Cable News Ratings Friday May 20: Nicolle Wallace Only MSNBC Host to Get Over 1 Million

MSNBC’s prime time ratings took a dive on Friday as only Nicolle Wallace’s Deadline: White House broke the million viewer mark on the network.
While Fridays often bring in fewer viewers in the evening, MSNBC sunk to an average of only 628,000 total viewers across prime time. While the network still beat CNN’s average of 530,000 viewers, its total was far less than the previous Friday, which saw MSNBC bring in an average of 1.04 million prime time viewers.
While Wallace brought in an average of 1.09 million total viewers across her two hours of programming to lead her network, MSNBC Prime at 9 p.m. came in second with 989,000 total viewers.
Here is a full breakdown of Friday’s cable news ratings by show:
Total Viewers (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1099 |
NEW DAY: 243 |
MORNING JOE: 753 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 15 |
ELEMENTARY: 16 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1376 |
NEW DAY: 326 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 91 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 22 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1663 |
NEW DAY: 404 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1739 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 510 |
MORNING JOE: 794 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 151 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1680 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 564 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 535 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 132 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1684 |
AT THIS HOUR: 560 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 449 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 170 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1729 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 574 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 547 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 177 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 227 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1505 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 565 |
MTP DAILY: 568 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 192 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1396 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 517 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 555 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 173 |
BLUE BLOODS: 248 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1367 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 558 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 685 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 305 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1386 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 643 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1090 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 275 |
BLUE BLOODS: 385 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2845 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 605 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 262 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 194 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2203 |
SITUATION ROOM: 484 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 939 |
SPICER & CO: 254 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 91 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2337 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 582 |
REIDOUT: 837 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 304 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 54 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2608 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 595 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 971 |
STINCHFIELD: 211 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 38 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2161 |
CNN TONIGHT: 441 |
MSNBC PRIME: 989 |
PRIME NEWS: 124 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 26 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1876 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 554 |
DIAMOND HANDS: WALLSTBTS: 276 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 148 |
BANFIELD: 36 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1800 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 451 |
— | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 119 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 28 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 232 |
NEW DAY: 44 |
MORNING JOE: 96 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 6 |
ELEMENTARY: 3 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 255 |
NEW DAY: 80 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 12 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 284 |
NEW DAY: 95 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 294 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 101 |
MORNING JOE: 88 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 22 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 270 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 115 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 58 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 14 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 244 |
AT THIS HOUR: 96 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 41 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 30 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 242 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 101 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 66 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 34 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 28 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 241 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 145 |
MTP DAILY: 68 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 197 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 131 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 57 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 33 |
BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 184 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 112 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 66 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 203 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 129 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 81 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 31 |
BLUE BLOODS: 41 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 364 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 129 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 35 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 12 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 279 |
SITUATION ROOM: 104 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 94 |
SPICER & CO: 33 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 7 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 300 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 135 |
REIDOUT: 89 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 29 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 10 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 326 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 119 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 90 |
STINCHFIELD: 26 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 9 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 275 |
CNN TONIGHT: 90 |
MSNBC PRIME: 77 |
PRIME NEWS: 20 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 5 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 231 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 83 |
DIAMOND HANDS: WALLSTBTS: 19 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 24 |
BANFIELD: 4 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 268 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 74 |
— | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 19 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 12 |
As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
Total viewers:
CNN: 479,000
Fox News: 1.66 million
MSNBC: 637,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 98,000
Fox News: 245,000
MSNBC: 63,000
Here are the prime time averages — encompassing shows which air from 8-11 p.m. — in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
Total viewers:
CNN: 530,000
Fox News: 2.21 million
MSNBC: 628,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 98,000
Fox News: 277,000
MSNBC: 52,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.