Larry King Drops To Tie With Joy Behar In Demo

Cable news ratings, October 12, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Larry King Live at 9pmET is often the top show on CNN each night, but last night it tied HLN’s Joy Behar for 3rd in the A25-54 demographic, behind FNC and MSNBC. King’s show was 3rd and Behar’s 4th in total viewers.

• Bill O’Reilly had the top cable news show last night in both categories, but it was a huge night for his colleague Glenn Beck. It was Beck’s 4th highest rating ever in the demo and 3rd in total viewers.

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   879	Blitzer   118	Matthews   127	Prime   102
6 pm	Baier   573	Blitzer   68	EdShow   154	Prime   115
7 pm	Shep   505	Dobbs   200	Matthews   147	Issues   196
8 pm	O’Reilly   934	Brown   163	Olbermann   228	Grace   283
9 pm	Hannity   630	King   150	Maddow   158	Behar   150
10 pm	Greta   537	Cooper   175	Olbermann   218	Grace   273
11 pm	O’Reilly   492	Cooper   152	Maddow   144	Showbiz   261
TOTAL DAY	447	141	118	160
PRIME TIME	700	163	201	230
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   3178	Blitzer   515	Matthews   585	Prime   255
6 pm	Baier   2404	Blitzer   486	EdShow   551	Prime   288
7 pm	Shep   1978	Dobbs   642	Matthews   537	Issues   504
8 pm	O’Reilly   3370	Brown   529	Olbermann   881	Grace   735
9 pm	Hannity   2113	King   580	Maddow   616	Behar   399
10 pm	Greta   1868	Cooper   581	Olbermann   553	Grace   601
11 pm	O’Reilly   1471	Cooper   489	Maddow   354	Showbiz   434
TOTAL DAY	1598	517	382	324
PRIME TIME	2453	564	683	566
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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