Monday Ratings: MSNBC’s Matthews, Maddow, O’Donnell Beat Fox News Counterparts In Demo
On Monday, MSNBC’s primetime lineup fared well with Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell beating their Fox News counterparts in the demo at 7 p.m., 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. respectively.
In total viewers, those Fox News competitors (Shepard Smith, Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren) regained their lead over the other three networks, including MSNBC.
The highest-rated show on MSNBC was Maddow’s, in both demo and total viewers.
Here are the rest of your Monday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
463 |
Blitzer
136 |
Matthews
212 |
Express
29 |
| 6 pm | Baier
436 |
Blitzer
155 |
Sharpton
219 |
Express 51 |
| 7 pm | Shep
318 |
Burnett
139 |
Matthews
397 |
Velez-Mitchell
104 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
591 |
Cooper
177 |
Schultz
399 |
Grace
98 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
405 |
Morgan
174 |
Maddow
533 |
Dr. Drew
59 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
412 |
Cooper
223 |
O’Donnell
481 |
Grace
104 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
444 |
Burnett
102 |
Schultz
230 |
Showbiz
82 |
| TOTAL DAY | 376 | 128 | 220 | 78 |
| PRIME TIME | 469 | 191 | 471 | 87 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
2.149 |
Blitzer
536 |
Matthews 1.060 |
Express 72 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.271 |
Blitzer
522 |
Sharpton
903 |
Express 121 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.933 |
Burnett
575 |
Matthews
1.189 |
Velez-Mitchell
224 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.281 |
Cooper
611 |
Schultz
1.454 |
Grace
267 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2.021 |
Morgan
700 |
Maddow
1.693 |
DrDrew
165 |
| 10 pm | Greta
1.692 |
Cooper
676 |
O’Donnell
1.499 |
Grace
202 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.309 |
Burnett
310 |
Schultz
771 |
Showbiz
210 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.602 | 464 | 774 | 185 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.339 | 622 | 1.550 | 211 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||



