On Lou Dobbs’ Last Night, CNN Finishes 5th In Prime Time Demo

by Steve Krakauer | 5:59 pm, November 12th, 2009

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Cable news ratings, November 11, 2009: Check out the highlights, and see the full ratings below:
• On a night that Lou Dobbs said goodbye the hour before, CNN finished in 5th place – behind Fox News, MSNBC, HLN and CNBC – in the prime time A25-54 demographic. This was only the 2nd time in 2009 the network finished 5th, with the first time coming in March. Dobbs’ 7pmET hour finished 4th in the demo and 3rd in total viewers.
• The top show on cable news was, once again, Bill O’Reilly’s 8pmET in both total viewers and the demo. Glenn Beck’s return to the airwaves gave him 2nd place in both.
• Larry King was not helped by an awkward interview with Carrie Prejean – his hour was the lowest for CNN in the prime time demo.
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 742	Blitzer 103	Matthews 139	Prime 100
6 pm	Baier 556	Blitzer 127	EdShow 178	Prime 108
7 pm	Shep 572	Dobbs 153	Matthews 201	Issues 183
8 pm	O’Reilly 1042	Brown 174	Olbermann 413	Grace 294
9 pm	Hannity 714	King 156	Maddow 270	Behar 162
10 pm	Greta 486	Cooper 174	Olbermann 298	Grace 215
11 pm	O’Reilly 491	Cooper 169	Maddow 220	Showbiz 192
TOTAL DAY	436	144	141	162
PRIME TIME	749	168	327	220
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	Beck 2837	Blitzer 624	Matthews 558	Prime 193
6 pm	Baier 2247	Blitzer 570	EdShow 516	Prime 236
7 pm	Shep 2132	Dobbs 641	Matthews 661	Issues 520
8 pm	O’Reilly 3647	Brown 692	Olbermann 1236	Grace 815
9 pm	Hannity 2609	King 633	Maddow 1143	Behar 527
10 pm	Greta 1942	Cooper 572	Olbermann 812	Grace 427
11 pm	O’Reilly 1658	Cooper 616	Maddow 588	Showbiz 370
TOTAL DAY	1620	610	471	331
PRIME TIME	2735	632	1063	581
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data