Thursday, May 8 Evening Cable News Ratings: Fox News Is 1st Choice for Pope Leo XIV News

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Fox News topped its cable news rivals when the announcement of Pope Leo XIV was made on Thursday afternoon. During the 1 p.m. ET hour, Fox News had 3.7 million total viewers and 667,000 viewers in the Adults 25-54 demo, while CNN had 1.5 million total viewers and 326,000 demo viewers, and MSNBC had 974,000 total viewers and 127,000 A25-54 viewers. In the later hours, The Five was FNC’s most-watched show in total viewers, while the 5 p.m. hour of Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace led for MSNBC, and Erin Burnett OutFront was first for CNN.

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

Total Day: FNC: 264 | CNN: 96 | MSNBC: 65
Prime: FNC: 363 | CNN: 128 | MSNBC: 97

	FNC:	CNN:	MSNBC:
4PM	Cain: 338	Hunt: 143	Wallace: 86
5PM	Five: 365	Tapper: 146	Wallace: 125
6PM	Baier: 244	Tapper: 88	Melber: 89
7PM	Ingraham: 299	Burnett: 121	Weeknight: 60
8PM	Watters: 353	Cooper: 138	Hayes: 103
9PM	Hannity: 345	Collins: 109	Psaki: 98
10PM	Gutfeld!: 390	Phillip: 135	O’Donnell: 91
11PM	@ Night: 250	Coates: 86	Ruhle: 54

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.965 | CNN: 526 | MSNBC: 694
Prime: FNC: 3.003 | CNN: 623 | MSNBC: 1.106

	FNC:	CNN:	MSNBC:
4PM	Cain: 2.204	Hunt: 777	Wallace: 1.079
5PM	Five: 3.565	Tapper: 747	Wallace: 1.239
6PM	Baier: 2.740	Tapper: 550	Melber: 1.082
7PM	Ingraham: 2.693	Burnett: 769	Weeknight: 829
8PM	Watters: 3.204	Cooper: 725	Hayes: 1.002
9PM	Hannity: 2.821	Collins: 588	Psaki: 1.105
10PM	Gutfeld!: 2.983	Phillip: 556	O’Donnell: 1.213
11PM	@ Night: 1.523	Coates: 315	Ruhle:: 765