In the key 25-54 demo, CNN racked up an average 1.29M viewers during the primetime hours, beating out Fox’s 869k and MSNBC’s 790k. During the actual State of the Union address, CNN had 1.44M demo viewers, compared to MSNBC’s 1.03M and Fox’s 957k.
In total viewership, however, Fox won the night with an average of 3.83M, defeating CNN’s 3.37M and MSNBC’s 2.40M totals.
CNN experienced the largest growth from the 2012 State of the Union ratings, increasing 36% in both the demo and total viewership. MSNBC experienced a 26% increase in the demo, and an 8% boost in the demo. Fox News, however, experienced a decline: viewership decreased 16% in the demo and 3% in total.
Here are the rest of your Tuesday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The5 518 | Blitzer 464 | Matthews 224 | Express 116 |
| 6 pm | Baier 531 | Blitzer 648 | Sharpton 271 | Express 124 |
| 7 pm | Shep 687 | Burnett 1.035 | Matthews 276 | Velez-Mitchell 162 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 764 | Cooper 1.326 | Breaking News 549 | Grace 159 |
| 9 pm | SOTU 2013 954 | SOTU 2013 1. | SOTU 2013 1.025 | Grace 318 |
| 10 pm | SOTU 2013 962 | Cooper 1.401 | O’Donnell 1.036 | Grace 305 |
| 11 pm | Hannity 640 | SOTU 625 | SOTU 423 | Showbiz 128 |
| TOTAL DAY | 378 | 382 | 228 | 112 |
| PRIME TIME | 869 | 1.286 | 790 | 261 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The5 2.453 | Blitzer 1.540 | Matthews 876 | Express 513 |
| 6 pm | Baier 2.553 | Blitzer 2.053 | Sharpton 804 | Express 499 |
| 7 pm | Smith 3.003 | Burnett 2.657 | Matthews 973 | Velez-Mitchell 432 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 3.975 | Cooper 3.646 | SOTU 2.158 | Grace 555 |
| 9 pm | SOTU 3.669 | SOTU 3.672 | SOTU 3.007 | Grace 871 |
| 10 pm | SOTU 3.719 | SOTU 3.545 | SOTU 3.116 | Grace 870 |
| 11 pm | Hannity 2.445 | SOTU 2.211 | SOTU 1.343 | Showbiz 336 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.575 | 1.062 | 739 | 332 |
| PRIME TIME | 3.833 | 3.366 | 2.396 | 765 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||