Another week, another dominant performance by The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. The newscast finished first in total viewers and the demo on Friday, as it did the rest of the week save for Tuesday when the 9 p.m. time slot was claimed by President Donald Trump‘s joint address to Congress. Elsewhere, The Five was Fox News’ most-watched show—and the most-watched show across all three networks—while the 5 p.m. hour of The Lead with Jake Tapper was first for CNN.
25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 274 | CNN: 75 | MSNBC: 63
Prime: FNC: 395 | CNN: 124 | MSNBC: 112
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Cain: 329 |
Hunt: 88 |
Wallace: 88 |
| 5PM | Five: 517 |
Tapper: 93 |
Wallace: 108 |
| 6PM | Special Report: 410 |
Tapper: 83 |
Melber: 87 |
| 7PM | Ingraham: 379 |
Burnett: 103 |
Prime: 83 |
| 8PM | Watters: 416 |
Cooper: 123 |
Hayes: 82 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 340 |
The Source: 125 |
Maddow: 148 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld: 428 |
Phillip: 123 |
Last Word: 106 |
| 11PM | Gallagher: 276 |
Coates: 57 |
Ruhle: 92 |
Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 2.116 | CNN: 407 | MSNBC: 700
Prime: FNC: 3.336 | CNN: 541 | MSNBC: 1.244
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Cain: 2.408 |
Hunt: 608 |
Wallace: 1.086 |
| 5PM | Five: 4.390 |
Tapper: 643 |
Wallace: 1.210 |
| 6PM | Special Report: 3.477 |
Tapper: 507 |
Melber: 1.015 |
| 7PM | Ingraham: 3.117 |
Burnett: 567 |
Prime: 724 |
| 8PM | Watters: 3.754 |
Cooper: 614 |
Hayes: 959 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 3.013 |
The Source: 527 |
Maddow: 1.706 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld: 3.241 |
Phillip: 482 |
Last Word: 1.067 |
| 11PM | Gallagher: 1.823 |
Coates 283 |
Ruhle: 768 |
