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) | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| 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. | ||||