Fox News brought in Shepard Smith to anchor the network’s special coverage of the blizzard that mostly bypassed New York City while hitting New England hard. They won in total and demo viewership for the primetime hours as a whole.
But CNN did manage to beat Fox in the 25-54 demo for the 10 p.m. hour with its Don Lemon-hosted coverage of the storm.
For that hour, CNN was #1 in the demo at 10 p.m. with 379K, followed by Fox News with 277K and MSNBC with 119K.
Overall, however, Fox News beat CNN in the primetime demo, 423K to 348K. In total viewers, Smith’s coverage beat Lemon’s 1.441M to 981K.
Also of note: The Fox Business Network debut of Strange Inheritance at 9 p.m. was the network’s highest-rated premiere ever. For the full hour, the Jamie Colby-hosted show racked up 302K total, 47K demo viewership.
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
256 |
New Day
126 |
Morning Joe
79 |
|
| 5 pm | The Five
361 |
Blitzer
301 |
Schultz
77 |
|
| 6 pm | Baier
383 |
Blitzer
339 |
Sharpton
78 |
|
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
438 |
Burnett
353 |
Matthews
129 |
|
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
511 |
Cooper
316 |
Hayes
112 |
|
| 9 pm | Kelly
481 |
Cooper
348 |
Maddow
164 |
|
| 10 pm | Smith
277 |
Tonight
379 |
O’Donnell
119 |
|
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
272 |
Tonight
264 |
Storm Coverage
95 |
|
| PRIME TIME | 423 | 348 | 132 | |
| 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
881 |
New Day
398 |
Morning Joe
276 |
|
| 5 pm | The Five
2.312 |
Blitzer
870 |
Schultz
471 |
|
| 6 pm | Baier
2.339 |
Blitzer
913 |
Sharpton
433 |
|
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
2.201 |
Burnett
940 |
Matthews
594 |
|
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.173 |
Cooper
895 |
Hayes
500 |
|
| 9 pm | Kelly
2.606 |
Cooper
1.009 |
Maddow
794 |
|
| 10 pm | Smith
1.441 |
Tonight
981 |
O’Donnell
508 |
|
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.083 |
Tonight
739 |
Storm Coverage
285 |
|
| PRIME TIME | 2.411 | 962 | 601 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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