Friday, Feb. 21 Evening Cable News Ratings: Kaitlan Collins Is 1st in the Demo for CNN

CNN finished the week in second place in the Adults 25-54 demo, ahead of MSNBC and behind Fox News. The Source with Kaitlan Collins was the network’s top show within the demo, while The Five and The Rachel Maddow Show placed first for Fox and MSNBC, respectively. Meanwhile, what unexpectedly became Joy Reid‘s penultimate MSNBC broadcast pulled ahead of The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell in the demo.

25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 240 | CNN: 69 | MSNBC: 60
Prime: FNC: 327 | CNN: 112 | MSNBC: 95

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
356
Tapper:
91
Wallace:
102
5PM Five:
430
Tapper:
81
Wallace:
98
6PM Baier:
333
Blitzer:
112
Melber:
74
7PM Ingraham:
323
Outfront:
110
Reid:
82
8PM Watters:
374
Cooper:
110
Psaki:
70
9PM Hannity:
272
Collins:
119
Maddow:
132
10PM Gutfeld:
335
Phillip:
107
The Last Word:
81
11PM Gallagher:
251
Coates:
71
Ruhle:
77

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 2.115 | CNN: 411 | MSNBC: 689
Prime: FNC: 3.252 | CNN: 588 | MSNBC: 1.221

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
2.830
Tapper:
596
Wallace:
1.095
5PM Five:
4.588
Tapper:
655
Wallace:
1.163
6PM Baier:
3.455
Blitzer:
538
Melber:
998
7PM Ingraham:
3.197
Outfront:
572
Reid:
877
8PM Watters:
4.071
Cooper:
621
Psaki:
930
9PM Hannity:
2.786
Collins:
569
Maddow:
1.726
10PM Gutfeld:
2.900
Phillip:
573
The Last Word:
1.006
11PM Gallagher:
1.610
Coates
339
Ruhle:
733
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