Thursday, May 22 Evening Cable News Ratings: MSNBC Finishes Below 1 Million Toal Viewers in Primetime

The 5 p.m. edition of Deadline: White House was the network's No. 1 program

None of MSNBC’s shows cracked the million total viewer mark on the Thursday heading into the Memorial Day weekend. The 5 p.m. ET edition of Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace was the network’s most-watched program of the evening with 976,000 total viewers. The Briefing with Jen Psaki finished in second place, while The Weeknight was MSNBC’s seventh most-watched show of the evening. The Five led the way for Fox News, while the 5 p.m. hour of The Lead with Jake Tapper was first for CNN.

25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 199 | CNN: 67 | MSNBC: 45
Prime: FNC: 298 | CNN: 73 | MSNBC: 65

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
216
The Arena:
102
Wallace:
88
5PM Five:
355
Tapper:
138
Wallace:
69
6PM Baier:
231
Tapper:
115
Melber:
62
7PM Ingraham:
236
Burnett:
74
Weeknight:
56
8PM Watters:
334
Cooper:
69
Hayes:
52
9PM Hannity:
210
Collins:
67
Psaki:
55
10PM Gutfeld!:
351
Phillip:
83
Last Word:
89
11PM Gallgher:
207
Coates:
73
11th Hour:
55

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.771 | CNN: 379 | MSNBC: 563
Prime: FNC: 2.816 | CNN: 429 | MSNBC: 888

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cain:
1.979
The Arena:
525
Wallace:
867
5PM Five:
3.631
Tapper:
611
Wallace:
976
6PM Baier:
2.719
Tapper:
510
Melber:
860
7PM Ingraham:
2.536
Burnett:
532
Weeknight:
707
8PM Watters:
3.235
Cooper:
462
Hayes:
862
9PM Hannity:
2.301
Collins:
407
Psaki:
953
10PM Gutfeld!:
2.913
Phillip:
417
Last Word:
850
11PM Gallagher:
1.636
Coates:
267
11th Hour:
501
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