Fox News maintained a steady lead against CNN and MSNBC during last week’s cable primetime in terms of both total viewership and the advertiser-coveted 25–54 news demographic, though CNN and MSNBC battled for second place in the demo. fought.
During primetime from Monday, September 19 to Friday, September 23, Fox News came in first with an average total audience of 2.56 million. According to official Live Plus Same-Day Nielsen data, MSNBC took second place with 1.59 million viewers and CNN ranked third with 742,000 average viewers.
In the demo, Fox News took the cake with an average audience of 346,200, compared to CNN’s average audience of 155,400 in the demo. MSNBC came third with 141,200.
Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” at 8 p.m. won with 2.98 million average total viewers and 410,600 average viewers in the demo. MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes” came in second with 1.64 million average viewers, and CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” came in third with 833,600 average viewers. However, CNN beat MSNBC in the demo with an average audience of 182,600, while MSNBC achieved an average audience of 152,800 in the demo.
Fox News led the demo for “Hannity” in the 9 p.m. slot with 26.4 million average viewers and 336,400 average viewers. For total viewership, MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight” came in second with 1.61 million average viewers, and CNN’s “CNN Tonight” came in second with an average viewership of 696,800. However, in the demo, CNN beat MSNBC with an average audience of 140,600, while MSNBC acquired an average audience of 135,200 in the demo.
This trend continued until 10 p.m., with Fox News’ “The Ingram Angle” earning 2.07 million average viewers, MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” earning 1.52 million average viewers, and CNN’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell”. Followed with “Don Lemon Tonight”. It is lagging behind with a total of 696,200 viewers. In the demo, Fox News garnered 291,600 average viewers while CNN earned 142,600 average viewers and MSNBC came in last in the main demo with 135,000 average viewers.
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