Cable News Ratings Monday June 20: The Five Dominates Cable News in Total Viewers and Demo

Fox News’ 5 p.m. juggernaut The Five far-outpaced its competition on Monday, pulling in 3.53 million total viewers. The second highest-rated show on cable news was Tucker Carlson Tonight with 3.11 million total viewers.
In the key 25-54 age demographic, The Five also landed in first place with 498,000 viewers. Tucker Carlson brought in 409,000 viewers to come in second in the demo.
Rachel Maddow led MSNBC with 2.28 million total viewers, making her the most-watched female host on Monday night as she just beat out Laura Ingraham’s 2.02 million total viewers.
Jake Tapper led CNN with 541,000 total viewers at 5 p.m.
Here is a full breakdown of Monday’s cable news ratings by show:
Total Viewers (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 871 |
NEW DAY: 208 |
MORNING JOE: 740 |
DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL: 26 |
ELEMENTARY: 15 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1240 |
NEW DAY: 251 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 78 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 22 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1492 |
NEW DAY: 281 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1636 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 386 |
MORNING JOE: 847 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 147 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1561 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 493 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 608 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 101 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1521 |
AT THIS HOUR: 462 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 554 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 134 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1610 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 518 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 649 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 155 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 206 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1404 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 407 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 626 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 156 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1246 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 336 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 714 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 129 |
BLUE BLOODS: 184 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1333 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 481 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 714 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 219 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1397 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 515 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1309 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 161 |
BLUE BLOODS: 302 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3528 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 541 |
— | SPICER & CO: 154 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 118 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2326 |
SITUATION ROOM: 476 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1285 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 204 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 41 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2737 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 457 |
REIDOUT: 1127 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 231 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 23 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3111 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 550 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1364 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 285 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 34 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2462 |
CNN TONIGHT: 436 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2285 |
PRIME NEWS: 145 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 56 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2021 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 487 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1477 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 204 |
BANFIELD: 34 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1888 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 378 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 980 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 121 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 13 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 145 |
NEW DAY: 33 |
MORNING JOE: 102 |
DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL: 9 |
ELEMENTARY: 3 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 212 |
NEW DAY: 49 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 9 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 1 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 245 |
NEW DAY: 73 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 256 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 78 |
MORNING JOE: 99 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 22 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 231 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 89 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 96 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 11 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 235 |
AT THIS HOUR: 77 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 83 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 7 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 235 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 64 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 68 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 23 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 9 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 218 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 57 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 48 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 15 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 210 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 57 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 68 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 23 |
BLUE BLOODS: 13 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 224 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 106 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 67 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 22 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 237 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 118 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 109 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 18 |
BLUE BLOODS: 38 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 498 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 108 |
— | SPICER & CO: 14 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 307 |
SITUATION ROOM: 112 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 131 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 18 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 3 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 265 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 79 |
REIDOUT: 132 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 21 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 2 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 409 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 93 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 119 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 35 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 5 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 283 |
CNN TONIGHT: 99 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 221 |
PRIME NEWS: 36 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 10 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 247 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 114 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 157 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 40 |
BANFIELD: 3 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 294 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 107 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 131 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 30 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 1 |
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: 397,000
Fox News: 1.70 million
MSNBC: 933,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 77,000
Fox News: 246,000
MSNBC: 103,000
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: 491,000
Fox News: 2.53 million
MSNBC: 1.71 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 102,000
Fox News: 313,000
MSNBC: 166,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.