Monday Cable News Ratings: CNN’s Morgan Beats Hannity and Maddow in Demo During Shutdown Countdown

As the government shutdown deadline approached, CNN’s Piers Morgan Live topped Fox News’ Hannity and MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show in the 25-54 demo Monday night during the 9pm hour. Piers Morgan had 348K in the demo, ahead of second place Rachel Maddow with 345K and third place Sean Hannity with 334K.

Morgan was third in total viewers at 9pm with 919K. Hannity was #1 with 1.786M and Maddow was second with 1.125M.

Here are the rest of your Monday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  239	New Day  86	Morning Joe  147	Express  129
5 pm	The Five  375	Blitzer  255	Schultz  211	Express  101
6 pm	Baier  324	Blitzer/Crossfire  273/255	Sharpton  192	Express  85
7 pm	Smith  374	Burnett  254	Matthews  352	Velez-Mitchell  86
8 pm	O’Reilly  430	Cooper  364	Hayes  279	Grace  116
9 pm	Hannity  334	Morgan  348	Maddow  345	Dr. Drew  93
10 pm	Van Susteren  414	Cooper  318	O’Donnell  298	After Dark  41
11 pm	Van Susteren  417	Cooper  388	Hayes  291	Showbiz  60
PRIME TIME	393	344	308	83
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.135	New Day  295	Morning Joe  509	Express  242
5 pm	The Five  2.404	Blitzer  977	Schultz  979	Express  211
6 pm	Baier  2.092	Blitzer/Crossfire  771/633	Sharpton  849	Express  175
7 pm	Smith  1.837	Burnett  699	Matthews  1.231	Velez-Mitchell  209
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.619	Cooper  870	Hayes  953	Grace  291
9 pm	Hannity  1.786	Morgan  919	Maddow  1.125	Dr. Drew  259
10 pm	Van Susteren  1.752	Cooper  900	O’Donnell  1.105	After Dark  173
11 pm	Van Susteren  1.789	Cooper  959	Hayes  1.020	Showbiz  192
PRIME TIME	2.059	896	1.061	241
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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