Saturday, April 19 Evening Cable News Ratings: Life, Liberty & Levin Wins Most-Watched Honors
Fox News' Life, Liberty & Levin was the most-watched program of the evening in total viewers, while the 7 p.m. hour of The Big Weekend Show was first with Adults 25-54. CNN's encore presentation of Real Time with Bill Maher couldn't sustain the massive total viewers numbers it saw the previous weekend. Its companion show, Have I Got News For You, finished second by only 3,000 total viewers. Over on MSNBC, The Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart was the network's most-watched show in total viewers.
25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 130 | CNN: 37 | MSNBC: 30Prime: FNC: 102 | CNN: 45 | MSNBC: 25
FNC:
CNN:
MSNBC:
4PM
Scott:84
CNN Newsroom/Dean:54
Melber*:25
5PM
Five*:91
CNN Newsroom/Dean:45
Sharpton:21
6PM
Big Weekend Show:134
CNN Newsroom/Dean:39
Capehart:25
7PM
Big Weekend Show:153
CNN Newsroom/Dean:45
Ayman:36
8PM
Levin:118
Real Time*:43
Ayman:37
9PM
Trump:93
Have I Got News:59
Maddow*:22
10PM
Failla:96
The Whole Story*:32
Ayman*:14
11PM
Gutfeld*:109
Real Time*:24
Ruhle*:21
Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 984 | CNN: 323 | MSNBC: 363Prime: FNC: 1.217 | CNN: 497 | MSNBC: 364
FNC:
CNN:
MSNBC:
4PM
Scott:867
CNN Newsroom/Dean:352
Melber*:392
5PM
Five*:874
CNN Newsroom/Dean:309
Sharpton:390
6PM
Big Weekend Show:1.160
CNN Newsroom/Dean:304
Capehart:400
7PM
Big Weekend Show:1.285
CNN Newsroom/Dean:404
Ayman:388
8PM
Levin:1.349
Real-Time*:620
Ayman:364
9PM
Trump:1.225
Have I Got News:617
Maddow*:375
10PM
Failla:1.078
The Whole Story*:255
Ayman*:353
11PM
Gutfeld*:704
Real Time*: 287
Ruhle*:257
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