Tuesday Cable News Ratings: MSNBC’s Matthews Most Total Viewers on MSNBC, Beating Maddow, Hayes
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) | ||||
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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) | ||||
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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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