Monday Cable Ratings: CNN’s Cooper Gets Major Boost From Sterling Interview

Anderson Cooper’s exclusive interview with L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling helped give CNN a major ratings boost Monday night, with the 8 p.m. hour hitting 294K in the 25-54 demo and 720K total viewers. That was a 73% jump in the demo and a 42% jump in total viewers for Anderson Cooper 360 compared to the previous four week average.

Cooper’s show beat MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes, which had 114K in the demo and 482K total, at 8 p.m., but remained behind Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor, which had 362K in the demo and 2.294M total.

Here are the rest of your Monday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  233	New Day  97	Morning Joe  116	Express  107
5 pm	The Five  340	Blitzer  70	Schultz  132	Detective  70
6 pm	Baier  273	Blitzer/Crossfire  108/116	Sharpton  112	Detective  81
7 pm	Van Susteren  225	Burnett  116	Matthews  127	Velez-Mitchell  68
8 pm	O’Reilly  362	Cooper  294	Hayes  114	Grace  110
9 pm	Kelly  301	Weir  163	Maddow  145	Dr. Drew  100
10 pm	Hannity  244	Lemon  125	O’Donnell  115	Files  92
11 pm	O’Reilly  238	Cooper  159	Hayes  37	Files  151
PRIME TIME	302	194	125	101
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.009	New Day  267	Morning Joe  316	Express  229
5 pm	The Five  1.910	Blitzer  372	Schultz  558	Detective  117
6 pm	Baier  1.807	Blitzer/Crossfire  350/287	Sharpton  527	Detective  188
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.582	Burnett  389	Matthews  695	Velez-Mitchell  189
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.294	Cooper  720	Hayes  482	Grace  308
9 pm	Kelly  1.923	Weir  364	Maddow  601	Dr. Drew  203
10 pm	Hannity  1.218	Lemon  325	O’Donnell  459	Files  247
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.163	Cooper  392	Hayes  247	Files  351
PRIME TIME	1.812	470	514	253
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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