Monday Ratings: CNN’s Cooper-Hosted Zimmerman Special Beats MSNBC’s O’Donnell In Demo At 10pm

CNN debuted a new hour-long special titled Self-Defense or Murder? The George Zimmerman Trial hosted by Anderson Cooper last night. Scheduled to run every day this week at 10pm, the new show beat MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell in the 25-54 demo. Cooper’s special had 190K viewers in the demo while Lawrence O’Donnell‘s regular program had 124K.

O’Donnell beat Cooper in total viewers, 548K to 482K. Greta Van Susteren‘s Fox News show was #1 iat 10pm with 200K in the demo and 1.227 total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Monday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  308	Blitzer  58	Matthews  184	Express  206
6 pm	Baier  228	Blitzer  82	Sharpton  168	Express  249
7 pm	Smith  206	Burnett  87	Matthews  119	Velez-Mitchell  250
8 pm	O’Reilly  344	Cooper  120	Hayes  137	Grace  174
9 pm	Hannity  321	Morgan  123	Maddow  202	Dr. Drew  183
10 pm	Van Susteren  200	Cooper/Zimmerman  190	O’Donnell  124	After Dark  162
11 pm	O’Reilly  287	Cooper  113	Hayes  98	Showbiz  149
TOTAL DAY	219	103	117	157
PRIME TIME	288	144	154	173
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  1.737	Blitzer  417	Matthews  790	Express  674
6 pm	Baier  1.642	Blitzer  359	Sharpton  756	Express  689
7 pm	Smith  1.313	Burnett  385	Matthews  593	Velez-Mitchell  596
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.018	Cooper  609	Hayes  571	Grace  486
9 pm	Hannity  1.517	Morgan  490	Maddow  754	Dr. Drew  477
10 pm	Van Susteren  1.227	Cooper/Zimmerman  482	O’Donnell  548	After Dark  338
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.007	Cooper  342	Hayes  306	Showbiz  383
TOTAL DAY	1.067	349	420	460
PRIME TIME	1.590	527	624	434
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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