Thursday, June 5 Evening Cable News Ratings: The Trump/Musk Feud Lifts Ratings

The very public feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk made headlines and brought viewers to the cable news networks. CNN and MSNBC saw increased numbers compared to a typical evening, but Fox News’ The Five remained the top show and the only program with more than 3 million total viewers. CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 landed in first place for the network, while The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell had the most total viewers for MSNBC.

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

Total Day: FNC: 179 | CNN: 78 | MSNBC: 66
Prime: FNC: 292 | CNN: 117 | MSNBC: 105

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
194		 Hunt:
134		 Wallace:
114
5PM Five:
314		 Tapper:
125		 Wallace:
108
6PM Special Report:
271		 Tapper:
160		 Melber:
96
7PM Ingraham:
289		 Burnett:
136		 Weeknight:
104
8PM Watters:
355		 Cooper:
124		 Hayes:
101
9PM Hannity:
238		 Collins:
117		 Psaki:
95
10PM Gutfeld!:
283		 Phillip:
109		 O’Donnell:
120
11PM Gallgher:
186		 Coates:
75		 Ruhle:
93

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.610 | CNN: 414 | MSNBC: 706
Prime: FNC: 2.758 | CNN: 669 | MSNBC: 1.298

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
1.746		 Hunt:
623		 Wallace:
1.111
5PM Five:
3.279		 Tapper:
640		 Wallace:
1.188
6PM Special Report:
2.493		 Tapper:
577		 Melber:
1.203
7PM Ingraham:
2.441		 Burnett:
714		 Weeknight:
992
8PM Watters:
2.976		 Cooper:
776		 Hayes:
1.190
9PM Hannity:
2.476		 Collins:
647		 Psaki:
1.218
10PM Gutfeld!:
2.820		 Phillip:
583		 O’Donnell:
1.486
11PM Gallagher:
1.404		 Coates:
327		 Ruhle:
967
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