Tuesday Ratings: Sean Hannity Wins The Night In Demo

On Tuesday night, Fox News’ Sean Hannity had the highest-rated show on primetime cable news in the demo. Colleague Bill O’Reilly came in second. When it came to total viewers, however, Hannity slipped to second place, with O’Reilly retaining his top spot.

Elsewhere, Rachel Maddow remained MSNBC’s highest-rated hour in both demo and total viewers, but Lawrence O’Donnell was just 2k viewers shy in the demo. Anderson Cooper was CNN’s best hour in the demo, while Piers Morgan took the honors in total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Tuesday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  531	Blitzer  174	Matthews  299	Express  34
6 pm	Baier  480	Blitzer  229	Sharpton  274	Express   30
7 pm	Shep  548	Burnett  244	Matthews  386	Velez-Mitchell  91
8 pm	O’Reilly  776	Cooper  247	Schultz  443	Grace  166
9 pm	Hannity  828	Morgan  248	Maddow  598	Dr. Drew  191
10 pm	Van Susteren  628	Cooper  281	O’Donnell  596	Grace  110
11 pm	O’Reilly  579	Burnett  213	Schultz  392	Showbiz  82
TOTAL DAY	426	181	287	78
PRIME TIME	745	259	550	156
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  2.540	Blitzer  596	Matthews  1.330	Express   123
6 pm	Baier  2.741	Blitzer  668	Sharpton  1.125	Express   116
7 pm	Smith  2.573	Burnett  592	Matthews  1.238	Velez-Mitchell  252
8 pm	O’Reilly  4.067	Cooper  630	Schultz  1.408	Grace  427
9 pm	Hannity  3.716	Morgan  753	Maddow  1.840	DrDrew  376
10 pm	Greta  2.834	Cooper  705	O’Donnell  1.731	Grace  285
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.841	Burnett  514	Schultz  979	Showbiz  226
TOTAL DAY	2.059	516	955	210
PRIME TIME	3.550	696	1.664	363
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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