Monday Cable Ratings: CNN #1 in Demo, Fox #1 in Total Primetime for Ferguson Coverage
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) | ||||
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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) | ||||
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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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