On his second night with a new show at 7pm, Chris Matthews scored the highest number of total viewers across MSNBC’s full evening schedule. Matthews has 812K total viewers, beating second place Rachel Maddow with 661K and third place Chris Hayes with 650K. He also beat CNN’s total viewers winner Anderson Cooper, who had 720K.

During his 7pm time slot, Matthews was #2 in the 25-54 demo with 208K, behind Shepard Smith’s 287K on Fox. Smith was also #1 in total viewers at 7pm with 1.475M.

Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  231	New Day  100	Morning Joe  149	Express  179
5 pm	The Five  282	Blitzer  114	Schultz  109	Express  35
6 pm	Baier  255	Blitzer  107	Sharpton  141	Express  50
7 pm	Smith  287	Burnett  146	Matthews  208	Velez-Mitchell  90
8 pm	O’Reilly  472	Cooper  226	Hayes  232	Grace  123
9 pm	Hannity  387	Morgan  169	Maddow  205	Dr. Drew  133
10 pm	Van Susteren  295	Cooper  143	O’Donnell  199	After Dark  85
11 pm	O’Reilly  340	Burnett  133	Hayes  151	Showbiz  124
PRIME TIME	385	179	212	114
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.162	New Day  302	Morning Joe  450	Express  268
5 pm	The Five  1.850	Blitzer  556	Schultz  623	Express  171
6 pm	Baier  1.698	Blitzer  442	Sharpton  614	Express  152
7 pm	Smith  1.475	Burnett  486	Matthews  812	Velez-Mitchell  244
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.706	Cooper  720	Hayes  650	Grace  317
9 pm	Hannity  1.793	Morgan  626	Maddow  661	Dr. Drew  314
10 pm	Van Susteren  1.504	Cooper  423	O’Donnell  585	After Dark  223
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.266	Burnett  393	Hayes  391	Showbiz  264
PRIME TIME	2.008	590	632	285
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

*Please note that the daily ratings report now contains figures for the 6-9am morning shows.

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