Monday Ratings: CNN’s Cooper Beats MSNBC’s Hayes And O’Donnell At 8 And 10pm In Demo And Total Viewers

CNN’s Anderson Cooper came out ahead of MSNBC in both his 8pm and 10pm ET time slots Monday night in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers.
At 8pm, Cooper’s 206K demo viewers and 604K total viewers outpaced Chris Hayes‘ 145K and 498K respectively. At 10pm, Cooper’s numbers were even higher, with 242K in the demo and 677K total. By contrast, Lawrence O’Donnell had 145K in the demo and 670K total viewers.
In both time slots, for the demo and total viewers, CNN came in second to Fox News.
Here are the rest of your Monday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
277 |
Blitzer
164 |
Matthews
105 |
Express
98 |
| 6 pm | Baier
250 |
Blitzer
173 |
Sharpton
129 |
Express
109 |
| 7 pm | Smith
292 |
Burnett
157 |
Matthews
125 |
Velez-Mitchell
105 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
557 |
Cooper
206 |
Hayes
145 |
Grace
172 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
370 |
Morgan
173 |
Maddow
224 |
Dr. Drew
196 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
346 |
Cooper
242 |
O’Donnell
145 |
After Dark
165 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
389 |
Burnett
175 |
Hayes
69 |
Showbiz
149 |
| TOTAL DAY | 316 | 162 | 97 | 134 |
| PRIME TIME | 424 | 207 | 171 | 178 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.201 |
Blitzer
623 |
Matthews
661 |
Express
422 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.189 |
Blitzer
477 |
Sharpton
651 |
Express
376 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.962 |
Burnett
466 |
Matthews
561 |
Velez-Mitchell
391 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.338 |
Cooper
604 |
Hayes
498 |
Grace
553 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2.576 |
Morgan
504 |
Maddow
725 |
Dr. Drew
559 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
1.940 |
Cooper
677 |
O’Donnell
670 |
After Dark
464 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.341 |
Burnett
408 |
Hayes
301 |
Showbiz
342 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.656 | 477 | 425 | 383 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.633 | 596 | 632 | 525 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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