What News? MSNBC Wins Prime Time Demo Saturday Night With Docs

Cable news ratings, December 26, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:

• We praised Greta Van Susteren and Larry King for anchoring live Saturday night to cover the terror attempt story, while MSNBC stayed in tape. Well guess what – MSNBC was the top cable news network in the A25-54 demographic in prime time. In total viewers, FNC was #1 by far, with CNN in 2nd place.

• The top show in the demo was the 11pmET MSNBC Lock Up doc block, while the top show in total viewers was the 5pmET Fox News America’s News HQ program.

Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	263	204	203	58
6 pm	250	194	181	91
7 pm	261	178	240	89
8 pm	197	153	199	102
9 pm	215	197	276	104
10 pm	189	133	324	92
11 pm	287	200	375	116
TOTAL DAY	260	205	194	110
PRIME TIME	200	161	266	99
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	1106	839	405	190
6 pm	992	757	440	193
7 pm	1081	677	536	201
8 pm	888	688	382	339
9 pm	862	835	549	282
10 pm	878	554	615	185
11 pm	524	574	570	238
TOTAL DAY	921	720	409	266
PRIME TIME	841	692	515	269
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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