Wednesday, Feb. 12 Cable Evening News Ratings: Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer Split Most-Watched Honors for CNN

Wednesday, Feb. 12 Cable Evening News Ratings: Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer Split Most-Watched Honors for CNN 

The Five and Rachel Maddow repeated at No. 1 for Fox News and MSNBC, respectively

Fox News’ The Five continues to hold court as the network’s No. 1 program in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo, while The Rachel Maddow Show is MSNBC’s top show in both measured categories. Meanwhile, there’s a split over at CNN as The Lead with Jake Tapper is on top with total viewers and The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer finishes first in the demo.

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

Total Day: FNC: 270 | CNN: 85 | MSNBC: 76
Prime: FNC: 461 | CNN: 111 | MSNBC: 153

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
320
Tapper:
100
Wallace:
107
5PM Five:
479
Tapper:
149
Wallace:
125
6PM Baier:
366
Blitzer:
154
Melber:
73
7PM Ingraham:
422
Burnett:
127
Reid:
99
8PM Watters:
522
Cooper:
130
Hayes:
132
9PM Hannity:
441
Collins:
94
Maddow:
183
10PM Gutfeld:
419
Phillip:
108
O’Donnell:
144
11PM Gallagher:
310
Coates:
64
Ruhle:
94

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 2.278 | CNN: 396 | MSNBC: 723
Prime: FNC: 3.729 | CNN: 514 | MSNBC: 1.444

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
2.938
Tapper:
627
Wallace:
1.239
5PM Five:
4.709
Tapper:
669
Wallace:
1.197
6PM Baier:
3.546
Blitzer:
586
Melber:
925
7PM Ingraham:
3.625
Burnett:
549
Reid:
933
8PM Watters:
4.412
Cooper:
588
Hayes:
1.062
9PM Hannity:
3.438
Collins:
456
Maddow:
1.933
10PM Gutfeld:
3.336
Phillip:
497
O’Donnell:
1.336
11PM Gallagher:
1.960
Coates
243
Ruhle:
720
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