7 pm	Shep 481	Dobbs 170	Matthews 207	Issues 170
8 pm	O’Reilly 865	Brown 197	Olbermann 389	Grace 246
9 pm	Hannity 624	King 416	Maddow 309	Behar 149
10 pm	Greta 711	Cooper 254	Olbermann 270	Grace 141
11 pm	O’Reilly 678	Cooper 170	Maddow 165	Showbiz 201
TOTAL DAY	455	173	151	155
PRIME TIME	734	289	323	174
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2965	Blitzer 657	Matthews 576	Prime 301
6 pm	Baier 2235	Blitzer 727	EdShow 629	Prime 323
7 pm	Shep 1940	Dobbs 707	Matthews 674	Issues 411
8 pm	O’Reilly 3444	Brown 767	Olbermann 1167	Grace 791
9 pm	Hannity 2449	King 1256	Maddow 1016	Behar 542
10 pm	Greta 2458	Cooper 869	Olbermann 656	Grace 399
11 pm	O’Reilly 1819	Cooper 387	Maddow 515	Showbiz 467
TOTAL DAY	1680	596	444	333
PRIME TIME	2786	964	946	563
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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