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)
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)
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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