MSNBC Ranks as No. 1 Cable Network in Total Viewers for First Time Ever

[rogue emissary]

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/msnbc-cable-news-ratings-charlottesville-1202531567/

MSNBC ranked as the number one network across all of cable in total viewers for the first time in its history, according to Nielsen data.

For Wednesday, Aug. 16, MSNBC averaged 1.52 million viewers for the total day across all of cable, edging out second place Fox News, who averaged 1.5 million. CNN ranked fourth among all cable networks for the day with 1.13 million total viewers. Nickelodeon was third with 1.17 million. However, in the key adults 25-54 demographic, CNN was number one among the cable news networks for the total day, averaging 381,000 viewers in that measure. Fox News was second in the demo for total day with 353,000 viewers, and MSNBC was third with 343,000.

In primetime, MSNBC was also first in total viewers among the cable news networks with 2.61 million viewers. Fox News was second with 2.4 million. CNN was third with 1.59 million. In the key demo for primetime, MSNBC was first with 613,000. Fox News narrowly outpaced CNN for second place with 560,000, with CNN averaging 557,000.

Across all of broadcast in primetime, Wednesday’s episodes of “The Rachel Maddow Show” and “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” were among the top 10 shows of the night in total viewers, with Maddow averaging 3.25 million viewers at 9 p.m. and O’Donnell averaging 2.54 million at 10. They were both the highest-rated and most-watched cable news programs in their respective time slots, with Maddow also nabbing 778,00 viewers in the key demo and O’Donnell nabbing 597,000.

[Iliyah]

1. And please get rid of Hardball.

Congrats to RM and LOD!

[procon]

2. Go Rachel! Go Lawrence! Go Rachel! Go Lawrence! Go Rachel! Go Lawrence!

Take down Fox!

[democratisphere]

3. Great reporters and journalists.

The best.

[JaneQPublic]

4. They've been firing on all cylinders lately.

Today, especially great work was turned in by Ali and Steph this morning and then by Ari this evening taking Trump surrogates to task.

The only week link is Tweety.

[rogue emissary]

6. Dropping Greta. Adding VR and The Beat is clearly paying off for them.

[RussBLib]

5. I like Ari Melber a lot

Love RM & LOD. Priceless.

Joy Reid must be the hardest working woman in cable news, and she's good. I also enjoy Stephanie Ruhle & Ali Velshi when I catch them. They have a lot of financial reporting background. Could do without Chris Matthews. Chris Hayes can be good, but the way he jumps up and down in his chair bugs me, and he talks too damn fast! (I sound old)

And I like Ari Melber. He's brilliant, but So far he seems to be trying to be as fair as possible to the "other side".

Just the simple fact that MSNBC beats FOX is encouraging.🤣

[lostnfound]

7. Agree on all counts, especially Ari seems brilliant these days. Nt

[malaise]

8. Because

the Left is right

[BannonsLiver]

9. I think the Fox viewers are starting to die off.

Their demo skews to old and older. It's not a young or middle aged audience at all.

[Leith]

10. People Have Come to Realize

That Fox Propaganda Channel isn't giving them real news. All they do is fluff tRump and insult viewers. In my house, we're on first name basis with Chris (Hayes, not Matthews), Rachel, and Lawrence.

[ecstatic]

11. I hope they're considering 24 hr programming, or at least weekend programming past 7pm. nt