Monday night, Don Lemon hosted yet another special report on the “n-word,” an in the process drew the most viewers of any show across CNN’s primetime lineup. Lemon’s CNN Tonight had 212K viewers in the 25-54 demo and 494K total viewers, beating out Anderson Cooper 360 and a special on the Aaron Hernandez trial.
In the demo, CNN’s 10 p.m. hour also rated higher than every show that aired across MSNBC’s lineup Monday. The show came in second place to Fox News’ Hannity in its time slot.
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
235 |
New Day
88 |
Morning Joe
98 |
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5 pm | The Five
326 |
Blitzer
130 |
Schultz
71 |
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6 pm | Baier
295 |
Blitzer
127 |
Sharpton
90 |
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7 pm | Van Susteren
265 |
Burnett
149 |
Matthews
87 |
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8 pm | O’Reilly
498 |
Cooper
177 |
Hayes
94 |
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9 pm | Kelly
412 |
Special
183 |
Maddow
143 |
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10 pm | Hannity
254 |
Tonight
212 |
O’Donnell
103 |
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11 pm | O’Reilly
266 |
Cooper
132 |
Hayes
73 |
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PRIME TIME | 388 | 191 | 114 | |
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
920 |
New Day
295 |
Morning Joe
316 |
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5 pm | The Five
2.102 |
Blitzer
540 |
Schultz
469 |
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6 pm | Baier
2.045 |
Blitzer
442 |
Sharpton
481 |
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7 pm | Van Susteren
1.701 |
Burnett
494 |
Matthews
657 |
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8 pm | O’Reilly
2.683 |
Cooper
438 |
Hayes
561 |
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9 pm | Kelly
2.397 |
Special
468 |
Maddow
769 |
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10 pm | Hannity
1.400 |
Tonight
494 |
O’Donnell
454 |
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11 pm | O’Reilly
1.087 |
Cooper
339 |
Hayes
242 |
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PRIME TIME | 2.161 | 467 | 596 | |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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