Ratings Upset: Sean Hannity’s Sarah Palin Interview Beats Bill O’Reilly’s

Cable news ratings, November 17, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• He may be the top-rated cable news host, but more people watched Sean Hannity‘s interview with Sarah Palin Wendesday night than watched Bill O’Reilly‘s interview with Palin Thursday night. Hannity had 4,200,000 total viewers while O’Reilly got 4,120,000 (he has two more parts, tonight and Monday). In the A25-54 demographic, Hannity had 1,149,000 while O’Reilly had 1,069,000.

• In the demo, HLN finished 2nd in prime time, followed by MSNBC and CNN. In total viewers during prime time, MSNBC was 2nd and CNN was 3rd.

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 689	Blitzer 138	Matthews 108	Prime 126
6 pm	Baier 525	Blitzer 118	EdShow 102	Prime 121
7 pm	Shep 477	Tonight 148	Matthews 175	Issues 195
8 pm	O’Reilly 1069	Brown 193	Olbermann 316	Grace 359
9 pm	Hannity 744	King 258	Maddow 240	Behar 188
10 pm	Greta 571	Cooper 216	Olbermann 208	Grace 259
11 pm	O’Reilly 519	Cooper 151	Maddow 127	Showbiz 145
TOTAL DAY	420	149	116	142
PRIME TIME	795	222	255	265
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2730	Blitzer 627	Matthews 554	Prime 261
6 pm	Baier 2359	Blitzer 617	EdShow 540	Prime 280
7 pm	Shep 2078	Tonight 578	Matthews 597	Issues 450
8 pm	O’Reilly 4120	Brown 695	Olbermann 1188	Grace 1018
9 pm	Hannity 2871	King 980	Maddow 877	Behar 654
10 pm	Greta 2113	Cooper 585	Olbermann 584	Grace 522
11 pm	O’Reilly 1691	Cooper 462	Maddow 382	Showbiz 412
TOTAL DAY	1656	548	417	328
PRIME TIME	3035	753	883	718
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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