MSNBC’s night of four candidate events delivered strong numbers on Wednesday night, giving the network a rare prime time win over its cable news rivals in the adults 25-54 demographic.
MSNBC’s Place for Politics special coverage won at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. in both the news demo and total viewers thanks to the controversial Trump town hall hosted by Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow’s long-form interview with Hillary Clinton, respectively.
The evening also included a town hall with John Kasich moderated by Chuck Todd at 7 p.m. and Rachel Maddow’s extended interview with Bernie Sanders at 10 p.m.
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This performance comes on the heels of MSNBC’s strong first quarter of 2016. This quarter was the highest for the network in over three years.