Thursday, May 29 Evening Cable News Ratings: MSNBC Cracks 1 Million Total Viewers in Primetime

Fox News led with nearly 3 million total viewers in primetime

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MSNBC finished above the million-viewer mark in primetime with The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell at 10 p.m. ET coming in as the most-watched show in total viewers. But Fox News had nearly 3 million viewers in primetime with The Five landing as its top-viewed show. CNN’s most-watched show was Anderson Cooper 360, which fell short of 600,000 total viewers at 8 p.m. ET.

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

Total Day: FNC: 203 | CNN: 55 | MSNBC: 59
Prime: FNC: 318 | CNN: 90 | MSNBC: 83

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
256
Hunt:
55
Wallace:
93
5PM Five:
399
Tapper:
79
Wallace:
112
6PM Baier:
254
Tapper:
65
Melber:
78
7PM Ingraham:
260
Burnett:
83
Weeknight:
72
8PM Watters:
371
Cooper:
95
Hayes:
69
9PM Hannity:
262
Collins:
75
Psaki:
74
10PM Gutfeld!:
321
Phillip:
98
O’Donnell:
106
11PM Gallgher:
192
Coates:
84
Ruhle:
81

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.698 | CNN: 331 | MSNBC: 641
Prime: FNC: 2.995 | CNN: 506 | MSNBC: 1.030

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
1.819
Hunt:
408
Wallace:
1.116
5PM Five:
3.556
Tapper:
415
Wallace:
1.082
6PM Baier:
2.596
Tapper:
360
Melber:
945
7PM Ingraham:
2.341
Burnett:
537
Weeknight:
740
8PM Watters:
3.280
Cooper:
592
Hayes:
850
9PM Hannity:
2.664
Collins:
486
Psaki:
1.047
10PM Gutfeld!:
3.041
Phillip:
438
O’Donnell:
1.193
11PM Gallagher:
1.520
Coates:
271
Ruhle:
711