MSNBC Outperforms Fox News in Prime Time Demo Ratings Without Tucker Carlson

MSNBC beat Fox News in the key 25-54 age demographic in prime time on Monday, hours after Fox announced the departure of Tucker Carlson from the network. Brian Kilmeade stepped in for Carlson to host Fox News Tonight during Carlson’s old 8 p.m. time slot and won the hour in both total viewers and demo. In the demo during prime time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), MSNBC eked out a ratings win, topping Fox News, 247,000 to 245,000 viewers. Fox still led in overall viewers.