Monday, May 19 Evening Cable News Ratings: Jesse Watters Leads the Demo

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Jesse Watters Primetime was Fox News’ No. 1 show in the Adults 25-54 demo, as The Five fell to third place behind Gutfeld! Over on MSNBC, The Rachel Maddow Show led in the demo, while The Lead with Jake Tapper took the top spot for CNN.

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

Total Day: FNC: 212 | CNN: 65 | MSNBC: 62
Prime: FNC: 352| CNN: 92 | MSNBC: 104

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
215		 Hunt:
106		 Wallace:
98
5PM Five:
342		 Tapper:
117		 Wallace:
112
6PM Baier:
265		 Tapper:
84		 Melber:
94
7PM Ingraham:
288		 Burnett:
74		 Weeknight:
67
8PM Watters:
384		 AC360:
80		 Weeknight:
58
9PM Hannity:
316		 Collins:
86		 Maddow:
132
10PM Gutfeld:
354		 Phillip:
110		 O’Donnell:
121
11PM Gallagher:
170		 Coates:
70		 Ruhle:
58

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.847 | CNN: 380 | MSNBC: 692
Prime: FNC: 3.170 | CNN: 511 | MSNBC: 1.427

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
2.094		 Hunt:
540		 Wallace:
1.117
5PM Five:
3.959		 Tapper:
637		 Wallace:
1.158
6PM Baier:
3.016		 Tapper:
475		 Melber:
995
7PM Ingraham:
2.742		 Burnett:
500		 Weeknight:
850
8PM Watters:
3.460		 AC360:
540		 Weeknight:
874
9PM Hannity:
2.923		 Collins:
498		 Maddow:
1.949
10PM Gutfeld:
3.126		 Phillip:
495		 O’Donnell:
1.458
11PM Gallagher:
1.550		 Coates:
265		 Ruhle:
662
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