Monday Cable Ratings: O’Reilly Posts Huge Numbers While Addressing ‘War Zone’ Controversy
On Monday evening, Bill O’Reilly dedicated much of his O’Reilly Factor hour on Fox to addressing the allegations that he has embellished claims about his reporting of the Falklands War back in 1982. Because that storyline is the dominant media story of the past several days, O’Reilly posted huge ratings to come in first place for both total viewership and the key ages 25-54 demo.
By racking up 568k viewers in the demo, O’Reilly’s Fox 8 p.m. hour doubled its CNN competitor in Anderson Cooper (209k) and tripled the numbers of MSNBC’s Chris Hayes (136k).
In total viewership, O’Reilly broke the 3 million threshold (3.34M, to be more precise), beating Cooper (545k) and Hayes (583k) by nearly six times. His 3M+ viewers made last night the network’s highest-rated broadcast of the Factor since the evening of the Ferguson grand jury verdict back in November.
Also worth nothing: For the month of February, The O’Reilly Factor posted a demo average of 550K viewers, its highest count since November 2012.
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
221 |
New Day
96 |
Morning Joe
87 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
400 |
Blitzer
231 |
Schultz
42 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
386 |
Blitzer
250 |
Sharpton
81 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
346 |
Burnett
213 |
Matthews
165 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
568 |
Cooper
209 |
Hayes
136 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
388 |
Cooper
137 |
Maddow
136 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
314 |
Tonight
144 |
O’Donnell
99 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
233 |
Tonight
99 |
Hayes
33 |
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| PRIME TIME | 424 | 163 | 124 | |
| 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
1.013 |
New Day
302 |
Morning Joe
375 |
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.312 |
Blitzer
649 |
Schultz
438 |
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| 6 pm | Baier
2.407 |
Blitzer
569 |
Sharpton
468 |
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| 7 pm | Van Susteren
2.071 |
Burnett
567 |
Matthews
678 |
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| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.336 |
Cooper
545 |
Hayes
583 |
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| 9 pm | Kelly
2.280 |
Cooper
414 |
Maddow
727 |
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| 10 pm | Hannity
1.584 |
Tonight
412 |
O’Donnell
550 |
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| 11 pm | O’Reilly
965 |
Tonight
344 |
Hayes
174 |
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| PRIME TIME | 2.400 | 457 | 620 | |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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