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) | ||||
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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) | ||||
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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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