Fox News continues to dominate cable news ratings with their new primetime line up from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
In the first week of May, “Tucker Carlson Tonight” in its new time slot at 8 p.m. beat out its competition on MSNBC and CNN bringing in 2.7 million viewers, according to a press release from Fox News. (RELATED: ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ Wins The Night, Matches O’Reilly’s Ratings)
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“The Five” topped MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” in their primetime spot at 9 p.m. with 2.4 million viewers. Rachel Maddow saw her first decline in weeks, slipping from 2.4 million in April to 2.1 million viewers last week, according to Business Insider. (RELATED: Bill O’Reilly Accuser ‘Hot Chocolate’ Comes Forward On ‘The View’ [VIDEO])
Fox News took second place overall for primetime falling second only to the NBA playoffs on TNT, averaging 2.4 million viewers in primetime with 491,000 in the age demographic of 25-54. MSNBC averaged 1.4 million in primetime with CNN’s line-up averaging 778,000 in viewers.
Overall, the network said that viewership for primetime was up four percent when compared to last year and up 18 percent in the coveted 25-54 demographic in the same time period.
In addition, Fox News continues to hold the top spot in overall cable news daytime viewership with 1,126,000 viewers.