O’Reilly #1, Hannity #2 On Tuesday

Cable news ratings, September 8, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Bill O’Reilly had the top-rated cable news program on Tuesday, in total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. His demo rating reached well past 1 million viewers as well. In 2nd place was Sean Hannity the next hour, in both categories.

• The top non-FNC program was Countdown with Keith Olbermann in both categories.

• HLN topped sister network CNN in the demo during prime time, landing CNN in 4th place for the night (3rd place in total viewers ahead of HLN).

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 704	Blitzer 143	Matthews 142	Prime 75
6 pm	Baier 545	Blitzer 153	EdShow 185	Prime 83
7 pm	Shep 433	Dobbs 163	Matthews 250	Issues 135
8 pm	O’Reilly 1071	Brown 184	Olbermann 423	Grace 380
9 pm	Hannity 862	King 275	Maddow 369	Issues 230
10 pm	Greta 600	Cooper 204	Olbermann 308	Grace 297
11 pm	O’Reilly 548	Cooper 186	Maddow 202	Showbiz 199
TOTAL DAY	458	173	176	147
PRIME TIME	851	221	367	297
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2610	Blitzer 761	Matthews 548	Prime 237
6 pm	Baier 2290	Blitzer 831	EdShow 535	Prime 263
7 pm	Shep 1842	Dobbs 716	Matthews 603	Issues 359
8 pm	O’Reilly 3853	Brown 761	Olbermann 1262	Grace 914
9 pm	Hannity 3015	King 1056	Maddow 1184	Issues 517
10 pm	Greta 2457	Cooper 639	Olbermann 843	Grace 627
11 pm	O’Reilly 1820	Cooper 448	Maddow 566	Showbiz 393
TOTAL DAY	1657	623	496	317
PRIME TIME	3122	819	1098	675
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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