Saturday, May 31 Evening Cable News Ratings: Bill Maher Is CNN's Saturday Night Bright Spot
The first two hours of MSNBC's The Weekend finished ahead of CNN in total viewers, but behind the network's encore airing of Real Time with Bill Maher at 8 p.m. ET. The Real Time re-airs continue to be appointment viewing for CNN's audience, with numbers declining sharply in the hours after. Fox News' 7 p.m. ET edition of The Big Weekend Show was the evening's most-watched show overall.
25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 124 | CNN: 36 | MSNBC: 25Prime: FNC: 114 | CNN: 23 | MSNBC: 21
FNC:
CNN:
MSNBC:
4PM
Scott:117
CNN Newsroom/Dean:37
Melber*:16
5PM
Five*:110
CNN Newsroom/Dean:47
Sharpton:26
6PM
Big Weekend Show:123
CNN Newsroom/Dean:41
Weekend:18
7PM
Big Weekend Show:132
CNN Newsroom/Dean:47
Weekend:22
8PM
Levin:132
Maher*:39
Weekend:17
9PM
Trump:98
Longoria*:18
Psaki*:21
10PM
Failla:112
Longoria*:12
Melber*:25
11PM
Gutfeld*:—
Maher*:—
Ruhle*:—
Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 974 | CNN: 275 | MSNBC: 327Prime: FNC: 1.190 | CNN: 317 | MSNBC: 321
FNC:
CNN:
MSNBC:
4PM
Scott:806
CNN Newsroom/Dean:317
Melber*:385
5PM
Five*:864
CNN Newsroom/Dean:330
Sharpton:428
6PM
Big Weekend Show:1.187
CNN Newsroom/Dean:319
Weekend:404
7PM
Big Weekend Show:1.321
CNN Newsroom/Dean:350
Weekend:423
8PM
Levin:1.202
Maher*:608
Weekend:310
9PM
Trump:1.228
Longoria*:197
Psaki*:344
10PM
Failla:1.140
Longoria*:147
Melber*:310
11PM
Gutfeld*:—
Maher*: —
Ruhle*:—
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