Tucker Carlson crushed the rest of cable news on Tuesday night with his interview of recently indicted former president Donald Trump. Carlson brought in 3.7 million total viewers and 471,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic. Carlson was the only host to bring in over 3 million viewers, with The Five coming in second place with 2.997 million total viewers. At 8 p.m., MSNBC’s Chris Hayes landed second with 1.35 million viewers, while CNN’s Anderson Cooper came in third place with 671,000 total viewers. Total viewers:CNN: 487,000Fox News: 1.73 millionMSNBC: 1.02 million25-54 Demo:CNN: 118,000Fox News: 222,000MSNBC: 131,000Here are the prime time averages — encompassing shows which air from 8-11 p.m. — in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Source: CNN April 12, 2023 21:04 UTC