Inauguration Ratings: CNN Wins The Night In Both Total Viewers And Demo

During Monday evening’s prime time coverage of President Obama‘s second inauguration, CNN won the night in both total viewership and the key 25-54 demo.

While the actual oath and inaugural address aired, CNN had a total of 3.14M total viewers (with 1.11M in the demo), beating out MSNBC’s 2.27M total viewers (706k demo), and Fox News’ 1.32M total viewers (294k demo).

During the primetime hours, CNN won the night, racking up 3.59M total viewers (1.27M demo), besting second-place Fox’s 1.67M total (254k demo), and MSNBC’s 1.37M total (with 457k demo).

Here are the rest of your Monday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  312	Blitzer  953	Matthews  505	Express  21
6 pm	Baier  376	Blitzer  755	Sharpton  379	Express  31
7 pm	Shep  259	Inauguration  884	Matthews  368	Velez-Mitchell  47
8 pm	O’Reilly  353	Inauguration  1,310	Schultz  416	Grace  90
9 pm	Hannity  255	Inauguration  1,528	Maddow  577	Dr. Drew  79
10 pm	Van Susteren  155	Cooper  961	O’Donnell  374	Grace  65
11 pm	O’Reilly  207	Inauguration  514	Schultz  232	Showbiz  52
TOTAL DAY	212	595	324	51
PRIME TIME	254	1,272	457	78
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The5  1.592	Blitzer  3.376	Matthews  1.663	Express  134
6 pm	Baier  1.650	Blitzer  2.628	Sharpton  1.309	Express  188
7 pm	Smith  1.221	Inauguration  2.514	Matthews  1.215	Velez-Mitchell  149
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.369	Inauguration  3.863	Schultz  1.345	Grace  313
9 pm	Hannity  1.503	Inauguration  4.282	Maddow  1.623	Dr. Drew  221
10 pm	Greta  1.127	Cooper  2.573	O’Donnell  1.128	Grace  204
11 pm	O’Reilly  933	Inauguration  1.358	Schultz  677	Showbiz  240
TOTAL DAY	1.006	1.725	982	160
PRIME TIME	1.671	3.585	1.367	246
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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