On Tuesday night, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell topped his network’s lineup (in demo and total viewers) — as well as beating the primetime lineups and CNN and HLN. The latter’s Nancy Grace was O’Donnell closest competitor in the demo (at 8 p.m.). In total viewers, colleague Rachel Maddow came close.
Here are the rest of your Tuesday night ratings:
| TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
385 |
Blitzer
98 |
Matthews
112 |
Special
91 |
| 6 pm | Baier
414 |
King, USA
106 |
Sharpton
103 |
Prime
68 |
| 7 pm | Shep
287 |
Burnett
112 |
Matthews
119 |
Velez-Mitchell
112 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
416 |
Cooper
89 |
Schultz
112 |
Grace
177 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
394 |
Morgan
107 |
Maddow
176 |
Dr. Drew
116 |
| 10 pm | Van Susteren
386 |
Cooper
117 |
O’Donnell
235 |
Grace
63 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
340 |
Burnett
106 |
Schultz
180 |
Showbiz
55 |
| TOTAL DAY | 301 | 90 | 121 | 95 |
| PRIME TIME | 398 | 104 | 174 | 119 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data. | ||||
| TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD) | ||||
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| 5 pm | The5
1.740 |
Blitzer
475 |
Matthews
674 |
Special
150 |
| 6 pm | Baier
1.803 |
King, USA
316 |
Sharpton
624 |
Prime
163 |
| 7 pm | Smith
1.521 |
Burnett
349 |
Matthews
642 |
Velez-Mitchell
284 |
| 8 pm | O’Reilly
2.296 |
Cooper
343 |
Schultz
676 |
Grace
401 |
| 9 pm | Hannity
2.000 |
Morgan
427 |
Maddow
836 |
DrDrew
275 |
| 10 pm | Greta
1.842 |
Cooper
411 |
O’Donnell
867 |
Grace
235 |
| 11 pm | O’Reilly
1.068 |
Burnett
285 |
Schultz
531 |
Showbiz
196 |
| TOTAL DAY | 1.342 | 311 | 484 | 219 |
| PRIME TIME | 2.050 | 394 | 793 | 322 |
| Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data | ||||
Source: Mediaite




