The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Dec. 13

This special double edition of The Scoreboard demonstrates the fascinating ratings race in the 25-54 demographic. For instance, on Tuesday night, Abrams beat Dobbs in the demo and Matthews beat Blitzer in P2+ and P25-54:

The hourlies, total viewers:

6pm: Hume: 1,498,000 / Dobbs: 499,000 / Abrams: 361,000

7pm: Shep: 1,477,000 / Blitzer: 474,000 / Hardball: 487,000

8pm: O’Reilly: 2,345,000 / Zahn: 602,000 / Countdown: 448,000

9pm: H&C: 1,885,000 / King: 1,126,000 / Rita: 445,000

10pm: Greta: 1,742,000 / Cooper: 635,000 / Williams & Bush: 519,000

11pm: O’Reilly repeat: 1,148,000 / Cooper: 493,000 / Situation: 317,000

The hourlies, 25-54 demographic:

6pm: Hume: 260,000 / Dobbs: 131,000 / Abrams: 146,000

7pm: Shep: 310,000 / Blitzer: 148,000 / Hardball: 203,000

8pm: O’Reilly: 414,000 / Zahn: 185,000 / Countdown: 177,000

9pm: H&C: 401,000 / King: 251,000 / Rita: 199,000

10pm: Greta: 339,000 / Cooper: 268,000 / Williams & Bush: 233,000

11pm: O’Reilly repeat: 285,000 / Cooper: 209,000 / Situation: 157,000

Notice that FNC’s demo viewership peaks with O’Reilly at 8pm, while CNN’s peaks with Cooper at 10pm. MSNBC’s demo viewership fluctuates, but is challenging CNN for several hours.