Monday Cable News Ratings: MSNBC’s Matthews Outpaces Schultz’s 5pm Debut in Demo and Total
In his 5pm debut on MSNBC, Ed Schultz trailed Chris Matthews’ 7pm hour in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. Matthews pulled in 149K in the demo and 629K total viewers, while Schultz had 117K in the demo and 486K total.
At 5pm, Schultz came in 2nd in the demo behind Fox News’ The Five and third in total viewers behind Fox and CNN’s The Situation Room. At 7pm, Matthews was #2 in both the demo and total viewers behind Fox’s Shepard Smith.
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
243 |
New Day
96 |
Morning Joe
134 |
Express
145 |
5 pm | The Five
302 |
Blitzer
84 |
Schultz
117 |
Express
46 |
6 pm | Baier
321 |
Blitzer
115 |
Sharpton
117 |
Express
52 |
7 pm | Smith
346 |
Burnett
135 |
Matthews
149 |
Velez-Mitchell
75 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
388 |
Cooper
125 |
Hayes
213 |
Grace
83 |
9 pm | Hannity
320 |
Morgan
136 |
Maddow
281 |
Dr. Drew
123 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
311 |
Cooper
220 |
O’Donnell
164 |
After Dark
89 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
317 |
Burnett
166 |
Hayes
91 |
Showbiz
120 |
PRIME TIME | 340 | 160 | 219 | 92 |
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
1.104 |
New Day
284 |
Morning Joe
429 |
Express
251 |
5 pm | The Five
1.979 |
Blitzer
488 |
Schultz
486 |
Express
155 |
6 pm | Baier
1.995 |
Blitzer
375 |
Sharpton
544 |
Express
201 |
7 pm | Smith
1.813 |
Burnett
421 |
Matthews
629 |
Velez-Mitchell
241 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.965 |
Cooper
539 |
Hayes
750 |
Grace
290 |
9 pm | Hannity
1.926 |
Morgan
608 |
Maddow
970 |
Dr. Drew
396 |
10 pm | Van Susteren
1.612 |
Cooper
627 |
O’Donnell
607 |
After Dark
168 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.243 |
Burnett
443 |
Hayes
294 |
Showbiz
285 |
PRIME TIME | 2.175 | 592 | 777 | 285 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
*Please note that the daily ratings report now contains figures for the 6-9am morning shows.
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