Tuesday Night Ratings: Cable Networks Get Boost From Primaries

Last night, all the cable networks (except for HLN) switched over to live coverage of the GOP primary results and all of them (except for HLN) got big boosts accordingly. CNN and MSNBC got their big numbers first, switching to coverage at 8pm. Fox News was the last to switch completely over but they more than made up for it, earning the biggest numbers of the night.

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  368	Blitzer  189	Matthews  219	Special  32
6 pm	Baier  316	King, USA  143	Sharpton  211	Prime  47
7 pm	Shep  395	Primary Coverage  243	Matthews  247	Velez-Mitchell  86
8 pm	O’Reilly  724	Primary Coverage  330	Primary Coverage  282	Grace  148
9 pm	Primary Coverage  541	Primary Coverage  422	Primary Coverage  351	Dr. Drew  86
10 pm	Primary Coverage  527	Primary Coverage  360	Primary Coverage  248	Grace  84
11 pm	Primary Coverage  400	Primary Coverage  230	Primary Coverage  143	Showbiz  104
TOTAL DAY	329	173	164	84
PRIME TIME	597	371	294	106
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.810	Blitzer  898	Matthews  927	Special  221
6 pm	Baier  1.741	King, USA  652	Sharpton  896	Prime  213
7 pm	Shep  1.801	Primary Coverage  669	Matthews  939	Velez-Mitchell  315
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.934	Primary Coverage  1.030	Primary Coverage  1.150	Grace  498
9 pm	Primary Coverage  2.172	Primary Coverage  1.248	Primary Coverage  1.271	DrDrew  357
10 pm	Primary Coverage  2.030	Primary Coverage  1.047	Primary Coverage  1.065	Grace  279
11 pm	Primary Coverage  1.368	Primary Coverage  528	Primary Coverage  528	Showbiz  296
TOTAL DAY	1.358	570	570	250
PRIME TIME	2.381	1.109	1.109	375
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data