Sean Hannity Has Best Two Nights Of Year In Demo

Cable news ratings, August 11, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Sean Hannity topped Bill O’Reilly last night in the A25-54 demographic – for the most demo viewers on cable news. O’Reilly was still #1 in total viewers. Monday and Tuesday night were the best of 2009 for Hannity’s 9pmET show in the demo. He had 887,000 last night.

• Keith Olbermann had a big night, and he had the top-rated non-FNC program on cable news in both categories. O’Reilly had the clear #1 program at 8pmET though.

• FNC beat CNN, MSNBC, HLN and CNBC combined in both total viewers and the demo. It was the third time this year FNC beat all other networks combined in the demo during prime time.

• CNN’s top show was Larry King Live in both categories. Wolf Blitzer filled in.

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 687	Blitzer 159	Matthews 133	Prime 63
6 pm	Baier 567	Blitzer 155	EdShow 192	Prime 89
7 pm	Shep 528	Dobbs 198	Matthews 293	Issues 111
8 pm	O’Reilly 856	Brown 202	Olbermann 487	Grace 195
9 pm	Hannity 887	King 275	Maddow 306	Issues 136
10 pm	Greta 765	Cooper 233	Olbermann 212	Grace 191
11 pm	O’Reilly 716	Cooper 177	Maddow 151	Showbiz 155
TOTAL DAY	421	171	135	115
PRIME TIME	838	237	335	171
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2331	Blitzer 748	Matthews 621	Prime 164
6 pm	Baier 2086	Blitzer 612	EdShow 607	Prime 189
7 pm	Shep 1750	Dobbs 648	Matthews 908	Issues 288
8 pm	O’Reilly 3193	Brown 801	Olbermann 1461	Grace 555
9 pm	Hannity 2866	King 923	Maddow 1021	Issues 405
10 pm	Greta 2352	Cooper 867	Olbermann 697	Grace 422
11 pm	O’Reilly 1878	Cooper 473	Maddow 415	Showbiz 363
TOTAL DAY	1441	586	441	250
PRIME TIME	2805	864	1059	453
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.