Monday Cable Ratings: Don Lemon #1 in Demo Across CNN, MSNBC

On the night he held up an uncensored sign with the “n-word” on it, Don Lemon’s CNN Tonight was the highest rated show in the 25-54 demo across both CNN and MSNBC with 188K viewers. During the 10 p.m. time slot, Fox News’ Hannity was #1 with 272K and MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell was third with 168K.

In total viewers, CNN Tonight came in third place at 10 p.m. with 569K behind Hannity’s 1.026M and Lawrence O’Donnell’s 737K.

Here are the rest of your Monday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  175	New Day  118	Morning Joe  89
5 pm	The Five  321	Blitzer  180	Schultz  69
6 pm	Baier  316	Blitzer  163	Sharpton  94
7 pm	Van Susteren  318	Burnett  165	Matthews  144
8 pm	O’Reilly  418	Cooper  185	Hayes  119
9 pm	Kelly  346	Cooper  182	Maddow  180
10 pm	Hannity  272	Tonight  188	O’Donnell  168
11 pm	O’Reilly  229	Cooper  187	Hayes  131
PRIME TIME	345	186	156
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  928	New Day  320	Morning Joe  352
5 pm	The Five  1.977	Blitzer  641	Schultz  550
6 pm	Baier  1.944	Blitzer  458	Sharpton  532
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.786	Burnett  527	Matthews  765
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.450	Cooper  630	Hayes  652
9 pm	Kelly  1.835	Cooper  591	Maddow  914
10 pm	Hannity  1.026	Tonight  569	O’Donnell  737
11 pm	O’Reilly  938	Cooper  542	Hayes  483
PRIME TIME	1.771	598	767
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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