Prime Time Cable News Ratings 5/18 - 5/21: FOX News Beats All Hours of CNN and MSNBC, Maddow Leads MSNBC

Below are the prime time cable news ratings from Monday, May 18 through Thursday, May 21. The ratings are color-coded by network, and sorted by the key Adults 25-54 demo. Ties are broken by total viewers.

Show
Network
Day
A25-54
Total viewers
HHs
A18-49
A18-34
Tucker Carlson Tonight
FOX News
Tue
0.57
4.302
2.72
0.34
0.16
Tucker Carlson Tonight
FOX News
Thu
0.57
4.041
2.60
0.34
0.15
Tucker Carlson Tonight
FOX News
Mon
0.56
4.054
2.68
0.31
0.13
Hannity
FOX News
Mon
0.50
4.109
2.74
0.29
0.12
Hannity
FOX News
Wed
0.50
3.945
2.63
0.29
0.13
The Ingraham Angle
FOX News
Mon
0.49
3.451
2.29
0.29
0.13
Tucker Carlson Tonight
FOX News
Wed
0.48
3.776
2.53
0.28
0.13
Hannity: The Flynn Case
FOX News
Thu
0.47
3.551
2.32
0.29
0.11
Hannity
FOX News
Tue
0.46
4.086
2.67
0.24
0.11
The Ingraham Angle
FOX News
Tue
0.44
3.276
2.15
0.27
0.13
The Ingraham Angle
FOX News
Thu
0.43
3.124
2.06
0.26
0.12
The Ingraham Angle
FOX News
Wed
0.42
3.322
2.22
0.24
0.10
Cuomo Prime Time
CNN
Mon
0.42
1.883
1.28
0.25
0.10
Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
Tue
0.41
3.105
2.17
0.28
0.11
Cuomo Prime Time
CNN
Tue
0.40
1.683
1.11
0.26
0.11
Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
Wed
0.39
3.07
2.12
0.25
0.14
CNN Tonight with Don Lemon
CNN
Mon
0.38
1.528
1.07
0.23
0.08
Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
Mon
0.36
2.890
1.99
0.25
0.15
Cuomo Prime Time
CNN
Wed
0.36
1.831
1.26
0.22
0.09
Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
Thu
0.35
2.928
2.05
0.24
0.11
Anderson Cooper 360
CNN
Mon
0.34
1.578
1.07
0.20
0.06
Anderson Cooper 360
CNN
Wed
0.34
1.550
1.09
0.20
0.09
Anderson Cooper 360
CNN
Tue
0.34
1.496
1.01
0.21
0.09
CNN Tonight with Don Lemon
CNN
Wed
0.32
1.479
0.99
0.20
0.10
CNN Tonight with Don Lemon
CNN
Tue
0.32
1.310
0.92
0.21
0.10
Cuomo Prime Time (10pm)
CNN
Thu
0.31
1.558
1.05
0.20
0.10
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC
Wed
0.27
2.381
1.66
0.15
0.06
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC
Mon
0.27
2.372
1.62
0.19
0.08
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC
Thu
0.27
2.163
1.54
0.18
0.08
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC
Tue
0.26
2.069
1.47
0.17
0.08
All In with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
Tue
0.23
1.855
1.31
0.17
0.07
All In with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
Wed
0.22
1.774
1.28
0.15
0.06
All in with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
Mon
0.21
1.726
1.23
0.14
0.09
All In with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
Thu
0.21
1.663
1.22
0.14
0.08
Ratings Credit: Programming Insider

FOX News dominates this list, and there is a general pattern on the network that typically puts Tucker Carlson’s 8pm show on top, followed by Hannity at 9 and Ingraham Angle at 10. While all three shows post impressive ratings, it is apparent that the ratings usually decline as the night goes on. 

For the most part, Chris Cuomo led CNN’s ratings with Cuomo Prime Time. His 10pm special episode, however, fell to the bottom of the pack on CNN in the key A25-54 demo, although it likely didn’t do much lower than CNN Tonight would’ve done.

Viewers have displayed interest in The Rachel Maddow Show, which is capable of ratings that are sometimes close to The Ingraham angle, if not beating them in demos outside of A25-54. Maddow does the heavy lifting for MSNBC, as Last Word and All In are consistently the lowest-rated cable news shows. 

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