News Wins Thursday For Fox: FOX Report Top Show In Demo

Cable news ratings, December 24, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• The top cable news show on Christmas Eve was The FOX Report in the A25-54 demographic, with Gregg Jarrett filling in for Shepard Smith. The top show in total viewers was FNC’s 9pmET hour of a Fox & Friends special. Most of cable news were in special programming Thursday night.

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   268	Blitzer   104	MSNBC Special   49	Prime   71
6 pm	Baier   252	Blitzer   77	MSNBC Special   46	Prime   86
7 pm	Shep   307	Best/Worst of 2009   136	MSNBC Special   65	Issues   91
8 pm	Fox & Friends   245	Future Fast Forward   105	MSNBC Special   97	Grace   137
9 pm	Fox & Friends   252	King   176	MSNBC Special   119	Behar   100
10 pm	Rejoice   159	CNN Presents   132	MSNBC Special   145	Grace   79
11 pm	Fox & Friends   107	CNN Presents   132	MSNBC Special   151	Showbiz   92
TOTAL DAY	243	138	88	105
PRIME TIME	218	139	121	103
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck   1163	Blitzer   517	MSNBC Special   169	Prime   201
6 pm	Baier   1058	Blitzer   406	MSNBC Special   164	Prime   218
7 pm	Shep   1075	Best/Worst of 2009   458	MSNBC Special   260	Issues   294
8 pm	Fox & Friends   1056	Future Fast Forward   456	MSNBC Special   401	Grace   479
9 pm	Fox & Friends   1085	King   610	MSNBC Special   325	Behar   412
10 pm	Rejoice   701	CNN Presents   402	MSNBC Special   312	Grace   254
11 pm	Fox & Friends   506	CNN Presents   402	MSNBC Special   327	Showbiz   201
TOTAL DAY	971	474	305	259
PRIME TIME	947	497	346	371
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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