The O’Reilly Factor Beats Cable News Competition Combined

Cable news ratings, August 21, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• Fox News’ 8pmET The O’Reilly Factor was the number one show on cable news, and beat the cable news competition (CNN, MSNBC and HLN) combined in total viewers on Friday. The total viewer average of 2,551,000 was more than 500,000 total viewers ahead of the 2nd place show, Glenn Beck.

• HLN’s Nancy Grace is regularly topping CNN’s Campbell Brown at 8pmET in both categories. In the demo on Friday, Grace was 3,000 viewers away from finishing in 2nd place.

• The #1 non-FNC program Friday was MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show in the demo and Countdown with Keith Olbermann in total viewers.

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 544	Blitzer 103	Matthews 203	Prime 171
6 pm	Baier 488	Blitzer 157	EdShow 189	Prime 176
7 pm	Shep 355	Dobbs 138	Matthews 158	Issues 152
8 pm	O’Reilly 556	Brown 120	Olbermann 284	Grace 281
9 pm	Hannity 420	King 131	Maddow 289	Issues 119
10 pm	Greta 361	Cooper 178	Olbermann 178	Grace 155
11 pm	O’Reilly 350	Cooper 106	Maddow 151	Showbiz 174
TOTAL DAY	348	113	153	144
PRIME TIME	446	143	250	180
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2035	Blitzer 623	Matthews 580	Prime 325
6 pm	Baier 1875	Blitzer 668	EdShow 537	Prime 346
7 pm	Shep 1592	Dobbs 614	Matthews 516	Issues 348
8 pm	O’Reilly 2551	Brown 653	Olbermann 877	Grace 704
9 pm	Hannity 1881	King 692	Maddow 848	Issues 334
10 pm	Greta 1673	Cooper 519	Olbermann 534	Grace 397
11 pm	O’Reilly 1305	Cooper 402	Maddow 426	Showbiz 287
TOTAL DAY	1329	525	430	307
PRIME TIME	2036	621	753	468
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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