Lou Dobbs’ Replacement Show Debuts In Last Place For CNN

Cable news ratings, November 16, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• CNN Tonight, the temporary replacement for Lou Dobbs at 7pmET until John King‘s new show takes over the timeslot, debuted in 4th place in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic, behind Fox News, MSNBC and HLN. John Roberts hosted Monday night.

• The top show Monday night was Bill O’Reilly‘s 8pmET hour on FNC – the only program to reach more than 1 million in 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   650	Blitzer   172	Matthews   88	Prime   140
6 pm	Baier   497	Blitzer   135	EdShow   146	Prime   138
7 pm	Shep   468	Tonight   146	Matthews   207	Issues   200
8 pm	O’Reilly   1002	Brown   236	Olbermann   333	Grace   324
9 pm	Hannity   641	King   248	Maddow   308	Behar   130
10 pm	Greta   506	Cooper   203	Olbermann   221	Grace   254
11 pm	O’Reilly   484	Cooper   138	Maddow   147	Showbiz   172
TOTAL DAY	400	139	138	155
PRIME TIME	717	229	287	229
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   2574	Blitzer   574	Matthews   466	Prime   350
6 pm	Baier   2271	Blitzer   534	EdShow   547	Prime   319
7 pm	Shep   2133	Tonight   505	Matthews   687	Issues   552
8 pm	O’Reilly   3507	Brown   563	Olbermann   1026	Grace   882
9 pm	Hannity   2298	King   876	Maddow   953	Behar   362
10 pm	Greta   1808	Cooper   676	Olbermann   591	Grace   514
11 pm	O’Reilly   1533	Cooper   454	Maddow   406	Showbiz   345
TOTAL DAY	1522	497	420	331
PRIME TIME	2551	706	906	654
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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