Tuesday Cable Ratings: CNN Nearly Doubles MSNBC in Primetime Demo

The continued breaking news stories out of Ukraine and Israel helped CNN beat MSNBC in the 25-54 demo for Tuesday night’s primetime hours by a large margin. With an average 211K between 8 and 11 p.m., CNN nearly doubled MSNBC’s 114K. Meanwhile, Fox News almost doubled CNN with 401K.

In total viewers, MSNBC came in second place with 626K, behind Fox News’ 2.329M but ahead of CNN’s 563K.

Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  237	New Day  104	Morning Joe  77	Express  82
5 pm	The Five  373	Blitzer  158	Schultz  69	Files  41
6 pm	Baier  334	Blitzer  268	Sharpton  116	Files  23
7 pm	Van Susteren  339	Burnett  237	Matthews  129	Velez-Mitchell  84
8 pm	O’Reilly  451	Cooper  200	Hayes  97	Grace  107
9 pm	Kelly  374	Cooper  210	Maddow  131	Dr. Drew  85
10 pm	Hannity  378	Lemon  225	O’Donnell  107	Files  98
11 pm	O’Reilly  252	Cooper  143	Hayes  98	Files  174
PRIME TIME	401	211	114	97
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.022	New Day  349	Morning Joe  326	Express  184
5 pm	The Five  2.136	Blitzer  627	Schultz  491	Files  124
6 pm	Baier  2.232	Blitzer  719	Sharpton  552	Files  103
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.813	Burnett  638	Matthews  745	Velez-Mitchell  198
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.731	Cooper  602	Hayes  525	Grace  304
9 pm	Kelly  2.444	Cooper  551	Maddow  749	Dr. Drew  233
10 pm	Hannity  1.812	Lemon  538	O’Donnell  591	Files  245
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.169	Cooper  458	Hayes  309	Files  310
PRIME TIME	2.329	563	626	261
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data