Cable news ratings, August 10, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Last night’s The O’Reilly Factor was the Bill O’Reilly‘s highest rated show of the year in the A25-54 demographic. It was the first time the program had more than 1 million demo viewers (1,072,000). Will he beat it tonight when he turns the spotlight on GE?
• FNC as a whole had a huge night in prime time. The network beat CNN, MSNBC and HLN combined in both the demo and total viewers.
• So how did CNN’s Kathy Griffin-Levi Johnston combo go last night? The Larry King Live show was the network’s top-rated in both categories.
• Keith Olbermann had the top rated show on MSNBC in both categories, and MSNBC topped CNN as in prime time demo and total viewers.
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
669 |
Blitzer
145 |
Matthews
174 |
Prime
144 |
| 6 pm | Baier
490 |
Blitzer
115 |
EdShow
154 |
Prime
122 |
| 7 pm | Shep
456 |
Dobbs
195 |
Matthews
188 |
Issues
148 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
1072 |
Brown
225 |
Olbermann
406 |
Grace
327 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
932 |
King
229 |
Maddow
327 |
Issues
172 |
| 10 pm | Greta
645 |
Cooper
197 |
Olbermann
223 |
Grace
217 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
533 |
Cooper
158 |
Maddow
225 |
Showbiz
187 |
| TOTAL DAY | 395 | 161 | 127 | 147 |
| PRIME TIME | 883 | 227 | 319 | 235 |
| 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
2417 |
Blitzer
716 |
Matthews
602 |
Prime
238 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1988 |
Blitzer
522 |
EdShow
519 |
Prime
229 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1833 |
Dobbs
675 |
Matthews
710 |
Issues
398 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3814 |
Brown
783 |
Olbermann
1243 |
Grace
875 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
3118 |
King
810 |
Maddow
1082 |
Issues
431 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2388 |
Cooper
636 |
Olbermann
733 |
Grace
493 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1657 |
Cooper
411 |
Maddow
530 |
Showbiz
411 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1410 | 511 | 413 | 297 |
| PRIME TIME | 3107 | 743 | 1019 | 588 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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