Monday Cable Ratings: CNN #1 Demo, Fox #1 Total During Baltimore Riots
Riots on the streets of Baltimore dominated cable news Monday night, leading to a rare victory for CNN in the 25-54 demo during primetime. With 925K viewers between the hours of 8 and 11 p.m., CNN topped Fox News, which averaged 839K. The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Erin Burnett OutFront and Anderson Cooper 360 each came out ahead of their respective Fox News competition Monday afternoon and evening. Hannity had the best demo for Fox at 10pm with 960,000.
In total viewers, Fox News retained the #1 spot in primetime with 2.965M, while CNN came in second with a high 2.138M. MSNBC came in a distant third place in both categories with 214K in the demo and 753K total viewers.
Here are the rest of your Monday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
226 |
New Day
116 |
Morning Joe
93 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
403 |
Blitzer
531 |
Schultz
126 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
394 |
Blitzer
764 |
Sharpton
148 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
560 |
Burnett
949 |
Matthews
212 |
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| 8 pm | Smith
775 |
Cooper
975 |
Hayes
186 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
781 |
Cooper
910 |
Maddow
244 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
960 |
Tonight
889 |
O’Donnell
213 |
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| 11 pm | Smith
879 |
Tonight
769 |
Hayes
194 |
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| PRIME TIME | 839 | 925 | 214 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
917 |
New Day
325 |
Morning Joe
300 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.428 |
Blitzer
1.438 |
Schultz
561 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
2.390 |
Blitzer
1.947 |
Sharpton
624 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
2.333 |
Burnett
2.181 |
Matthews
920 |
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| 8 pm | Smith
3.041 |
Cooper
2.215 |
Hayes
793 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
2.911 |
Cooper
2.225 |
Maddow
860 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
2.941 |
Tonight
1.967 |
O’Donnell
605 |
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| 11 pm | Smith
2.567 |
Tonight
1.559 |
Hayes
482 |
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| PRIME TIME | 2.965 | 2.138 | 753 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
