TV Ratings: Trump Book Interview Winner For MSNBC

Mary Trump's  one-hour interview with Rachel Maddow last Thursday reached 5.2 million people, the biggest audience ever for one of Maddow’s shows and largest ever for a regularly-scheduled show on MSNBC, The Associated Press reports citing the Nielsen data.

That’s not bad for July, when television audiences are generally the smallest of the year.

Her book by the president's niece, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,” approached 1 million units sold on pre-orders alone.

CBS won the week in prime time, averaging 3.2 million viewers. NBC had 3 million, ABC had 2.8 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Fox had 1.3 million, ION Television reached 1.1 million and Telemundo had 820,000.

⏩Top 20 Prime Time Shows (Total Viewers):

1. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 7.63 million.
2. “The Rachel Maddow Show” (Thursday), MSNBC, 5.24 million.
3. “NCIS,” CBS, 5.04 million.
4. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 4.96 million.
5. “FBI,” CBS, 4.42 million.
6. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 4.26 million.
7. “United We Fall,” ABC, 4.24 million.
8. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 4.08 million.
9. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 4.03 million.
10. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Monday), Fox News, 4 million.

11. “Hannity” (Monday), Fox News, 3.99 million.
12. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 3.97 million.
13. “Hannity” (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.843 million.
14. “Hannity” (Thursday), Fox News, 3.835 million.
15. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Tuesday), 3.81 million.
16. “World of Dance,” NBC, 3.76 million.
17. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 3.753 million.
18. “Titan Games,” NBC, 3.752 million.
19. “Hannity” (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.74 million.
20. “Magnum, P.I., CBS, 3.738 million.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening news networks with an average of 8.9 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.6 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.2 million.

For morning shows:  Good Morning America was No. 1 in Total Viewers for the week of July 13, while Today finished No. 1 outright among Adults 25-54.

Fox News Channel led the cable networks with an average of 2.94 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC was second with 2.03 million, CNN had 1.59 million, HGTV had 1.29 million and TLC had 1.26 million.

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