Fox News scored the top 13 shows on cable news, while MSNBC landed 6 inside the top 20 and CNN only had one show, Jake Tapper’s The Lead, inside the top 25 shows.
Fox’s The Five, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Jesse Watters Prime Time, Hannity, and Special Report with Bret Baier made up the five most-watched shows on cable – respectively. The Five notched its 7th consecutive month at number one on all of cable news. Tucker Carlson rated number one in the demo for the month.
Fox News, notably, accounted for 55 percent of all cable news viewers across prime time and 54 percent in total day, beating CNN and MSNBC combined in both total viewers and in the demo.
According to Nielsen MRI Fusion data, which looks at audience demographics, Fox News topped both MSNBC and CNN in total day and prime time viewers in the demo among Democrats and Independents – leading across the board with Republicans.
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