Monday Ratings: MSNBC’s Matthews Beats CNN’s Burnett In Demo And Total Viewers

Monday evening, during the 7 p.m. hour, MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews beat CNN’s OutFront with Erin Burnett in both the age 25-54 demo and total viewership. In the demo, Matthews racked up 261k viewers, nearly tripling Burnett’s 92k showing. In total viewership, Matthews more than tripled Burnett by scoring 984k total viewers versus Burnett’s 270k.

In addition, last week (July 30 – August 5) marked a 20-year weekly low in primetime for CNN in both the demo and total viewers.

It should be noted that due to the 2012 Summer Olympics, all cable network programming has experienced a decline in total viewership.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  282	Blitzer  93	Olympics  604	Express  75
6 pm	Baier  292	Blitzer  108	Sharpton  198	Express   45
7 pm	Shep  393	Burnett  92	Matthews  261	Velez-Mitchell  102
8 pm	O’Reilly  529	Cooper  102	Schultz  248	Grace  65
9 pm	Hannity  365	Morgan  131	Maddow  303	Dr. Drew  122
10 pm	Van Susteren  241	Cooper  104	O’Donnell  250	Grace  126
11 pm	O’Reilly  255	Burnett  83	Schultz  155	Showbiz  45
TOTAL DAY	245	90	198	83
PRIME TIME	378	112	267	104
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.569	Blitzer  610	Olympics  1.345	Express   182
6 pm	Baier  1.587	Blitzer  393	Sharpton  684	Express   150
7 pm	Smith  1.613	Burnett  270	Matthews  984	Velez-Mitchell  285
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.649	Cooper  400	Schultz  908	Grace  274
9 pm	Hannity  1.958	Morgan  449	Maddow  1.040	DrDrew  285
10 pm	Greta  1.379	Cooper  357	O’Donnell  785	Grace  305
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.043	Burnett  227	Schultz  478	Showbiz  163
TOTAL DAY	1.082	338	542	212
PRIME TIME	2.002	402	911	288
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data