Tuesday Ratings: MSNBC’s O’Donnell Beats Fox’s Van Susteren In Demo

Tuesday night, MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell beat Fox’s On The Record with Greta Van Susteren in the 25-54 demo at 10pm. Lawrence O’Donnell’s show had 213K in the demo while Greta Van Susteren’s had 201K. Erin Burnett’s CNN special on Benghazi came in fourth place, behind HLN’s After Dark, with 104K viewers in the demo.
In total viewers, Van Susteren was #1 at 10pm with 1.319M while O’Donnell came in second with 661K.
Here are the rest of your Tuesday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
314 |
Blitzer
79 |
Matthews
148 |
Express
92 |
| 6 pm | Baier
244 |
Blitzer
95 |
Sharpton
117 |
Express
77 |
| 7 pm | Smith
246 |
Burnett
102 |
Matthews
102 |
Velez-Mitchell
89 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
374 |
Cooper
143 |
Hayes
100 |
Grace
116 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
233 |
Morgan
117 |
Maddow
239 |
Dr. Drew
123 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
201 |
Burnett Special
104 |
O’Donnell
213 |
After Dark
112 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
270 |
Cooper
117 |
Hayes
119 |
Showbiz
89 |
| TOTAL DAY | 231 | 105 | 111 | 87 |
| PRIME TIME | 269 | 121 | 184 | 117 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
1.925 |
Blitzer
406 |
Matthews
592 |
Express
352 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.743 |
Blitzer
335 |
Sharpton
508 |
Express
242 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.387 |
Burnett
350 |
Matthews
445 |
Velez-Mitchell
261 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.000 |
Cooper
443 |
Hayes
423 |
Grace
342 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1.388 |
Morgan
458 |
Maddow
655 |
Dr. Drew
268 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1.319 |
Burnett Special
361 |
O’Donnell
661 |
After Dark
222 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.019 |
Cooper
314 |
Hayes
294 |
Showbiz
192 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.175 | 368 | 372 | 237 |
| PRIME TIME | 1.573 | 421 | 580 | 277 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||



