Tuesday Cable News Ratings: Chris Matthews Beats Greta Van Susteren in Demo at 7pm
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews returned to the air Tuesday evening and came in first place during his 7pm time slot in the 25-54 demo, beating Fox’s Greta Van Susteren, who came in second. Matthews’ had 262K in the demo, while Van Susteren had 237K. CNN’s Out Front, with fill-in host Don Lemon, came in third with 122K.
Van Susteren’s show was #1 in total viewers with 1.866M vs. Matthews’ 906K. Hardball was the highest-rated show in both the demo and total viewers on MSNBC.
Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:
TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends
262 |
New Day
92 |
Morning Joe
141 |
Express
127 |
5 pm | The Five
386 |
Blitzer
90 |
Schultz
182 |
WWYD
69 |
6 pm | Baier
313 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
92/122 |
Sharpton
217 |
WWYD
83 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
237 |
Burnett
122 |
Matthews
262 |
Velez-Mitchell
61 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
465 |
Cooper
143 |
Hayes
247 |
Grace
173 |
9 pm | Kelly
390 |
Morgan
178 |
Maddow
259 |
Dr. Drew
141 |
10 pm | Hannity
343 |
Cooper
144 |
O’Donnell
213 |
WWYD
80 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
323 |
Burnett
97 |
Hayes
138 |
Showbiz
39 |
PRIME TIME | 399 | 155 | 240 | 131 |
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
1.146 |
New Day
231 |
Morning Joe
346 |
Express
224 |
5 pm | The Five
2.432 |
Blitzer
412 |
Schultz
639 |
WWYD
138 |
6 pm | Baier
2.386 |
Blitzer/Crossfire
398/364 |
Sharpton
710 |
WWYD
182 |
7 pm | Van Susteren
1.866 |
Burnett
359 |
Matthews
906 |
Velez-Mitchell
200 |
8 pm | O’Reilly
2.962 |
Cooper
497 |
Hayes
755 |
Grace
380 |
9 pm | Kelly
2.273 |
Morgan
459 |
Maddow
822 |
Dr. Drew
380 |
10 pm | Hannity
1.458 |
Cooper
387 |
O’Donnell
638 |
WWYD
223 |
11 pm | O’Reilly
1.146 |
Burnett
256 |
Hayes
337 |
Showbiz
100 |
PRIME TIME | 2.232 | 448 | 739 | 328 |
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data |
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