Tuesday Ratings: CNN’s Anderson Cooper Beats MSNBC And Fox At 10PM In Demo
Tuesday evening, during the 10 p.m. hour, CNN’s Anderson Cooper beat his competitors at Fox News and MSNBC in the key 25-54 demo.
Cooper’s 284k in the demo during 10 p.m. was enough to beat Fox’s Greta Van Susteren (260k) and MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell (243k). However, in total viewership, Cooper (710k) placed third behind Van Susteren (1.51M) and O’Donnell (1.03M).
Additionally, in the demo, CNN beat MSNBC for all primetime hours except for the 5 p.m. slot.
Here are the rest of your Tuesday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
355 |
Blitzer
201 |
Matthews
218 |
Express
58 |
| 6 pm | Baier
318 |
Blitzer
155 |
Sharpton
143 |
Express
48 |
| 7 pm | Shep
318 |
Burnett
189 |
Matthews
165 |
Velez-Mitchell
52 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
428 |
Cooper
223 |
Schultz
181 |
Grace
114 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
316 |
Morgan
280 |
Maddow
266 |
Dr. Drew
59 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
260 |
Cooper
284 |
O’Donnell
243 |
Grace
105 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
264 |
Burnett
262 |
Schultz
161 |
Showbiz
111 |
| TOTAL DAY | 245 | 179 | 157 | 78 |
| PRIME TIME | 335 | 262 | 230 | 92 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
2.035 |
Blitzer
641 |
Matthews
977 |
Express
168 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.995 |
Blitzer
520 |
Sharpton
743 |
Express
173 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.809 |
Burnett
629 |
Matthews
763 |
Velez-Mitchell
212 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.874 |
Cooper
794 |
Schultz
907 |
Grace
358 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
1.771 |
Morgan
823 |
Maddow
1.058 |
Dr. Drew
238 |
| 10 pm | Greta
1.508 |
Cooper
710 |
O’Donnell
1.025 |
Grace
302 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.089 |
Burnett
600 |
Schultz
552 |
Showbiz
240 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.189 | 497 | 571 | 202 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.055 | 776 | 996 | 299 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||



