Piers Morgan’s exclusive interview with Pastor Rick Warren helped him achieve the highest ratings of the night across CNN’s primetime schedule in the 25-54 demo. Morgan had 216K viewers in the demo at 9pm, edging out MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, who had 215K.
In total viewers, Maddow beat Morgan 800K to 661K. In both categories, Fox News’ Sean Hannity was #1 at 9pm with 289K in the demo and 1.802M total viewers.
Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 288 | New Day 133 | Morning Joe 140 | Express 101 |
| 5 pm | The Five 356 | Blitzer 129 | Schultz 158 | Express 33 |
| 6 pm | Baier 265 | Blitzer/Crossfire 96/97 | Sharpton 168 | Express 70 |
| 7 pm | Smith 259 | Burnett 100 | Matthews 212 | Velez-Mitchell 74 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 428 | Cooper 206 | Obama Preview 166 | Grace 91 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 289 | Morgan 216 | Maddow 215 | Dr. Drew 82 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 266 | Cooper 164 | O’Donnell 189 | After Dark 67 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 379 | Burnett 101 | Hayes 94 | Showbiz 84 |
| PRIME TIME | 328 | 195 | 190 | 80 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 1.410 | New Day 360 | Morning Joe 473 | Express 220 |
| 5 pm | The Five 1.899 | Blitzer 497 | Schultz 612 | Express 134 |
| 6 pm | Baier 1.857 | Blitzer/Crossfire 348/370 | Sharpton 668 | Express 179 |
| 7 pm | Smith 1.393 | Burnett 394 | Matthews 787 | Velez-Mitchell 222 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 2.929 | Cooper 716 | Hayes 581 | Grace 295 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 1.802 | Morgan 661 | Maddow 800 | Dr. Drew 265 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 1.417 | Cooper 426 | O’Donnell 736 | After Dark 200 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 1.244 | Burnett 359 | Hayes 331 | Showbiz 204 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.066 | 601 | 710 | 253 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||