Monday Cable News Ratings: CNN’s Crossfire Debuts at #2 in Demo, #3 in Total Viewers
CNN’s new version of Crossfire debuted Monday evening at #2 in the 25-54 demo and #3 in total viewers. The 6:30pm broadcast had 169K in the demo, while Fox’s Special Report with Bret Baier was #1 376K. In total viewers, Crossfire had 582K behind Baier with 2.351M and MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton with 623K.
Interestingly, in the demo, the show gained viewers from The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, which had 124K between 6 and 6:30pm. However, in total viewers, the show lost viewers, dropping from Blitzer’s 602K.
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
239 |
New Day
94 |
Morning Joe
120 |
Express
107 |
5 pm | The Five
405 |
Blitzer
126 |
Schultz
129 |
Express
75 |
6 pm | Baier
376 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
124/169 |
Sharpton
123 |
Express
119 |
7 pm | Smith
263 |
Burnett
189 |
Matthews
113 |
Velez-Mitchell
142 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
399 |
Cooper
159 |
Hayes
118 |
Grace
132 |
9 pm | Hannity
294 |
Morgan
111 |
Maddow
235 |
Dr. Drew
92 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
232 |
Cooper
156 |
O’Donnell
198 |
After Dark
104 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
285 |
Tapper
119 |
Hayes
76 |
Showbiz
81 |
PRIME TIME | 308 | 142 | 184 | 109 |
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
1.120 |
New Day
301 |
Morning Joe
395 |
Express
220 |
5 pm | The Five
2.310 |
Blitzer
605 |
Schultz
621 |
Express
264 |
6 pm | Baier
2.351 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
602/582 |
Sharpton
623 |
Express
252 |
7 pm | Smith
1.746 |
Burnett
560 |
Matthews
644 |
Velez-Mitchell
364 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.681 |
Cooper
509 |
Hayes
510 |
Grace
365 |
9 pm | Hannity
1.773 |
Morgan
385 |
Maddow
878 |
Dr. Drew
406 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
1.448 |
Cooper
442 |
O’Donnell
737 |
After Dark
267 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.209 |
Tapper
327 |
Hayes
263 |
Showbiz
253 |
PRIME TIME | 1.974 | 445 | 710 | 346 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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