More Americans watched President Obama’s prime time Syria address on Fox News than on any other cable network. From 9-9:17pm ET, when the president was speaking, Fox had 939K viewers in the 25-54 demo and 4.042M total viewers. CNN was second with 722K in the demo and 1.999M total.
MSNBC did not break out the numbers for the address vs. post-speech analysis, but either way came in third place with 411K in the demo and 1.527M during the 9pm hour.
Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 248 | New Day 98 | Morning Joe 126 | Express 105 |
| 5 pm | The Five 401 | Blitzer 137 | Schultz 155 | Express 119 |
| 6 pm | Baier 385 | Blitzer/Crossfire 165/173 | Sharpton 131 | Express 78 |
| 7 pm | Smith 385 | Burnett 215 | Matthews 221 | Velez-Mitchell 70 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 531 | Cooper 251 | Obama Preview 209 | Grace 113 |
| 9 pm | Obama/Coverage 939/830 | Obama/Coverage 722/565 | Obama/Coverage 411 | Dr. Drew 131 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 559 | Cooper 409 | O’Donnell 272 | After Dark 139 |
| 11 pm | The Five 465 | Tapper 225 | Hayes 116 | Showbiz 90 |
| PRIME TIME | 651 | 434 | 297 | 128 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
| 6 – 9 am | Fox & Friends 1.207 | New Day 271 | Morning Joe 423 | Express 211 |
| 5 pm | The Five 2.449 | Blitzer 569 | Schultz 660 | Express 310 |
| 6 pm | Baier 2.257 | Blitzer/Crossfire 570/473 | Sharpton 599 | Express 242 |
| 7 pm | Smith 1.805 | Burnett 543 | Matthews 771 | Velez-Mitchell 289 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly 3.070 | Cooper 838 | Obama Preview 865 | Grace 349 |
| 9 pm | Obama/Coverage 4.042/3.591 | Obama/Coverage 1.999/1.564 | Obama/Coverage 1.527 | Dr. Drew 348 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren 2.428 | Cooper 998 | O’Donnell 942 | After Dark 305 |
| 11 pm | The Five 1.615 | Tapper 571 | Hayes 406 | Showbiz 201 |
| PRIME TIME | 3.078 | 1.205 | 1.112 | 334 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||