CNN’s heavy coverage of the protests in Ferguson, Missouri helped deliver the network a victory over Fox News in the primetime 25-54 demo Monday night. CNN averaged 423K in the demo while Fox had 405K. MSNBC was a distant third with 194K. Fox News held on to its #1 spot in total viewers 2.136M. CNN was second with 1.027M and again MSNBC was third with 854K.

The ratings peak for CNN actually came during the 12 midnight ET hour when the network averaged 706K in the demo and 1.334M total viewers. Fox’s ratings peak was The Kelly File at 9PM with 411K in demo and 2.4M total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Monday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  285	New Day  249	Morning Joe  83	Express  163
5 pm	The Five  349	Blitzer  315	Schultz  128	Files  39
6 pm	Baier  312	Blitzer  337	Sharpton  106	Files  50
7 pm	Van Susteren  325	Burnett  330	Matthews  126	Velez-Mitchell  103
8 pm	O’Reilly  409	Cooper  357	Hayes  157	Grace  163
9 pm	Kelly  411	Cooper  391	Maddow  219	Dr. Drew  146
10 pm	Hannity  394	Tonight  522	O’Donnell  203	Files  142
11 pm	Smith  431	Tonight  545	Hayes  211	Files  213
PRIME TIME	405	423	194	150
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  966	New Day  595	Morning Joe  343	Express  336
5 pm	The Five  2.282	Blitzer  1.084	Schultz  618	Files  92
6 pm	Baier  1.973	Blitzer  1.059	Sharpton  546	Files  151
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.763	Burnett  969	Matthews  748	Velez-Mitchell  217
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.338	Cooper  978	Hayes  739	Grace  378
9 pm	Kelly  2.378	Cooper  976	Maddow  995	Dr. Drew  394
10 pm	Hannity  1.693	Tonight  1.125	O’Donnell  824	Files  383
11 pm	Smith  1.463	Tonight  1.152	Hayes  661	Files  525
PRIME TIME	2.136	1.027	854	385
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

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