Wednesday Cable Ratings 8/5/20: NBA Leads, Primetime Cable News Shows Drop

Below are the top 25 programs on cable on Wednesday, 8/5/20. Items of note include Corporate on Comedy Central, NBA on ESPN, and The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.
(Click the names of the shows written in teal or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
NBA: Thunder v. Lakers	ESPN	0.51	1.19
NBA: Nets v. Celtics	ESPN	0.42	1.02
Tucker Carlson Tonight	Fox News	0.39	3.88
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills	Bravo	0.38	1.30
All-Elite Wrestling	TNT	0.36	0.90
Hannity	Fox News	0.34	3.97
Guy's Grocery Games	Food	0.3	0.91
The Five	Fox News	0.29	3.36
Guy's Grocery Games	Food	0.28	0.78
Married At First Sight	Lifetime	0.26	1.15
The Ingraham Angle	Fox News	0.26	3.22
The Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.26	3.39
Special Report with Bret Baier	Fox News	0.25	2.78
Forged in Fire	History	0.24	0.89
Home Town	HGTV	0.22	1.49
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.22	1.46
See No Evil	Invest. Disc.	0.22	0.90
Cuomo Prime Time	CNN	0.21	1.64
NHL Qualifier: Penguins v. Canadiens	NBCSN	0.21	0.58
Sportscenter	ESPN	0.21	0.50
NBA Courtside	ESPN	0.21	0.48
Catfish	MTV	0.2	0.46
The Story	Fox News	0.2	2.06
Erin Burnett OutFront	CNN	0.2	1.27
Fox News At Night	Fox News	0.2	1.93

Highlights Below the Chart:
Cuomo Prime Time	CNN	0.2	1.57
The Situation Room	CNN	0.19	1.25
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams	MSNBC	0.15	2.03
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.15	2.34
Corporate	Comedy Central	0.14	0.27
CNN Tonight	CNN	0.14	0.94
The ReidOut	MSNBC	0.13	1.78
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.13	1.97
Deadline: White House	MSNBC	0.11	1.96
Morning Joe	MSNBC	0.09	1.27
MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle	MSNBC	0.09	1.27

	Network	A25-54	A18-49	A18-34	Total viewers
Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOX News	0.59	0.39	0.17	3.880
Hannity	FOX News	0.53	0.34	0.21	3.968
The Ingraham Angle	FOX News	0.46	0.26	0.15	3.220
Rachel Maddow Show	MSNBC	0.43	0.26	0.07	3.386
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.34	0.22	0.08	1.460
Cuomo Prime Time (9pm)	CNN	0.32	0.21	0.11	1.635
Cuomo Prime Time (10pm)	CNN	0.32	0.20	0.10	1.572
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell	MSNBC	0.28	0.15	0.03	2.343
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	—	0.13	—	1.971