Tuesday, August 12 Evening Cable News Ratings: The Five Leads Again

  Rassegna Stampa, Social
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Jesse Watters‘ absence from his 8 p.m. ET show pushed it to the No. 3 position on Fox News in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo. As usual, The Five was the evening’s top show across the board. CNN’s top show in total viewers was the 5 p.m. edition of The Lead with Jake Tapper. The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell was MSNBC’s No.1 show on Tuesday night in total viewers.

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

Total Day: FNC: 175 | CNN: 54 | MSNBC: 55
Prime: FNC: 292 | CNN: 97 | MSNBC: 81

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
221
Hunt:
77
Wallace:
155
5PM Five:
332
Tapper:
85
Wallace:
128
6PM Baier:
226
Tapper:
73
The Beat:
60
7PM Ingraham Angle:
264
Outfront:
76
Weeknight:
67
8PM Primetime:
290
Cooper:
86
Hayes:
64
9PM Hannity:
259
Collins:
112
Psaki:
67
10PM Gutfeld!:
327
Phillip:
91
O’Donnell:
112
11PM Gallgher:
187
Coates:
54
Ruhle:
62

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.604 | CNN: 329 | MSNBC: 553
Prime: FNC: 2.625 | CNN: 490 | MSNBC: 894

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
1.972
Hunt:
426
Wallace:
1.022
5PM Five:
3.332
Tapper:
511
Wallace:
981
6PM Baier:
2.385
Tapper:
433
The Beat:
687
7PM Ingraham Angle:
2.463
Outfront:
451
Weeknight:
577
8PM Primetime:
2.641
Cooper:
509
Hayes:
604
9PM Hannity:
2.422
Collins:
503
Psaki:
831
10PM Gutfeld!:
2.811
Phillip:
457
O’Donnell:
1.246
11PM Gallagher:
1.420
Coates:
267
Ruhle:
612

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