Prime Time Cable News Ratings July 6-9: President Trump Really Is A Ratings Machine




Network
Day
A25-54
A18-49
A18-34
Total viewers
Hannity
FOX News
Thursday
0.69
0.42
0.18
4.466
Tucker Carlson Tonight
FOX News
Monday
0.65
0.38
0.21
4.289
Tucker Carlson Tonight
FOX News
Wednesday
0.64
0.38
0.14
4.282
Tucker Carlson Tonight
FOX News
Tuesday
0.61
0.39
0.20
3.958
Hannity
FOX News
Monday
0.60
0.34
0.17
4.132
Tucker Carlson Tonight
FOX News
Thursday
0.59
0.37
0.15
4.056
Hannity
FOX News
Tuesday
0.57
0.38
0.21
3.963
Hannity
FOX News
Wednesday
0.57
0.31
0.12
3.909
The Ingraham Angle
FOX News
Thursday
0.51
0.31
0.13
3.449
Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
Tuesday
0.49
0.32
0.09
3.299
The Ingraham Angle
FOX News
Monday
0.49
0.26
0.11
3.632
The Ingraham Angle
FOX News
Tuesday
0.46
0.29
0.10
3.299
The Ingraham Angle
FOX News
Wednesday
0.46
0.27
0.07
3.211
Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
Thursday
0.45
0.32
0.11
3.665
CNN Tonight
CNN
Tuesday
0.45
0.29
0.16
1.606
Cuomo Prime Time
CNN
Monday
0.43
0.28
0.13
1.890
Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
Wednesday
0.42
0.28
0.07
3.273
CNN Tonight
CNN
Thursday
0.42
0.26
0.13
1.510
Cuomo Prime Time
CNN
Thursday
0.42
0.24
0.13
1.766
Cuomo Prime Time
CNN
Wednesday
0.41
0.28
0.12
1.888
Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
Monday
0.41
0.28
0.09
3.217
CNN Tonight
CNN
Wednesday
0.40
0.26
0.11
1.531
Anderson Cooper 360
CNN
Wednesday
0.39
0.26
0.11
1.832
CNN Tonight
CNN
Monday
0.39
0.25
0.11
1.564
Anderson Cooper 360
CNN
Monday
0.38
0.25
0.13
1.810
Cuomo Prime Time
CNN
Tuesday
0.38
0.23
0.12
1.742
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC
Tuesday
0.35
0.22
0.09
2.930
Anderson Cooper 360
CNN
Tuesday
0.34
0.23
0.15
1.705
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC
Thursday
0.30
0.21
0.07
2,751
All In with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
Tuesday
0.29
0.19
0.08
2.090
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC
Wednesday
0.29
0.19
0.06
2.602
CNN Global Town Hall
CNN
Thursday
0.29
0.17
0.06
1.537
All In with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
Wednesday
0.27
0.17
0.07
2.127
All In with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
Thursday
0.26
0.18
0.07
1.670
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC
Monday
0.26
0.18
0.05
2.428
All In with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
Monday
0.24
0.16
0.05
1.876

As usual, Tucker Carlson Tonight proved to be the strongest show on prime time cable news. In fact, it often was among the top few shows on cable overall. And also as usual, FOX News dominated the ratings, with CNN on average in second and MSNBC sans Maddow lagging behind in the coveted A25-54 demographic.

Despite Carlson having the highest-rated show on average once again, this is also yet another week where the Thursday edition of Hannity topped the week. Why? Well, he’s been interviewing President Donald Trump on Thursdays. 

What is most notable, though, is the differences in demo ratings between Thursday’s Hannity and those earlier in the week. The big jump came in the coveted A25-54 demographic; in the less-coveted demos such as A18-49 and especially A18-34, the bumps were modest at best. This is a testament to which age groups are most prone to enjoy watching a televised interview between Sean Hannity and President Trump. 

And if anyone is wondering why Monday’s Rachel Maddow Show managed to tie or out-rated every Ingraham Angle, it is also (indirectly) because of Trump. Maddow dedicated the show to reading passages from Mary Trump’s tell-all book about Donald Trump, which likely spiked interest among potential viewers. 

Say what you will about President Trump: this week, the ratings did back up his early 2017 self-proclamation of being a “ratings machine.” 

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