Special Report with Bret Baier was the second highest rated show in the 25-54 demo for all of cable news on Columbus Day with 432K. Baier trailed The O’Reilly Factor, which had 439K in the demo. It was the second consecutive day with Special Report at #2 in the demo.
Bill O’Reilly’s Fox show was also #1 in total viewers across all of cable news with 2.870M, followed by The Kelly File with 2.274M and Baier with 2.257M.
Here are the rest of your Monday ratings:
TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
226 |
New Day
102 |
Morning Joe
164 |
Express
117 |
5 pm | The Five
385 |
Blitzer
170 |
Schultz
183 |
Express
42 |
6 pm | Baier
432 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
180/150 |
Sharpton
200 |
Express
43 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
361 |
Burnett
170 |
Matthews
308 |
Velez-Mitchell
61 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
439 |
Cooper
140 |
Hayes
219 |
Grace
49 |
9 pm | Kelly
379 |
Morgan
89 |
Maddow
295 |
Dr. Drew
60 |
10 pm | Hannity
265 |
Cooper
120 |
O’Donnell
242 |
After Dark
48 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
306 |
Tapper/Crossfire
101/97 |
Hayes
114 |
Showbiz
51 |
PRIME TIME | 361 | 116 | 252 | 52 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. |
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
1.109 |
New Day
328 |
Morning Joe
523 |
Express
277 |
5 pm | The Five
2.224 |
Blitzer
728 |
Schultz
912 |
Express
128 |
6 pm | Baier
2.257 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
707/608 |
Sharpton
937 |
Express
151 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
1.915 |
Burnett
583 |
Matthews
1.264 |
Velez-Mitchell
215 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.870 |
Cooper
501 |
Hayes
858 |
Grace
241 |
9 pm | Kelly
2.274 |
Morgan
404 |
Maddow
1.050 |
Dr. Drew
254 |
10 pm | Hannity
1.468 |
Cooper
321 |
O’Donnell
887 |
After Dark
143 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.301 |
Tapper/Crossfire
257/271 |
Hayes
446 |
Showbiz
181 |
PRIME TIME | 2.208 | 408 | 938 | 213 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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