With continued coverage of the situation in Ferguson, CNN was the highest-rated cable news network in the 25-54 demo for every hour of the day on Tuesday, beating Fox News in both total day and primetime. Overall, CNN averaged 862K viewers in the demo during primetime, while Fox had 718K. MSNBC was third with 236K in the demo.
In total viewers, Fox was still on top with 2.984M compared to CNN’s 1.639M in primetime. However, when CNN peaked in viewers during the 11 p.m. hour with 1.822M, the network once again beat Fox, which had 1.677M.
Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
412 |
Blitzer
633 |
Schultz
112 |
WWYD
20 |
| 6 pm | Baier
399 |
Blitzer
737 |
Sharpton
141 |
Files
53 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
426 |
Burnett
746 |
Matthews
171 |
Files
141 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
679 |
Cooper
821 |
Hayes
253 |
Grace
116 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
767 |
Cooper
900 |
Maddow
225 |
Dr. Drew
94 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
707 |
Tonight
861 |
O’Donnell
220 |
Files
207 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
539 |
Tonight
981 |
Hayes
222 |
Files
242 |
| PRIME TIME | 718 | 862 | 236 | 139 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The Five
2.570 |
Blitzer
1.521 |
Schultz
698 |
WWYD
199 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.726 |
Blitzer
1.574 |
Sharpton
698 |
Files
199 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
2.573 |
Burnett
1.520 |
Matthews
737 |
Files
358 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
3.386 |
Cooper
1.610 |
Hayes
827 |
Grace
330 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
3.168 |
Cooper
1.694 |
Maddow
859 |
Dr. Drew
285 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
2.396 |
Tonight
1.610 |
O’Donnell
786 |
Files
422 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.677 |
Tonight
1.822 |
Hayes
561 |
Files
492 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.984 | 1.639 | 827 | 346 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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