Monica Crowley Leads Factor To Best Ratings Wednesday

Cable news ratings, December 23, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• The top cable news show Wednesday night was The O’Reilly Factor for FNC at 8pmET, in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. Monica Crowley filled in for O’Reilly.

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   439	Blitzer   155	Matthews   123	Prime 50
6 pm	Baier   432	Blitzer   122	EdShow   170	Prime   63
7 pm	Shep   385	Tonight   157	Matthews   189	Issues   99
8 pm	O’Reilly   748	Brown   122	Olbermann   201	Grace   231
9 pm	Hannity   595	King   147	Maddow   191	Behar   190
10 pm	Greta   540	Cooper   158	Olbermann   166	Grace   173
11 pm	O’Reilly   375	Cooper   116	Maddow   79	Showbiz   329
TOTAL DAY	351	139	103	136
PRIME TIME	628	142	186	193
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   1867	Blitzer   500	Matthews   623	Prime   147
6 pm	Baier   1808	Blitzer   441	EdShow   666	Prime   212
7 pm	Shep   1657	Tonight   438	Matthews   650	Issues   343
8 pm	O’Reilly   2539	Brown 532	Olbermann   803	Grace   644
9 pm	Hannity   1801	King   665	Maddow   852	Behar   619
10 pm	Greta   1536	Cooper   495	Olbermann   564	Grace   413
11 pm	O’Reilly   1161	Cooper   382	Maddow   399	Showbiz   329
TOTAL DAY	1295	476	423	324
PRIME TIME	1959	564	740	547
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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