Tuesday Cable Ratings 1/5/21: Georgia Senate Runoff Coverage on CNN and MSNBC Dominates, Curse of Oak Island Down

Below are the top 25 programs on cable on Tuesday, 1/5/21. Items of note include coverage of the Georgia runoffs for both United States Senate seats on CNN and MSNBC, Curse of Oak Island on History, and the presentation of the Heisman Trophy on ESPN.

(Note: Click any show with its name in green or blue to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
Election Night in Georgia 10 PM	CNN	0.92	3.82
Election Night in Georgia 11 PM	CNN	0.88	3.45
Election Night in Georgia 9 PM	CNN	0.88	3.95
Election Night in Georgia 8 PM	CNN	0.81	3.93
Election Night in Georgia 12 AM	CNN	0.78	3.22
Election Night in Georgia 12:30 AM	CNN	0.75	3.07
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams	MSNBC	0.73	4.62
Georgia Senate Runoffs Coverage	MSNBC	0.68	4.66
Election Night in Georgia 7 PM	CNN	0.64	3.33
Curse of Oak Island	History	0.6	2.99
Georgia Senate Runoffs Coverage 12 AM	MSNBC	0.6	3.82
Election Night in Georgia 1 AM	CNN	0.54	2.30
Election Night in Georgia 6 PM	CNN	0.5	2.64
Election Night in Georgia 5 PM	CNN	0.48	2.78
The Ingraham Angle	Fox News	0.47	4.42
Hannity	Fox News	0.47	4.37
Fox News @ Night	Fox News	0.45	3.31
The ReidOut	MSNBC	0.43	3.43
Tucker Carlson Tonight	Fox News	0.42	4.25
Heisman Trophy	ESPN	0.39	1.52
Election Night in Georgia 2 AM	CNN	0.39	1.83
Election Night in Georgia 4 PM	CNN	0.37	2.56
Election Night in Georgia 3 PM	CNN	0.34	2.42
Election Night in Georgia 2 PM	CNN	0.34	2.19
Georgia Senate Runoffs Coverage 1 AM	MSNBC	0.32	2.51

Highlights Below the Chart:
The Story	Fox News	0.26	2.78
The Five	Fox News	0.2	3.02
Haves and the Have Nots	OWN	0.19	1.12
Deadline: White House	MSNBC	0.17	2.70
Morning Joe	MSNBC	0.12	1.59
MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle	MSNBC	0.11	1.63
Georgia Runoff Elections	Newsmax TV	0.09	0.61
Rob Schmitt Tonight	Newsmax TV	0.07	0.49
Spicer & Co	Newsmax TV	0.07	0.58
The Chris Salcedo Show	Newsmax TV	0.07	0.48
American Agenda	Newsmax TV	0.06	0.34
John Bachman Now	Newsmax TV	0.04	0.33

	Network	A25-54	A18-49	A18-34	Total viewers
Election Night in America (10pm)	CNN	1.21	0.92	0.55	3.815
Election Night in America (9pm)	CNN	1.17	0.88	0.49	3.949
Election Night in America (8pm)	CNN	1.09	0.81	0.48	3.928
MSNBC Election Coverage (8pm)	MSNBC	0.95	0.68	0.40	4.655
Election Night in America (7pm)	CNN	0.87	0.64	0.37	3.279
The Ingraham Angle	FOX News	0.76	0.47	0.27	4.424
Hannity	FOX News	0.74	0.47	0.32	4.371
Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOX News	0.67	0.42	0.24	4.253
The ReidOut	MSNBC	0.61	0.43	0.26	3.430
The Story with Martha MacCallum	FOX News	0.40	0.26	0.14	2.782
Georgia Runoff Special (7pm)	Newsmax TV	—	0.09	—	0.609
Rob Schmitt Tonight (10pm)	Newsmax TV	—	0.07	—	0.494