HLN #2, CNN #4 In Demo During Prime Time Tuesday

Cable news ratings, October 20, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News was #1 during prime time in the A25-54 demographic Tuesday night, as they were in every ratings category. This isn’t the big story – HLN was #2, followed by MSNBC and CNN in 4th. CNN has spent time in 4th in this category a lot recently – 11 of the 12 weekday nights. But HLN surpassing MSNBC here was a surprise. CNN was also 4th in prime time, total viewers.

• Bill O’Reilly had the top cable news show last night in both categories for Fox News at 8pmET, and Glenn Beck was #2 in both categories at 5pmET.

• Keith Olbermann on MSNBC at 8pmET had the top non-FNC show in both total viewers and the demo.

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   773	Blitzer   162	Matthews   102	Prime   171
6 pm	Baier   438	Blitzer   180	EdShow   150	Prime   184
7 pm	Shep   427	Dobbs   204	Matthews   211	Issues   190
8 pm	O’Reilly   929	Brown   158	Olbermann   294	Grace   284
9 pm	Hannity   711	King   205	Maddow   231	Behar   268
10 pm	Greta   471	Cooper   215	Olbermann   217	Grace   301
11 pm	O’Reilly   503	Amanpour   156	Maddow   156	Showbiz   203
TOTAL DAY	423	160	129	183
PRIME TIME	704	193	247	279
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2790	Blitzer   614	Matthews   409	Prime   398
6 pm	Baier   2311	Blitzer   592	EdShow   487	Prime   380
7 pm	Shep   1978	Dobbs   727	Matthews   782	Issues   486
8 pm	O’Reilly   3381	Brown   653	Olbermann   1163	Grace   812
9 pm	Hannity   2440	King   616	Maddow   876	Behar   628
10 pm	Greta   1712	Cooper   616	Olbermann   541	Grace   578
11 pm	O’Reilly   1340	Amanpour   372	Maddow   408	Showbiz   404
TOTAL DAY	1509	546	408	380
PRIME TIME	2511	628	861	658
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.