Wednesday, April 23 Evening Cable News Ratings: CNN Falls Below 500,000 Viewers During Primetime

Fox News was the most-watched network on an off-night for cable news. FNC saw its primetime numbers dip below 3 million total viewers and into the low 300,000s in the Adult 25-54 demo. MSNBC finished second in primetime in both total viewers and the demo with 1.53 million viewers and 129,000 viewers, respectively. Meanwhile, CNN fell below 500,000 total viewers and under 100,000 A25-54 viewers during primetime.

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

Total Day: FNC: 213 | CNN: 61 | MSNBC: 65
Prime: FNC: 313 | CNN: 87 | MSNBC: 129

	FNC:	CNN:	MSNBC:
4PM	Cain: 202	Hunt: 82	Wallace: 90
5PM	Five: 403	Tapper: 101	Wallace: 86
6PM	Baier: 281	Tapper: 75	Melber: 83
7PM	Ingraham Angle: 277	Burnett: 115	Prime: 70
8PM	Watters: 371	Cooper: 93	Hayes: 123
9PM	Hannity: 252	Collins: 76	Maddow: 169
10PM	Gutfeld!: 316	Phillip: 90	O’Donnell: 95
11PM	Gallagher: 194	Coates: 46	Ruhle: 99

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 1.735 | CNN: 379 | MSNBC: 742
Prime: FNC: 2.898 | CNN: 486 | MSNBC: 1.533

	FNC:	CNN:	MSNBC:
4PM	Cain: 2.061	Hunt: 521	Wallace: 1.174
5PM	Five: 3.927	Tapper: 594	Wallace: 1.180
6PM	Baier: 2.704	Tapper: 515	Melber: 1.035
7PM	Ingraham Angle: 2.575	Burnett: 652	Prime: 789
8PM	Watters: 3.268	Cooper: 535	Hayes: 1.098
9PM	Hannity: 2.456	Collins: 464	Maddow: 2.079
10PM	Gutfeld!: 2.970	Phillip: 459	O’Donnell: 1.423
11PM	Gallagher: 1.522	Coates: 269	Ruhle:: 799