Cable news ratings, August 19, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• Fox News’ 8pmET host Bill O’Reilly had his best night of 2009 last night — a show during which he went after NBC anchors — in the A25-54 demographic, averaging 1,101,000 viewers. That means the program had more demo viewers than every prime time CNN show had total viewers. O’Reilly also had the top program of the night in total viewers, with 3,701,000.
• The best non-FNC show was once again Countdown with Keith Olbermann in both the demo and in total viewers, with 476,000 in the demo and 1,207,000 total viewers.
• Fox News continued the streak of topping all the cable competition combined, beating CNN, MSNBC, HLN and CNBC during prime time in total viewers and the demo.
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
492 |
Blitzer
129 |
Matthews
168 |
Prime
94 |
| 6 pm | Baier
391 |
Blitzer
159 |
EdShow
169 |
Prime
105 |
| 7 pm | Shep
397 |
Dobbs
188 |
Matthews
182 |
Issues
137 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
1101 |
Brown
201 |
Olbermann
476 |
Grace
256 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
813 |
King
255 |
Maddow
353 |
Issues
186 |
| 10 pm | Greta
651 |
Cooper
185 |
Olbermann
295 |
Grace
134 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
599 |
Cooper
187 |
Maddow
236 |
Showbiz
131 |
| TOTAL DAY | 415 | 167 | 155 | 127 |
| PRIME TIME | 859 | 214 | 375 | 186 |
| 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
2044 |
Blitzer
684 |
Matthews
486 |
Prime
225 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1812 |
Blitzer
635 |
EdShow
466 |
Prime
155 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1686 |
Dobbs
624 |
Matthews
638 |
Issues
370 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3701 |
Brown
687 |
Olbermann
1207 |
Grace
653 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2637 |
King
884 |
Maddow
1044 |
Issues
455 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2229 |
Cooper
584 |
Olbermann
754 |
Grace
416 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1764 |
Cooper
447 |
Maddow
538 |
Showbiz
417 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1565 | 569 | 445 | 293 |
| PRIME TIME | 2865 | 718 | 1002 | 496 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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