Racking up 282k demo viewers, the HLN show beat out Fox News’ Special Report (248k), MSNBC’s Al Sharpton (161k), and CNN’s Wolf Blitzer (70k).
In total audience, however, Baier’s 1.90M viewers put Express in second. The HLN show’s 864k total viewership beat both Sharpton’s (713k) and Blitzer’s (330k).
Here are the rest of your Monday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The5 300 | Blitzer 110 | Matthews 137 | Express 205 |
| 6 pm | Baier 248 | Blitzer 70 | Sharpton 161 | Express 282 |
| 7 pm | Shep 241 | Burnett 126 | Matthews 197 | Velez-Mitchell 252 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 479 | Cooper 178 | Schultz 179 | Grace 254 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 342 | Morgan 147 | Maddow 274 | Dr. Drew 245 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 285 | Cooper 124 | O’Donnell 225 | Grace 139 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 334 | Burnett 90 | Schultz 126 | Showbiz 115 |
| TOTAL DAY | 226 | 103 | 139 | 162 |
| PRIME TIME | 369 | 149 | 226 | 213 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 5 pm | The5 1.941 | Blitzer 471 | Matthews 727 | Express 710 |
| 6 pm | Baier 1.902 | Blitzer 330 | Sharpton 713 | Express 864 |
| 7 pm | Smith 1.721 | Burnett 478 | Matthews 729 | Velez-Mitchell 731 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 3.078 | Cooper 630 | Schultz 774 | Grace 717 |
| 9 pm | Hannity 2.011 | Morgan 563 | Maddow 1.002 | Dr. Drew 776 |
| 10 pm | Greta 1.439 | Cooper 444 | O’Donnell 897 | Grace 423 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly 1.142 | Burnett 341 | Schultz 489 | Showbiz 286 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.195 | 362 | 470 | 439 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.182 | 545 | 893 | 638 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||