5 most-watched cable news program across all broadcast times, Rachel Maddow Tonight, with 2.27 million average viewers. 25 most-watched cable news program across all broadcast times, with 950,000 average viewers. During prime time in August, Fox averaged 2.34 million viewers, MSNBC averaged 1.29 million viewers, and CNN averaged 733,000 viewers. Fox News, Tucker Carlson Tonight (8 p.m.), 3.31 million average viewers Fox News, Hannity (9 p.m.), 2.91 million average viewers MSNBC, The Rachel Maddow Show (9 p.m.), 2.72 million average viewers Fox News, The Ingraham Angle (10 p.m.), 2.48 million average viewers MSNBC, Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell (10 p.m.), 1.68 million average viewers MSNBC, MSNBC Prime (9 p.m.), 1.56 million average viewers MSNBC, Alex Wagner Tonight (9 p.m.), 1.55 million average viewers MSNBC, All In With Chris Hayes (8 p.m.) 1.44 million average viewers CNN, Anderson Cooper 360 (8 p.m.), 950,000 average viewers CNN, CNN Tonight (9 p.m.) 726,000 average viewersKey BackgroundLast year was the second most-watched year in CNN’s history. Licht, who took over as CNN’s president in May, has made several high-profile changes to the cable news network since.

Source: CNN September 23, 2022 20:35 UTC