We've received your submission. Once again cable televisions top-rated host, Carlson hauled in an average of 3 million total viewers, and 523,000 adults 25-54 per original broadcast in April. How about the top cable news shows among adults 25-54? Hannity had under just 3.3 . Only original scheduled programs with 20+ telecasts included. The other four were MSNBC shows. The Rachel Maddow Show averaged 3.54 million viewers, followed by Tucker Carlson Tonight with 3.39 million, Hannity with 2.94 million, The Five with 2.85 million and The Last Word with Lawrence O . David Rhodes, former head of CBS News, who started under Ailes at Fox in 1996, is said to be in line to take over. Katz on May. Thursday, May 6 Scoreboard: Tucker Carlson Tonight, Rachel Maddow Show Back then, Hannity averaged 1.9 million total viewers to Maddows modest 845,000. It seems that the American people are finally able to take a break and catch their breaths, but Rachel Maddow is still rolling on. Hannity,. 15 and No. The program finished No. First, ratings for cable news traditionally grows during the lead up to a Presidential Election, which took place in November. Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show only airs on Monday night, but she still drew more viewers than Fox News's Sean Hannity. : 296,000/ 56 telecasts, Fox News/6 p.m./Special Report with Bret Baier: 276,000/64 telecasts, Fox News/7 p.m./Fox News Primetime: 262,000/63 telecasts, CNN/8 p.m./Anderson Cooper 360: 259,000/64 telecasts, CNN/9 p.m./Cuomo Primetime: 257,000/61 telecasts. Hannity behind his FNC colleague with an average of 460,000 adults 25-54 in the 9 p.m. hour. May 2021 Ratings: MSNBC Remains Second-Most-Watched Network on - Adweek Fox News, once again, dominated the cable news rankings in 2021. ET to 8 p.m. This marks the 6th straight month that Maddow has finished #1 at 9 pm in total viewers and the 96th straight month beating CNN. Top Cable News Shows of 2021: Tucker Carlson Tonight Is No. 1 - Adweek CNN placed five shows in Aprils top 10, but only two in May. 1 cable news show for May 2021, not just in average total audience, but also among adults 25-54. An hour later, over on . Her downgraded schedule has created a hole that MSNBC has struggled to fill as viewership has sagged during the 9 p.m. timeslot from Tuesday to Friday. In A25-54, Maddow ranked #2, averaging 368K viewers (vs. CNNs 243K) the largest lead over CNN since Sept. 2020. As previously mentioned, Tucker Carlson averaged the largest adults 25-54 audience of any cable news show in April by a substantial margin, as per live-plus-same-day data from Nielsen (523,000). While Hayes significantly lagged behind Carlson, he still managed to draw double the audience of Cooper, whose AC360 show on Monday netted just 771,000 total viewers. Rachel Maddows demo ratings have topped Sean Hannitys Nielsen numbers for six straight months now, though with a difference of just 2,000 viewers thus far this year, that race is pretty darn tight. On Thursday night she once again trounced Sean Hannity at 9pm in the cable news race. The Rachel Maddow Show was the top non-Fox News show for 2021, averaging 2.59 million at 9 p.m. (No. Fox News' Tucker Carlson Is Winning The Ratings Battle, But It's Not A