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Tuesday, May 27 Evening Cable News Ratings: Jake Tapper is No. 1 in A25-54 Viewers for CNN

The Five and Lawrence O'Donnell were first in the demo on FNC and MSNBC

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By Mark Mwachiro

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MSNBC pulled ahead of CNN to land at second place in the Adults 25-54 demo during total day and primetime. The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell was the network’s top show in the demo. Meanwhile, The Five led the pack on Fox News with over 500,000 A25-54 viewers for the evening. The 5 p.m. hour of The Lead with Jake Tapper finished at No. 1 in the demo for CNN.

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

Total Day: FNC: 211 | CNN: 55 | MSNBC: 61
Prime: FNC: 326 | CNN: 67 | MSNBC: 106

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
287		 The Arena:
82		 Wallace:
116
5PM Five:
551		 Tapper:
94		 Wallace:
117
6PM Baier:
290		 Tapper:
104		 Melber:
86
7PM Ingraham:
272		 Burnett:
71		 Weeknight:
81
8PM Watters:
377		 Cooper:
73		 Hayes:
92
9PM Hannity:
261		 Collins:
56		 Psaki:
104
10PM Gutfeld:
341		 Phillip:
73		 O’Donnell:
122
11PM Gallgher:
244		 Coates:
47		 Ruhle:
67

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.748 | CNN: 322 | MSNBC: 589
Prime: FNC: 2.929 | CNN: 433 | MSNBC: 938

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
2.026		 The Arena:
462		 Wallace:
1.035
5PM Five:
3.948		 Tapper:
504		 Wallace:
1.091
6PM Baier:
2.754		 Tapper:
493		 Melber:
917
7PM Ingraham:
2.617		 Burnett:
472		 Weeknight:
784
8PM Watters:
3.265		 Cooper:
519		 Hayes:
838
9PM Hannity:
2.591		 Collins:
398		 Psaki:
920
10PM Gutfeld:
2.932		 Phillip:
380		 O’Donnell:
1.055
11PM Gallagher:
1.710		 Coates:
253		 Ruhle:
615
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Mark Mwachiro

Mark Mwachiro is a TVNewser contributor who has been writing for the blog since March 2022. Based out of New York, Mark has also contributed to ADWEEK.

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