Rachel Maddow Is Crushing Fox News With Viewers That Democrats Need To Get Out To The Polls

The numbers via a press release provided to PoliticusUSA by MSNBC:

MSNBC total day (M-Su, 6am-6am) ranked #2 across cable networks in total viewers (ahead of #3 Nickelodeon, #4 TNT and #8 CNN). MSNBC averaged 930,000 total viewers and 196,000 viewers A25-54 (vs. CNN’s 658,000 total viewers) and was up from #3 in 2Q17, while CNN was down two places from #6 in 2Q17. Beating CNN for the 5th quarter in a row, MSNBC was also the only cable news network to grow in total viewers, up +5% (vs. FOX News’ -4% and CNN’s -16%) compared to 2Q17.

“The Rachel Maddow Show” was the #2 most-watched show across all cable news in total viewers, up +9% (vs. CNN’s -15%) compared to 2Q17 and beating CNN in total viewers for the 35th straight quarter. In addition, “The Rachel Maddow Show” was #1 across all cable news in A18-49, beating both FOX News and CNN at 9 pm for the 5th straight quarter. At 9pm, “Maddow” averaged 2,752,000 total viewers (vs. CNN’s 1,004,000), 559,000 viewers A25-54 (vs. CNN’s 333,000) and 399,000 viewers A18-49 (vs. FOX News’ 388,000 and CNN’s 265,000).