Monday Cable News Ratings: Maddow And Schultz Have Strong Night

On Monday night, Rachel Maddow ruled MSNBC’s slate in the 25-to-54 year-old demo, pulling in 267,000 viewers, while Ed Schultz was the best on MSNBCs slate with total viewers, drawing an estimated 1.134 million.

After a ratings bonanza over the weekend with their Whitney Houston coverage, CNN fell back into third place overall in the demo, averaging 139,000 over the entire day, and 203,000 in prime time. Good news for CNN? Piers Morgan continues his strong ratings, pulling in 200,000 demo viewers on Monday night.

Monday night’s full ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  429	Blitzer  157	Matthews  137	Special  54
6 pm	Baier  382	King, USA  111	Sharpton  162	Prime  59
7 pm	Shep  483	Burnett  163	Matthews  256	Velez-Mitchell  110
8 pm	O’Reilly  565	Cooper  207	Schultz  255	Grace  171
9 pm	Hannity  490	Piers  200	Maddow  267	Dr. Drew  117
10 pm	Van Susteren  445	Cooper  202	O’Donnell  258	Grace  145
11 pm	O’Reilly  427	Burnett  177	Schultz  166	Showbiz  132
TOTAL DAY	306	139	150	95
PRIME TIME	500	203	260	144
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.600	Blitzer  571	Matthews  765	Special  248
6 pm	Baier  1.777	King, USA  401	Sharpton  822	Prime 277
7 pm	Shep  1.939	Burnett  435	Matthews  859	Velez-Mitchell  346
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.998	Cooper  534	Schultz  1.134	Grace  611
9 pm	Hannity  2.161	Piers  542	Maddow  1.053	DrDrew  430
10 pm	Greta  1.617	Cooper  534	O’Donnell 980	Grace  364
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.247	Burnett  299	Schultz 577	Showbiz  397
TOTAL DAY	1.331	388	587	278
PRIME TIME	2.261	512	1.056	460
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data