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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

TV Ratings: News Cycle Attracts Viewers

The new cycle on death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week boosted news programming, especially for CNN.

Since Floyd’s death on Memorial Day in the custody of Minneapolis police, CNN’s prime-time audience is up 238 percent over last year, the Nielsen company said. Fox News Channel is up 61 percent and MSNBC up 40 percent in the same period.

Fox News remains the most-watched cable network. But in the past two weeks, CNN has vaulted past MSNBC into second place.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” with anchor David Muir averaged more viewers last week than any prime time show on television.

For the week, CBS averaged 4 million viewers. ABC had 3.3 million, NBC had 3.2 million, Fox had 1.49 million, Univision had 1.47 million, ION Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 890,000.  Fox News Channel averaged 3.86 million viewers for the week. CNN had 2.46 million, MSNBC had 2.2 million, HGTV had 1.35 million and TLC had 1.12 million.

Fox News’ prime-time shows all averaged more than 4 million viewers last week, led by Hannity, the most-watched show on cable news (4.8 million). Tucker Carlson finished No. 2 on cable news, averaging just under 4.8 million total viewers, 1 million in the A25-54 demo. Carlson’s 8 p.m. show delivered its second-highest week ever in both categories (since the week of March 23). The Ingraham Angle notched 4.3 million viewers and 910,000 in the younger demo, scoring the program’s highest-rated week in history in both categories, and The Five was the fourth-most-watched cable news show last week.

CNN’s prime-time offerings all averaged more than 1 million adults 25-54, and were the top 3 cable news shows for the week in that measurement. Anderson Cooper 360 was No. 1 on cable news, averaging 1.06 million adults 25-54 for the week. Following him was Cuomo Prime Time (1.04 million) and CNN Tonight with Don Lemon (1.03 million).

As usual, The Rachel Maddow Show was MSNBC’s No. 1 program, averaging 3.5 million total viewers (606,000 in the A25-54 demo) for the week of June 1, reports TVNewser.
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For the week of June 1-7, the top 20 prime-time shows, their networks and viewerships:

1. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 8.79 million.
2. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.76 million.
3. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.56 million.
4. “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” ABC, 6.52 million.
5. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Monday), Fox News, 5.96 million.
6. “Hannity” (Monday), Fox News, 5.86 million.
7. “Celebrity Family Feud” (Sunday), ABC, 5.71 million.
8. “The Ingraham Angle” (Monday), Fox News, 5.39 million.
9. “60 Minutes Presents” (Sunday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 5.23 million.
10. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 5.08 million.

11. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Tuesday), Fox News, 5.05 million.
12. “Hannity” (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.98 million.
13. “Celebrity Family Feud” (Monday), ABC, 4.93 million.
14. “Hannity” (Wednesday), Fox News, 4.85 million.
15. “Man With a Plan,” CBS, 4.84 million.
16. “FBI,” CBS, 4.81 million.
17. “Anderson Cooper 360” (Monday), CNN, 4.66 million.
18. “The Ingraham Angle” (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.6 million.
19. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Wednesday), Fox News, 4.55 million.
20. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 4.54 million

ABC’s “World News Tonight” with anchor David Muir averaged more viewers last week than any prime time show on television.  “World News Tonight” averaged 9.4 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” finished second among the evening newscasts with an 8.3 million average and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.8 million.

For the week June 1-7, the top cable channels:

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