Cable news ratings, November 2, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Bill O’Reilly, once again, had the top show on cable news last night in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. In the demo, he was far ahead of the rest of the pack – O’Reilly had 943,000 demo viewers, Glenn Beck was #2 with 643,000.
• The top non-FNC show was Nancy Grace‘s 8pmET HLN hour in the demo and Keith Olbermann‘s 8pmET MSNBC hour in total viewers.
• Some cable news show saw year-long lows last night, with CNN’s Larry King at 9pmET and Anderson Cooper at 10pmET having their worst total viewer average of 2009. We may have to blame the World Series a little bit – Sean Hannity‘s total viewer average at 9pmET for Fox News was lower than Bret Baier at 6pmET and Shepard Smith at 7pmET.
Check out all the ratings below, and leave your own thoughts in the comments:
TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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5 pm | Beck
643 |
Blitzer
141 |
Matthews
117 |
Prime
98 |
6 pm | Baier
493 |
Blitzer
103 |
EdShow
151 |
Prime
105 |
7 pm | Shep
505 |
Dobbs
146 |
Matthews
178 |
Issues
175 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
943 |
Brown
191 |
Olbermann
246 |
Grace
327 |
9 pm | Hannity
536 |
King
160 |
Maddow
310 |
Behar
148 |
10 pm | Greta
374 |
Cooper
105 |
Olbermann
207 |
Grace
168 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
368 |
Cooper
76 |
Maddow
126 |
Showbiz
159 |
TOTAL DAY | 379 | 130 | 122 | 146 |
PRIME TIME | 619 | 152 | 254 | 209 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. |
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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5 pm | Beck
2849 |
Blitzer
761 |
Matthews
528 |
Prime
279 |
6 pm | Baier
2283 |
Blitzer
520 |
EdShow
539 |
Prime
252 |
7 pm | Shep
2200 |
Dobbs
675 |
Matthews
669 |
Issues
478 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
3276 |
Brown
554 |
Olbermann
955 |
Grace
721 |
9 pm | Hannity
1914 |
King
451 |
Maddow
854 |
Behar
291 |
10 pm | Greta
1462 |
Cooper
396 |
Olbermann
561 |
Grace
413 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1216 |
Cooper
296 |
Maddow
383 |
Showbiz
328 |
TOTAL DAY | 1515 | 507 | 398 | 315 |
PRIME TIME | 2219 | 467 | 790 | 462 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. |
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