Monday Cable News Ratings: MSNBC’s Matthews Beats Fox’s Van Susteren in Demo at 7pm

On its first night at 7pm, Fox’s On The Record with Greta Van Susteren came in second in the 25-54 demo behind MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews. Matthews, who himself has only been airing new shows at 7pm since August had 377K in the demo, while Van Susteren had 359K. That made Matthews’ show the highest-rated hour of the night on MSNBC in the demo and total viewers.

Van Susteren beat Matthews in total viewers, bringing in 1.929M to the MSNBC host’s 1.197M.

Here are the rest of your Monday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  264	New Day  122	Morning Joe  132	Express  99
5 pm	The Five  338	Blitzer  219	Schultz  192	Express  37
6 pm	Baier  288	Blitzer/Crossfire  225/113	Sharpton  271	Express  48
7 pm	Van Susteren  359	Burnett  140	Matthews  377	Velez-Mitchell  103
8 pm	O’Reilly  415	Cooper  163	Hayes  329	Grace  90
9 pm	Kelly  289	Morgan  145	Maddow  299	Dr. Drew  76
10 pm	Hannity  251	Cooper  128	O’Donnell  251	After Dark  44
11 pm	O’Reilly  320	Tapper/Crossfire  70/92	Hayes  118	Showbiz  40
PRIME TIME	319	145	293	70
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.126	New Day  275	Morning Joe  500	Express  275
5 pm	The Five  2.034	Blitzer  639	Schultz  816	Express  132
6 pm	Baier  1.857	Blitzer/Crossfire  582/376	Sharpton  939	Express  110
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.929	Burnett  505	Matthews  1.197	Velez-Mitchell  210
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.589	Cooper  637	Hayes  920	Grace  212
9 pm	Kelly  2.066	Morgan  530	Maddow  997	Dr. Drew  182
10 pm	Hannity  1.522	Cooper  392	O’Donnell  923	After Dark  165
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.045	Tapper/Crossfire  222/280	Hayes  386	Showbiz  207
PRIME TIME	2.065	520	947	186
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data