Cable news ratings, August 3, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• As usual, Bill O’Reilly was the top-rated cable news host last night in both the A25-54 demographic and in total viewers. But in Keith Olbermann‘s return, and in his outright assertion of independence in the face of ‘Truce’-gate, the MSNBC host had a solid rating. 445,000 demo viewers watched, while 1,338,000 total. That was the top show on either MSNBC or CNN. (O’Reilly had 788,000 in demo and 3,504,000 viewers.)
• The lead-in helped Rachel Maddow‘s hour at 9pmET on MSNBC, who saw some of her best ratings recently with 400,000 in the demo and 1,255,000 total. That was good enough to beat every program on CNN.
• Sean Hannity held strong for FNC at 9pmET, with the 2nd best show of the night in the demo and total viewers.
• The top show on CNN was Larry King Live, who had an exclusive, and explosive, interview with Griffin O’Neal, Ryan O’Neal‘s son.
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
635 |
Blitzer
113 |
Matthews
135 |
Prime
97 |
| 6 pm | Baier
447 |
Blitzer
105 |
EdShow
103 |
Prime
111 |
| 7 pm | Shep
366 |
Dobbs
228 |
Matthews
227 |
Issues
131 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
788 |
Brown
198 |
Olbermann
445 |
Grace
217 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
668 |
King
342 |
Maddow
400 |
Issues
128 |
| 10 pm | Greta
640 |
Cooper
255 |
Olbermann
302 |
Grace
162 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
460 |
Cooper
222 |
Maddow
182 |
Showbiz
159 |
| TOTAL DAY | 327 | 133 | 132 | 119 |
| PRIME TIME | 699 | 265 | 384 | 163 |
| 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
2243 |
Blitzer
612 |
Matthews
615 |
Prime
222 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1908 |
Blitzer
456 |
EdShow
551 |
Prime
252 |
| 7 pm | Shep
1648 |
Dobbs
688 |
Matthews
771 |
Issues
325 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3504 |
Brown
652 |
Olbermann
1338 |
Grace
675 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2720 |
King
1155 |
Maddow
1255 |
Issues
369 |
| 10 pm | Greta
2184 |
Cooper
830 |
Olbermann
785 |
Grace
402 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1419 |
Cooper
613 |
Maddow
532 |
Showbiz
329 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1247 | 578 | 422 | 266 |
| PRIME TIME | 2804 | 862 | 1128 | 498 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
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