Tuesday Cable Ratings: Chris Matthews #1 in Demo and Total on MSNBC

Hardball with Chris Matthews was the most-watched show on MSNBC Tuesday evening in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. Chris Matthews’ 7pm show had 255K viewers in the demo and 958K total viewers. That put him ahead of The Rachel Maddow Show, which had 172K in the demo and 898K total.

Matthews was #2 in his time slot behind Fox’s On The Record with Greta Van Susteren, which had 294K in the demo and 1.572M total.

Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  246	New Day  85	Morning Joe  131	Express  87
5 pm	The Five  368	Blitzer  64	Schultz  161	WWYD  16
6 pm	Baier  316	Blitzer/Crossfire  72/67	Sharpton  174	WWYD  67
7 pm	Van Susteren  294	Burnett  74	Matthews  255	Velez-Mitchell  84
8 pm	O’Reilly  417	Cooper  70	Hayes  210	Grace  107
9 pm	Kelly  266	Morgan  84	Maddow  172	Dr. Drew  61
10 pm	Hannity  273	Cooper  107	O’Donnell  111	Minute  43
11 pm	O’Reilly  231	Burnett  89	Hayes  63	Files  61
PRIME TIME	319	87	165	71
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.067	New Day  246	Morning Joe  405	Express  168
5 pm	The Five  2.038	Blitzer  340	Schultz  655	WWYD  75
6 pm	Baier  1.832	Blitzer/Crossfire  246/263	Sharpton  620	WWYD  152
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.572	Burnett  404	Matthews  958	Velez-Mitchell  252
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.774	Cooper  370	Hayes  731	Grace  340
9 pm	Kelly  2.108	Morgan  387	Maddow  898	Dr. Drew  208
10 pm	Hannity  1.334	Cooper  382	O’Donnell  591	Minute  143
11 pm	O’Reilly  889	Burnett  259	Hayes  277	Files  156
PRIME TIME	2.073	380	740	230
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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