Saturday, April 12 Evening Cable News Ratings: CNN Gets Real Boost From Bill Maher
CNN's encore presentation of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher had a surge in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo as viewers tuned in to watch Maher talk about his recent White House visit with President Donald Trump. Real Time was the network's most-watched show and had better total viewer numbers than CNN's weekday primetime programming. In the demo, Real Time had 5,000 fewer viewers than timeslot winner Fox News' Life, Liberty & Levin at 8 p.m. ET.
25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 123 | CNN: 56 | MSNBC: 38Prime: FNC: 143 | CNN: 74 | MSNBC: 29
FNC:
CNN:
MSNBC:
4PM
Scott:92
CNN Newsroom:65
Melber*:34
5PM
Five*:91
CNN Newsroom:46
Sharpton:48
6PM
Big Weekend Show:92
CNN Newsroom:61
Capehart:47
7PM
Big Weekend Show:154
CNN Newsroom:51
Ayman:45
8PM
Levin:109
Real Time*:104
Ayman:32
9PM
Trump:125
Have I Got News:80
Maddow*:32
10PM
Failla:196
Scandal*:39
Ayman*:22
11PM
Gutfeld*:139
Real Time*:36
Ruhle*:21
Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 1.065 | CNN: 386 | MSNBC: 373Prime: FNC: 1.466 | CNN: 602 | MSNBC: 352
FNC:
CNN:
MSNBC:
4PM
Scott:913
CNN Newsroom:459
Melber*:428
5PM
Five*:977
CNN Newsroom:445
Sharpton:418
6PM
Big Weekend Show:1.263
CNN Newsroom:383
Capehart:435
7PM
Big Weekend Show:1.586
CNN Newsroom:460
Ayman:459
8PM
Levin:1.535
Real-Time*:900
Ayman:390
9PM
Trump:1.456
Have I Got News:620
Maddow*:368
10PM
Failla:1.407
Scandal*:286
Ayman*:298
11PM
Gutfeld*:930
Real Time*: 256
Ruhle*:259
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