Friday, July 25 Evening Cable News Ratings: Early Hours Beat Primetime

All three cable news networks saw their most-watched hours take place between 4 and 6 p.m. ET on Friday evening. Fox News’ The Five leads the march as the most-watched cable news show, while the 5 p.m. edition of The Lead with Jake Tapper earned first place for CNN. Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace at 4 p.m. ET was MSNBC’s most-watched show.

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

Total Day: FNC: 166 | CNN: 57 | MSNBC: 48
Prime: FNC: 214 | CNN: 86 | MSNBC: 70

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM WC Show:
207		 The Arena:
71		 Wallace:
92
5PM Five:
273		 Tapper:
98		 Wallace:
75
6PM Baier:
226		 Tapper:
98		 The beat:
62
7PM Ingraham:
165		 Burnett:
94		 Weeknight:
68
8PM Watters:
222		 AC 360:
79		 Hayes:
79
9PM Hannity:
173		 Collins:
81		 Psaki:
67
10PM Gutfeld!:
245		 Phillip:
98		 Last Word:
63
11PM @Night:
144		 Coates:
68		 11th Hour:
49

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.596 | CNN: 329 | MSNBC: 581
Prime: FNC: 2.518 | CNN: 456 | MSNBC: 871

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM WC Show:
1.964		 The Arena:
442		 Wallace:
1.014
5PM Five:
3.238		 Tapper
527		 Wallace:
931
6PM Baier:
2.371		 Tapper:
457		 The Beat:
720
7PM Ingraham:
2.117		 Burnett:
481		 Weeknight:
672
8PM Watters:
2.754		 AC 360:
447		 Hayes:
837
9PM Hannity:
2.199		 Collins:
469		 Psaki:
898
10PM Gutfeld!:
2.601		 Phillip:
451		 Last Word:
879
11PM @Night:
1.379		 Coates:
294		 11th Hour:
742
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