Tuesday Cable Ratings: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Beats Fox’s Megyn Kelly in Demo

After losing to Megyn Kelly in the 25-54 demo Monday night, Rachel Maddow was back in the #1 spot at 9pm Tuesday with 355K viewers. The Kelly File on Fox had 327K in the demo, while CNN’s Piers Morgan Live came in third with 104K. The previous week, Maddow beat Kelly in the demo for the week for the first time since Kelly’s show debuted last fall. Kelly was #1 at 9pm in total viewers with 2.134M, compared to Maddow’s 1.142M.
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
265 |
New Day
64 |
Morning Joe
156 |
Express
84 |
| 5 pm | The Five
376 |
Blitzer
112 |
Schultz
145 |
WWYD
42 |
| 6 pm | Baier
314 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
113/88 |
Sharpton
164 |
WWYD
68 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
341 |
Burnett
99 |
Matthews
309 |
Velez-Mitchell
78 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
470 |
Cooper
135 |
Hayes
248 |
Grace
69 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
327 |
Morgan
104 |
Maddow
355 |
Dr. Drew
76 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
289 |
Cooper
120 |
O’Donnell
235 |
WWYD
135 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
288 |
Burnett
94 |
Hayes
147 |
Showbiz
81 |
| PRIME TIME | 362 | 120 | 279 | 93 |
| 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
1.117 |
New Day
216 |
Morning Joe
414 |
Express
183 |
| 5 pm | The Five
2.321 |
Blitzer
413 |
Schultz
610 |
WWYD
90 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.296 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
372/310 |
Sharpton
646 |
WWYD
111 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.903 |
Burnett
339 |
Matthews
983 |
Velez-Mitchell
248 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.790 |
Cooper
474 |
Hayes
858 |
Grace
258 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
2.134 |
Morgan
409 |
Maddow
1.142 |
Dr. Drew
242 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.838 |
Cooper
433 |
O’Donnell
819 |
WWYD
255 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.237 |
Burnett
291 |
Hayes
364 |
Showbiz
163 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.254 | 439 | 940 | 252 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||



