Monday Ratings: Fox Wins Royal Baby Coverage, Total Day And Prime Time For Demo And Total Viewers

Fox News led the cable news ratings Monday during heavy royal baby coverage from all major networks. In the 25-54 demo, Fox was #1 with 251K total day and 301K prime time viewers. For total viewers, Fox was #1 with 1.440M total day and 1.930M prime time. Across the board, CNN came in second, MSNBC was third and HLN was fourth.

CNN beat Fox in the demo during the 10pm hour when they aired a special on the royal birth. Will And Kate +1 had 265K viewers in the demo, beating Fox’s Greta Van Susteren, who had 173K.

Here are the rest of your Monday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  330	Blitzer  242	Matthews  76	Express  89
6 pm	Baier  297	Blitzer  185	Sharpton  176	Express  80
7 pm	Smith  307	Burnett  185	Matthews  176	Velez-Mitchell  80
8 pm	O’Reilly  444	Cooper  209	Hayes  187	Grace  157
9 pm	Hannity  283	Morgan  191	Maddow  261	Dr. Drew  111
10 pm	Van Susteren  173	Will And Kate +1  265	O’Donnell  158	After Dark  69
11 pm	O’Reilly  277	Cooper  170	Hayes  103	Showbiz  103
TOTAL DAY	251	194	132	102
PRIME TIME	301	222	202	112
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five  1.997	Blitzer  816	Matthews  491	Express  243
6 pm	Baier  1.882	Blitzer  628	Sharpton  642	Express  201
7 pm	Smith  1.692	Burnett  492	Matthews  717	Velez-Mitchell  282
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.842	Cooper  713	Hayes  668	Grace  324
9 pm	Hannity  1.620	Morgan  715	Maddow  874	Dr. Drew  308
10 pm	Van Susteren  1.302	Will And Kate +1  765	O’Donnell  634	After Dark  208
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.310	Cooper  606	Hayes  358	Showbiz  237
TOTAL DAY	1.440	596	449	259
PRIME TIME	1.930	731	725	280
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data