Tuesday Cable Ratings: CNN Beats Fox in Demo with 11PM Amtrak Coverage

During the 11 p.m. ET hour Tuesday night, when Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter delivered his press conference, CNN’s coverage of the deadly Amtrak derailment had a higher rating in the 25-54 demo than Fox News. CNN’s broadcast, anchored by Don Lemon had 259K viewers in the demo compared to 228K for Fox, with Megyn Kelly.

In total viewers, Fox News was #1 at 11 p.m. with 1.116M, more than doubling CNN’s 523K. MSNBC came in third place in both categories with 105K in the demo and 295K total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  238	New Day  101	Morning Joe  68
5 pm	The Five  214	Blitzer  209	Schultz  46
6 pm	Baier  215	Blitzer  168	Sharpton  62
7 pm	Van Susteren  186	Burnett  122	Matthews  97
8 pm	O’Reilly  295	Cooper  136	Hayes  81
9 pm	Kelly  278	Special  143	Maddow  137
10 pm	Kelly  264	Tonight  240	O’Donnell  131
11 pm	Amtrak Coverage  228	Tonight  259	Amtrak Coverage  105
PRIME TIME	279	173	116
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.047	New Day  290	Morning Joe  311
5 pm	The Five  1.819	Blitzer  582	Schultz  413
6 pm	Baier  1.888	Blitzer  485	Sharpton  463
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.394	Burnett  395	Matthews  614
8 pm	O’Reilly  1.943	Cooper  409	Hayes  450
9 pm	Kelly  1.787	Special  414	Maddow  685
10 pm	Kelly  1.453	Tonight  553	O’Donnell  443
11 pm	Amtrak Coverage  1.116	Tonight  523	Amtrak Coverage  295
PRIME TIME	1.728	459	526
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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