Tuesday Cable Ratings: Matthews 3rd in Demo with Obama Interview

MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews hosted President Barack Obama for a roundtable discussion and interview Tuesday evening yet still came in third place in the 25-54 demo at 7 p.m. with 151K viewers, behind Fox News’ On the Record with Greta Van Susteren (262K) and CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront (187K).
In total viewers, Chris Matthews‘ show came in second place with a strong 902K viewers, beating Erin Burnett (516K) but still trailing Greta Van Susteren (1.676M). Hardball still managed to get the highest ratings of any other MSNBC show in both the demo and total viewers, topping primetime hosts like Rachel Maddow.
Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
201 |
New Day
88 |
Morning Joe
55 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
279 |
Blitzer
124 |
Schultz
50 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
240 |
Blitzer
166 |
Sharpton
76 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
262 |
Burnett
187 |
Matthews
151 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
415 |
Cooper
253 |
Hayes
136 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
320 |
Special
240 |
Maddow
149 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
291 |
Tonight
179 |
O’Donnell
124 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
227 |
Cooper
147 |
Hayes
63 |
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| PRIME TIME | 342 | 224 | 137 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
895 |
New Day
292 |
Morning Joe
310 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
1.919 |
Blitzer
470 |
Schultz
443 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
1.904 |
Blitzer
548 |
Sharpton
544 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.676 |
Burnett
516 |
Matthews
902 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.551 |
Cooper
579 |
Hayes
613 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
2.004 |
Special
517 |
Maddow
722 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
1.280 |
Tonight
424 |
O’Donnell
558 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
847 |
Cooper
350 |
Hayes
282 |
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| PRIME TIME | 1.946 | 507 | 631 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||



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