Cable News Ratings Monday April 4: Chris Hayes Leads MSNBC in Total Viewers

MSNBC’s 8 p.m. host, Chris Hayes, led the network in terms of total viewers on Monday.
Hayes, who is regularly among the network’s top three rated hosts, just edged out The Rachel Maddow Show, which was guest-hosted by Ali Velshi, to lead the network. Hayes brought in 1.235 million total viewers, narrowly beating Velshi’s 1.204 million total viewers.
Lawrence O’Donnell landed in third place on the network with 1.187 million total viewers.
While Hayes topped Velshi in total viewers, Velshi still managed to beat out Hayes in the key 25-54 age demographic with 160,000 to 158,000 demo viewers.
Here is a full breakdown of Monday’s cable news ratings by show:
Total Viewers (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 994 |
NEW DAY: 335 |
MORNING JOE: 809 |
DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL: 4 |
ELEMENTARY: 40 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1336 |
NEW DAY: 455 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 78 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 41 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1711 |
NEW DAY: 466 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1907 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 600 |
MORNING JOE: 912 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 127 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1781 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 655 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 670 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 89 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1823 |
AT THIS HOUR: 705 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 659 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 121 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1914 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 760 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 678 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 132 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 149 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1737 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 707 |
MTP DAILY: 650 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 217 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1656 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 726 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 724 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 100 |
BLUE BLOODS: 294 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1699 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 755 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 760 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 337 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1703 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 841 |
DEADLINE WHITE HOUSE: 1142 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 184 |
BLUE BLOODS: 363 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3590 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 818 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 268 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 153 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2700 |
SITUATION ROOM: 727 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1140 |
SPICER & CO: 261 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 68 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 3068 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 806 |
REIDOUT: 1096 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 375 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 50 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3481 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 906 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1235 |
STINCHFIELD: 295 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 74 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2635 |
CNN TONIGHT: 695 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 1204 |
PRIME NEWS: 137 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 66 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2133 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 602 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1187 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 190 |
BANFIELD: 56 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1807 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 476 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 743 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 123 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 25 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 182 |
NEW DAY: 78 |
MORNING JOE: 91 |
DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL: 0 |
ELEMENTARY: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 237 |
NEW DAY: 130 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 7 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 5 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 205 |
NEW DAY: 126 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 253 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 140 |
MORNING JOE: 92 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 16 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 252 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 147 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 53 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 11 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 215 |
AT THIS HOUR: 150 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 45 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 8 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 256 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 169 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 59 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 17 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 14 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 243 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 162 |
MTP DAILY: 54 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 13 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 240 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 138 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 70 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 14 |
BLUE BLOODS: 29 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 277 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 157 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 84 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 66 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 290 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 184 |
DEADLINE WHITE HOUSE: 114 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 23 |
BLUE BLOODS: 64 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 517 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 217 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 43 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 31 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 394 |
SITUATION ROOM: 182 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 95 |
SPICER & CO: 24 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 11 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 397 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 223 |
REIDOUT: 135 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 42 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 9 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 615 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 241 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 158 |
STINCHFIELD: 68 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 9 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 443 |
CNN TONIGHT: 193 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 160 |
PRIME NEWS: 11 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 18 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 376 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 157 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 136 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 37 |
BANFIELD: 8 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 306 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 136 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 110 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 8 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 5 |
As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
Total viewers:
CNN: 624,000
Fox: 1.89 million
MSNBC: 846,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 154,000
Fox News: 290,000
MSNBC: 94,000
Here are the prime time averages — encompassing shows which air from 8-11 p.m. — in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
Total viewers:
CNN: 734,000
Fox News: 2.75 million
MSNBC: 1.21 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 197,000
Fox News: 478,000
MSNBC: 152,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.