Monday, May 26 Evening Cable News Ratings: Repeats Dominate the Memorial Day Schedule

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Re-airs dominated the cable schedule on Monday night to close out the Memorial Day holiday. Nevertheless, The Five was still the most-watched program of the evening in total viewers and in the Adults 25-54 demo. MSNBC moved The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell to 6 p.m. ET, and saw it take the crown as the network’s top show in total viewers. Over at CNN, the 9 a.m. ET edition of CNN News Central had the most total viewers of the day with 465,000.

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

Total Day: FNC: 153 | CNN: 41 | MSNBC: 53
Prime: FNC: 204 | CNN: 44 | MSNBC: 53

	FNC:	CNN:	MSNBC:
4PM	Will Cain Show: 173	The Arena: 51	Deadline: WH: 67
5PM	Five: 250	The Lead: 44	Deadline: WH: 90
6PM	Special Report: 204	The Lead: 36	O’Donnell: 80
7PM	Ingraham*: 204	80s*: 62	O’Donnell: 85
8PM	Watters*: 218	Luther*: 48	Deadline: WH*: 51
9PM	Hannity*: 154	Luther*: 41	O’Donnell*: 74
10PM	Gutfeld!*: 241	90s*: 42	David Frost*: 33
11PM	Special Report*: 122	Luther*: 42	David Frost*: 34

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.357 | CNN: 261 | MSNBC: 432
Prime: FNC: 1.838 | CNN: 229 | MSNBC: 539

	FNC:	CNN:	MSNBC:
4PM	Will Cain Show: 1.412	The Arena: 360	Deadline: WH: 665
5PM	Five: 2.504	The Lead: 379	Deadline: WH: 701
6PM	Special Report: 1.973	The Lead: 329	O’Donnell: 743
7PM	Ingraham*: 1.899	80s*: 263	O’Donnell: 709
8PM	Watters*: 2.137	Luther*: 252	Deadline: WH*: 567
9PM	Hannity*: 1.536	Luther*: 250	O’Donnell*: 697
10PM	Gutfeld!*: 1.842	90s*: 185	David Frost*: 352
11PM	Special Report*: 934	Luther*: 170	David Frost*: 259

*Indicates re-air.