CNN was #1 in the 25-54 demo in prime time Monday night, buoyed by exclusive interviews with Zimmerman trial Juror B37 on Anderson Cooper 360 and witness Rachel Jeantel on Piers Morgan Live. During the 9pm hour, Piers Morgan‘s CNN show came in first in the demo with 678K viewers while Fox’s Sean Hannity was 2nd with 424K. At 10pm, CNN’s Anderson Cooper was #1 in the demo with 576K viewers, while Fox’s Greta Van Susteren was 2nd with 344K.
During the 8pm hour when the first part of the CNN interview with Juror B37 aired, Fox’s Bill O’Reilly was #1 in the demo with 478K while Cooper was #2 with 474K. Fox was #1 across the board in total viewers during prime time.
Here are the rest of your Monday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The Five 294 | Blitzer 123 | Matthews 140 | Express 134 |
| 6 pm | Baier 282 | Blitzer 174 | Sharpton 155 | Express 108 |
| 7 pm | Smith 260 | Burnett 146 | Matthews 197 | Velez-Mitchell 159 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 478 | Cooper 474 | Hayes 202 | Grace 159 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 424 | Morgan 678 | Maddow 263 | Dr. Drew 156 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 344 | Cooper 576 | O’Donnell 235 | After Dark 199 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 382 | Cooper 414 | Hayes 165 | Showbiz 145 |
| TOTAL DAY | 263 | 251 | 142 | 145 |
| PRIME TIME | 415 | 576 | 233 | 171 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The Five 2.056 | Blitzer 494 | Matthews 726 | Express 284 |
| 6 pm | Baier 1.920 | Blitzer 443 | Sharpton 696 | Express 262 |
| 7 pm | Smith 1.589 | Burnett 372 | Matthews 743 | Velez-Mitchell 423 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 2.859 | Cooper 961 | Hayes 655 | Grace 444 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 1.910 | Morgan 1.378 | Maddow 819 | Dr. Drew 427 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 1.689 | Cooper 1.258 | O’Donnell 717 | After Dark 406 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 1.293 | Cooper 914 | Hayes 442 | Showbiz 282 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.456 | 642 | 472 | 328 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.153 | 1.201 | 731 | 425 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||