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Tuesday Ratings: Fox News #1 In All Cable News, Total Viewers And Demo

by Dan Abrams

On a news day jam-packed with Obama administration scandals, Fox News dominated the cable landscape in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. In both total day and prime time viewers, Fox beat CNN and MSNBC by more than 1 million viewers.

Fox had 1.615M total day viewers and 2.190 total prime time. In total day, CNN came in second with 408K and MSNBC third at 364K. In prime time, MSNBC was second with 528K, while CNN was third 493K.

In the demo, CNN beat out MSNBC across all shows, with Piers Morgan's 170K beatRachel Maddow's 154K at 9pm. In the 8pm time slot, MSNBC's Chris Hayes had a particularly poor showing, with only 88K demo viewers, falling far short of Anderson Cooper's 155K and Bill O'Reilly's 460K.

Here are the rest of your Tuesday night ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five 373	Blitzer 139	Matthews 70	Express 112
6 pm	Baier 362	Blitzer 128	Sharpton 95	Express 124
7 pm	Smith 296	Burnett 136	Matthews 93	Velez-Mitchell 105
8 pm	O'Reilly 460	Cooper 155	Hayes 88	Grace 153
9 pm	Hannity 284	Morgan 170	Maddow 154	Dr. Drew 134
10 pm	Van Susteren 263	Cooper 212	O'Donnell 127	After Dark 165
11 pm	O'Reilly 366	Burnett 109	Hayes 79	Showbiz 158
TOTAL DAY	305	141	86	133
PRIME TIME	336	179	123	150
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm	The Five 2.510	Blitzer 485	Matthews 596	Express 363
6 pm	Baier 2.287	Blitzer 431	Sharpton 490	Express 351
7 pm	Smith 1.872	Burnett 435	Matthews 441	Velez-Mitchell 442
8 pm	O'Reilly 2.935	Cooper 497	Hayes 396	Grace 509
9 pm	Hannity 1.983	Morgan 473	Maddow 607	Dr. Drew 440
10 pm	Van Susteren 1.634	Cooper 510	O'Donnell 582	After Dark 386
11 pm	O'Reilly 1.399	Burnett 289	Hayes 265	Showbiz 352
TOTAL DAY	1.615	408	364	356
PRIME TIME	2.190	493	528	445
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data

Tuesday Ratings: Fox News #1 In All Cable News, Total Viewers And Demo
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John Hames