Tuesday Cable Ratings: Chris Matthews Beats Greta Van Susteren in Demo

MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews was #1 in the 25-54 demo at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday night with 175K viewers. Fox’s On the Record with Greta Van Susteren was a close second with 173K and CNN’s Erin Burnett Out Front was third with 79K.

In total viewers, Greta Van Susteren took the top spot with 1.419M, while Chris Matthews was second with 789K, making his the highest rated show on MSNBC in primetime. Again, CNN’s Erin Burnett came in third with 350K total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  239	New Day  101	Morning Joe  121	Express  76
5 pm	The Five  239	Blitzer  78	Schultz  195	Detective  28
6 pm	Baier  236	Blitzer/Crossfire  68/70	Sharpton  186	Detective  50
7 pm	Van Susteren  173	Burnett  79	Matthews  175	Velez-Mitchell  65
8 pm	O’Reilly  278	Cooper  117	Hayes  174	Grace  87
9 pm	Kelly  304	Weir  100	Maddow  215	Dr. Drew  88
10 pm	Hannity  262	Lemon  137	O’Donnell  133	Files  109
11 pm	O’Reilly  208	Cooper  132	Hayes  101	Files  221
PRIME TIME	282	118	177	95
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.017	New Day  322	Morning Joe  369	Express  202
5 pm	The Five  1.779	Blitzer  438	Schultz  632	Detective  79
6 pm	Baier  1.619	Blitzer/Crossfire  337/216	Sharpton  607	Detective  117
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.419	Burnett  350	Matthews  789	Velez-Mitchell  182
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.001	Cooper  365	Hayes  583	Grace  315
9 pm	Kelly  1.876	Weir  332	Maddow  743	Dr. Drew  308
10 pm	Hannity  1.284	Lemon  398	O’Donnell  502	Files  259
11 pm	O’Reilly  975	Cooper  321	Hayes  255	Files  413
PRIME TIME	1.723	365	612	294
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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