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CNN’s town hall with 2024 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie, hosted by anchor Anderson Cooper, placed first in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic on Monday, beating both Fox News and MSNBC.

The town hall, which came the eve of former President Donald Trump’s indictment on federal criminal charges related to the documents case, drew 1.34 million total viewers and 239,000 in the demo.

Since the ouster of Tucker Carlson from Fox News, the highly-coveted 8 p.m. slot on the network has seen its ratings sink. On Friday, with Harris Faulkner guest-hosting, the hour landed in #41st in all of cable news, behind scores of CNN and MSNBC shows.

On Monday, Fox’s 8 p.m. hour – hosted this week by Brian Kilmeade – drew 217,000 in the demo, but placed first in total viewers, with 1.8 million overall.

As usual, Rachel Maddow gave MSNBC a big boost, pushing the network into first place in total viewers in prime time.

Here is a full breakdown of Monday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
766		 CNN THIS MORNING:
256		 MORNING JOE:
1055		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
43		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
31
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1017		 CNN THIS MORNING:
367		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
174		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1200		 CNN THIS MORNING:
465		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1287		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
604		 MORNING JOE:
1044		 NATIONAL REPORT:
186		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1301		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
647		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
885		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
28
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1340		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
662		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
776		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1332		 INSIDE POLITICS:
711		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
824		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
195		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1193		 TRUMP FEDERAL INDICTMENT:
615		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
902		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
24
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1026		 TRUMP FEDERAL INDICTMENT:
637		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
223		 —
3p STORY, THE:
1092		 TRUMP FEDERAL INDICTMENT:
681		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
1067		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
38
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1166		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
742		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1713		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
298		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
2755		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
758		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
269		 HILL, THE:
53
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1869		 SITUATION ROOM:
756		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1688		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
361		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
39
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2320		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
887		 REIDOUT:
1509		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
492		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
44
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
1800		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1347		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1649		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
503		 CUOMO:
185
9p HANNITY:
1968		 — RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2652		 CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
307		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
145
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1676		 CNN TH: POST ANALYSIS:
871 [9:36 PM-10:59 PM]		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
2089		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
314		 BANFIELD:
129
11p GUTFELD!:
1480		 CNN TONIGHT:
518		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1342		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
141		 CUOMO:
77

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
95		 CNN THIS MORNING:
53		 MORNING JOE:
103		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
4		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
161		 CNN THIS MORNING:
94		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
16		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
152		 CNN THIS MORNING:
102		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
130		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
105		 MORNING JOE:
106		 NATIONAL REPORT:
9		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
136		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
104		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
93		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
1
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
183		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
110		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
88		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
161		 INSIDE POLITICS:
128		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
96		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
10		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
147		 TRUMP FEDERAL INDICTMENT:
103		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
87		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
3
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
120		 TRUMP FEDERAL INDICTMENT:
104		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
12		 —
3p STORY, THE:
98		 TRUMP FEDERAL INDICTMENT:
100		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
95		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
5
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
120		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
96		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
158		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
20		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
250		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
104		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
17		 HILL, THE:
6
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
197		 SITUATION ROOM:
166		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
159		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
31		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
242		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
180		 REIDOUT:
163		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
40		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
9
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
217		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
239		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
178		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
55		 CUOMO:
35
9p HANNITY:
261		 — RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
282		 CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
28		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
33
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
203		 CNN TH: POST ANALYSIS:
188 [9:36 PM-10:59 PM]		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
168		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
41		 BANFIELD:
31
11p GUTFELD!:
179		 CNN TONIGHT:
139		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
121		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
13		 CUOMO:
12

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

CNN: 651,000

Fox News: 1.34 million

MSNBC: 1.23 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 125,000

Fox News: 157,000

MSNBC: 125,000

Here are the prime time averages — encompassing shows which air from 8-11 p.m. — in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

CNN: 1.12 million

Fox News: 1.81 million

MSNBC: 2.13 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 215,000

Fox News: 227,000

MSNBC: 209,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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