The Five ascended to familiar territory as it crossed over the 4 million total viewer threshold on Wednesday evening. Fox News’ 5 p.m. ET panel show was also the No. 1 program in the advertiser-coveted Adults 25-54 demo. Over on MSNBC, the 5 p.m. hour of Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace finished ahead of The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell by 9,000 total viewers. The 5 p.m. hour of The Lead with Jake Tapper was also CNN’s top show in total viewers.
25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 219 | CNN: 64 | MSNBC: 55
Prime: FNC: 333 | CNN: 106 | MSNBC: 78
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Cain: 219 | The Arena: 80 | Wallace: 104 |
| 5PM | Five: 391 | Tapper: 81 | Wallace: 88 |
| 6PM | Baier: 320 | Tapper: 79 | Melber: 72 |
| 7PM | Ingraham: 328 | Burnett: 106 | Weeknight: 75 |
| 8PM | Watters: 372 | Cooper: 105 | Hayes: 76 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 304 | Collins: 95 | Psaki: 74 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld!: 322 | Phillip: 119 | O’Donnell: 83 |
| 11PM | Gallgher: 186 | Coates: 72 | 11th Hour: 59 |
Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 1.863 | CNN: 406 | MSNBC: 617
Prime: FNC: 3.107 | CNN: 542 | MSNBC: 940
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Cain: 2.135 | The Arena: 503 | Wallace: 1.011 |
| 5PM | Five: 4.064 | Tapper: 622 | Wallace: 1.069 |
| 6PM | Baier: 2.954 | Tapper: 543 | Melber: 1.041 |
| 7PM | Ingraham: 2.797 | Burnett: 543 | Weeknight: 855 |
| 8PM | Watters: 3.580 | Cooper: 582 | Hayes: 811 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 2.709 | Collins: 532 | Psaki: 948 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld!: 3.031 | Phillip: 512 | O’Donnell: 1.060 |
| 11PM | Gallagher: 1.596 | Coates: 318 | 11th Hour: 626 |
