Monday, May 5 Evening Cable News Ratings: Rachel Maddow Is Only Newscast To Capture Both Total Viewers and the Demo

  Rassegna Stampa, Social
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The Weeknight made its MSNBC debut with a second place finish in total viewers and a third place finish in the Adults 25-54 demo. The Rachel Maddow Show was the network’s No. 1 show in both of those measured categories. Over on Fox News, The Five led the way in total viewers, with Jesse Watters Primetime claiming the demo. The 5 p.m. ET hour of The Lead with Jake Tapper was CNN’s most-watched show in total viewers, while Erin Burnett OutFront led in the demo.

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

Total Day: FNC: 198 | CNN: 65 | MSNBC: 63
Prime: FNC: 326 | CNN: 81 | MSNBC: 116

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
196		 Hunt:
81		 Wallace:
88
5PM Five:
347		 Tapper:
88		 Wallace:
112
6PM Baier:
280		 Tapper:
97		 Melber:
95
7PM Ingraham:
342		 Burnett:
110		 Weeknight:
84
8PM Watters:
379		 Cooper:
94		 Weeknight:
72
9PM Hannity:
264		 Collins:
74		 Maddow:
155
10PM Gutfeld!:
335		 Phillip:
76		 O’Donnell:
121
11PM Gallagher:
234		 Coates:
62		 Ruhle:
63

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.787 | CNN: 383 | MSNBC: 677
Prime: FNC: 3.026 | CNN: 479 | MSNBC: 1.287

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
2.037		 Hunt:
532		 Wallace:
1.090
5PM Five:
3.955		 Tapper:
590		 Wallace:
1.114
6PM Baier:
2.947		 Tapper:
509		 Melber:
959
7PM Ingraham:
2.750		 Burnett:
564		 Weeknight:
805
8PM Watters:
3.351		 Cooper:
524		 Weeknight:
833
9PM Hannity:
2.655		 Collins:
459		 Maddow:
1.722
10PM Gutfeld!:
3.072		 Phillip:
453		 O’Donnell:
1.307
11PM Gallagher:
1.651		 Coates:
232		 Ruhle::
698
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