With near-continuous live reports from the ground in Ferguson, Missouri, CNN scored ratings victories over Fox News in the 25-54 demo in both the 6-9 a.m. morning hours and primetime on Tuesday. CNN’s New Day averaged 251K viewers in the demo Tuesday morning, beating Fox News’ Fox & Friends, which had 212K.
In primetime, CNN averaged 529K viewers in the demo, beating Fox News’ 523K. The peak for CNN came during the 9 p.m. hour when Anderson Cooper 360′s 601K beat The Kelly File’s 530K. The peak for total viewers on Fox News came during the 8 p.m. hour with The O’Reilly Factor delivering 2.5 million in total viewers with guest host Eric Bolling.
Fox News remained on top through the day and evening in total viewers. Fox & Friends led the morning with 926K viewers, compared to 581K for New Day. In primetime, Fox averaged 2.260M, while CNN had 1.197. In all categories, MSNBC came in third place.
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
212 |
New Day
251 |
Morning Joe
107 |
Express
85 |
| 5 pm | The Five
366 |
Blitzer
283 |
Schultz
132 |
Files
30 |
| 6 pm | Baier
424 |
Blitzer
324 |
Sharpton
120 |
Files
34 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
371 |
Burnett
384 |
Matthews
156 |
Velez-Mitchell
97 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
521 |
Cooper
506 |
Hayes
162 |
Grace
137 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
530 |
Cooper
601 |
Maddow
232 |
Dr. Drew
93 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
511 |
Tonight
475 |
O’Donnell
203 |
Files
75 |
| 11 pm | Smith
428 |
Tonight
383 |
Hayes
170 |
Files
130 |
| PRIME TIME | 523 | 529 | 201 | 102 |
| 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
926 |
New Day
581 |
Morning Joe
394 |
Express
227 |
| 5 pm | The Five
2.129 |
Blitzer
983 |
Schultz
599 |
Files
135 |
| 6 pm | Baier
2.161 |
Blitzer
1.015 |
Sharpton
556 |
Files
110 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.884 |
Burnett
1.067 |
Matthews
851 |
Velez-Mitchell
250 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.529 |
Cooper
1.208 |
Hayes
696 |
Grace
464 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
2.390 |
Cooper
1.290 |
Maddow
911 |
Dr. Drew
295 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.852 |
Tonight
1.088 |
O’Donnell
710 |
Files
278 |
| 11 pm | Smith
1.341 |
Tonight
833 |
Hayes
575 |
Files
358 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.260 | 1.197 | 774 | 345 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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