Monday, April 21 Evening Cable News Ratings: Fox News Leads in Pope Francis Coverage
The passing of Pope Francis dominated news coverage on Monday, with Fox News averaging 1.4 million total viewers, followed by MSNBC at 680,000 viewers and CNN at 280,000 viwers. The Five was the top show of the day with 4.185 million total viewers, and The Rachel Maddow Show led for MSNBC. The 5 p.m. hour of The Lead with Jake Tapper the most-watched newscast on CNN.
25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 233 | CNN: 76 | MSNBC: 60Prime: FNC: 392 | CNN: 114 | MSNBC: 100
FNC:
CNN:
MSNBC:
4PM
Cain:212
Hunt:139
Wallace:94
5PM
Five:476
Tapper:128
Wallace:72
6PM
Baier:398
Tapper:82
Melber:70
7PM
Ingraham:284
Burnett:85
Prime:71
8PM
Watters:441
Cooper:95
Psaki:62
9PM
Hannity:357
Collins:107
Maddow:145
10PM
Gutfeld!:379
Phillip:141
O'Donnell:95
11PM
Gallagher:285
Coates:89
Ruhle:71
Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 1.804 | CNN: 430 | MSNBC: 766Prime: FNC: 3.084 | CNN: 522 | MSNBC: 1.601
FNC:
CNN:
MSNBC:
4PM
Cain:1.966
Hunt:634
Wallace:1.213
5PM
Five:4.185
Tapper:647
Wallace:1.242
6PM
Baier:2.993
Tapper:498
Melber:1.128
7PM
Ingraham:2.708
Burnett:532
Prime:905
8PM
Watters:3.574
Cooper:522
Psaki:1.047
9PM
Hannity:2.787
Collins:498
Maddow:2.146
10PM
Gutfeld!:2.893
Phillip:546
O'Donnell:1.611
11PM
Gallagher:1.524
Coates:339
Ruhle::915
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