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Tucker Carlson drew nearly 600,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic on Wednesday night.

Despite (probably to some extent thanks to?) the outrage that met Carlson’s casually racist segment in which he proudly embraced “replacement theory,” the Fox News host drew 589,000 viewers in the demo, the most in all of cable news.

Still, Tucker Carlson Tonight did not place first in total viewers. That distinction went, once again, to The Five, Fox’s 5 p.m. talk show, which featured an explosive clash between two of its hosts.

Here is a full breakdown of Wednesday’s cable news ratings by show:

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1020		 NEW DAY:
391		 MORNING JOE:
849		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
12		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1238		 NEW DAY:
516		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
104		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1637		 NEW DAY:
580		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1685		 CNN NEWSROOM:
674		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
768		 NATIONAL REPORT:
186		 JAG:
64
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1907		 CNN NEWSROOM:
686		 MSNBC
REPORTS- LIVE:
647		 — JAG:
98
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1888		 AT THIS HOUR:
690		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
546		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
141
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1898		 INSIDE POLITICS:
654		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
595		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
144		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
205
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1761		 CNN NEWSROOM:
628		 MTP DAILY:
665		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
253
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1861		 CNN NEWSROOM:
690		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
736		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
150		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
359
3p STORY, THE:
1898		 CNN NEWSROOM:
722		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
745		 — BLUE BLOODS:
201
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1772		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
689		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1352		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
224		 BLUE BLOODS:
191
5p FIVE, THE:
3426		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
615		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
211		 BLUE BLOODS:
205
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2557		 SITUATION ROOM:
668		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1281		 SPICER & CO:
275		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
49
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2079		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
780		 REIDOUT:
1194		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
335		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
29
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3240		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1008		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1387		 STINCHFIELD:
204		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
19
9p HANNITY:
2965		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
996		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2163		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
129		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
17
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2442		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
840		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1407		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
159		 BANFIELD:
43
11p GUTFELD!:
1891		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
591		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
953		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
125		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
28

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
164		 NEW DAY:
68		 MORNING JOE:
108		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
1		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
211		 NEW DAY:
109		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
263		 NEW DAY:
132		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
274		 CNN NEWSROOM:
128		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
73		 NATIONAL REPORT:
18		 JAG:
5
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
298		 CNN NEWSROOM:
150		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
69		 — JAG:
13
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
298		 AT THIS HOUR:
145		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
69		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
12p OUTNUMBERED:
322		 INSIDE POLITICS:
143		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
91		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
9		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
282		 CNN NEWSROOM:
136		 MTP DAILY:
92		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
29
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
342		 CNN NEWSROOM:
165		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
70		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
9		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
43
3p STORY, THE:
323		 CNN NEWSROOM:
181		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
75		 — BLUE BLOODS:
26
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
272		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
143		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
103		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
14		 BLUE BLOODS:
27
5p FIVE, THE:
475		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
146		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
16		 BLUE BLOODS:
30
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
407		 SITUATION ROOM:
177		 BEAT
W/ARI MELBER:
144		 SPICER & CO:
17		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
8
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
360		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
196		 REIDOUT:
142		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
39		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
589		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
225		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
228		 STINCHFIELD:
23		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
9p HANNITY:
526		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
249		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
281		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
18		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
445		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
219		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
156		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
20		 BANFIELD:
1
11p GUTFELD!:
361		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
197		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
118		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
13		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
2

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 648,000

Fox News: 1.88 million

MSNBC: 943,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 155,000

Fox News: 322,000

MSNBC: 114,000

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: 948,000

Fox News: 2.88 million

MSNBC: 1.65 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 231,000

Fox News: 520,000

MSNBC: 222,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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