CNN scored a rare prime time victory over MSNBC last night in the 25-54 demo, partially thanks to Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s special Weed 2: Cannabis Madness, which aired at 10pm ET on the network (and repeated at 11). CNN averaged 325K viewers in the demo during prime time, while MSNBC had 223K. Each of CNN’s prime time show topped 300K viewers, besting MSNBC’s line-up, which did not break 300K.
The first airing of Weed 2 was the highest-rated hour of the night in the demo on CNN with 354K viewers. That made it the third most-watched show on the night overall in the demo, behind only Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor with 458K and Hannity with 370K.
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
253 |
New Day
86 |
Morning Joe
140 |
Express
64 |
| 5 pm | The Five
318 |
Blitzer
250 |
Schultz
189 |
Files
22 |
| 6 pm | Baier
287 |
Blitzer
240 |
Sharpton
237 |
Files
47 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
317 |
Burnett
257 |
Matthews
263 |
Velez-Mitchell
71 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
458 |
Cooper
310 |
Hayes
222 |
Grace
95 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
350 |
Morgan
311 |
Maddow
262 |
Dr. Drew
95 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
370 |
Weed 2
354 |
O’Donnell
186 |
Minute
32 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
303 |
Weed 2
231 |
Hayes
78 |
Files
109 |
| PRIME TIME | 394 | 325 | 223 | 74 |
| 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
958 |
New Day
322 |
Morning Joe
315 |
Express
236 |
| 5 pm | The Five
1.945 |
Blitzer
748 |
Schultz
601 |
Files
121 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.905 |
Blitzer
668 |
Sharpton
688 |
Files
153 |
| 7 pm | Van Susteren
1.798 |
Burnett
693 |
Matthews
925 |
Velez-Mitchell
213 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.959 |
Cooper
804 |
Hayes
790 |
Grace
280 |
| 9 pm | Kelly
2.676 |
Morgan
811 |
Maddow
901 |
Dr. Drew
220 |
| 10 pm | Hannity
1.759 |
Weed 2
757 |
O’Donnell
691 |
Minute
97 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.186 |
Weed 2t
502 |
Hayes
376 |
Files
262 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.467 | 791 | 794 | 199 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
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