Tuesday, May 20 Evening Cable News Ratings: Lawrence O'Donnell Claims Total Viewers, Nicole Wallace Takes Demo for MSNBC

Tuesday, May 20 Evening Cable News Ratings: Lawrence O'Donnell Claims Total Viewers, Nicole Wallace Takes Demo for MSNBC 

The Five and Jesse Watters Primetime finished above 3 million total viewers

The Five and Jesse Watters Primetime were the only Fox News shows to attract more than 3 million total viewers on Tuesday. Watters also continued his winning streak in the Adults 25-54 demo, while The Five landed in fourth place. Elsewhere, the 3 p.m. ET edition of CNN News Central was the network’s most-watched hour in the demo, with The Lead with Jake Tapper at 5 p.m. drawing the most total viewr eyeballs. MSNBC split its wins between The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell in total viewers and Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace in the demo.

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

Total Day: FNC:201 | CNN: 55 | MSNBC: 54
Prime: FNC: 364 | CNN: 70 | MSNBC: 82

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
237
The Arena:
81
Wallace:
96
5PM Five:
361
Tapper:
78
Wallace:
87
6PM Baier:
275
Tapper:
84
Melber:
74
7PM Ingraham:
293
Burnett:
70
Weeknight:
63
8PM Watters:
389
AC360:
62
Hayes:
80
9PM Hannity:
336
The Source:
59
Psaki:
73
10PM Gutfeld!:
368
Phillip:
90
O’Donnell:
93
11PM Gallgher:
248
Coates:
53
11th Hour:
70

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.844 | CNN: 352 | MSNBC: 614
Prime: FNC: 3.028 | CNN: 491 | MSNBC: 984

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
2.390
The Arena:
485
Wallace:
949
5PM Five:
3.854
Tapper:
570
Wallace:
1.075
6PM Baier:
2.964
Tapper:
465
Melber:
984
7PM Ingraham:
2.859
Burnett:
551
Weeknight:
789
8PM Watters:
3.382
AC360:
532
Hayes:
861
9PM Hannity:
2.706
The Source:
513
Psaki:
1.004
10PM Gutfeld!:
2.997
Phillip:
429
O’Donnell:
1.087
11PM Gallagher:
1.579
Coates:
271
11th Hour:
629
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