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)
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)
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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