Jesse Watters was in charge of both of the shows that had more than 3 million viewers in a single day.
Watters is a co-host on ‘The Five,’ which is one of the best cable news shows, if not the best. So, on this day, “The Five” was still the most-watched cable news show with 3.75 million viewers.
“Jesse Watters Prime Time” at 7 p.m. was the other show that had more than 3 million viewers. It had 3.2 million total viewers, which put it in third place behind Tucker Carlson’s 3.4 million total viewers.
Here are the averages for the three cable news networks in terms of total viewers and the 25-54 age group:
Total viewers:
CNN: 502,000
Fox News: 1.89 million
MSNBC: 961,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 100,000
Fox News: 245,000
MSNBC: 99,000
From Mediate, here are the prime time averages for total viewers and the 25-54 demo, which includes shows that air from 8 to 11 p.m.
Total viewers:
CNN: 581,000
Fox News: 2.72 million
MSNBC: 1.64 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 111,000
Fox News: 314,000
MSNBC: 156,000