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BY JOE CONCHA - 08/30/17 02:00 PM EDT
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow continued her summer surge, finishing the month of August as the host of the most-watched program in cable news. Maddow also topped cable news ratings in July.
Maddow ended the month averaging a total of 2.783 million viewers at 9 p.m. ET, edging out Fox's Sean Hannity, who delivered 2.679 million viewers per night at 10 p.m., according to Nielsen Media Research.
Fox's Tucker Carlson took third place overall with 2.483 million viewers, followed by MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell with 2.531 million and Fox's "The Five" with 2.351 million.
Overall in total viewers, Fox has 13 programs in the top 20, followed by MSNBC with six shows and CNN with one, "Anderson Cooper 360."
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http://thehill.com/media/348574-maddow-finishes-first-in-cable-news-for-second-month-in-a-row
hwmnbn
(4,279 posts)Am I reading this wrong???
Fox's Tucker Carlson took third place overall with 2.483 million viewers, followed by MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell with 2.531 million and Fox's "The Five" with 2.351 million.
O'Donnell's 2.531 million viewers are more than Carlson's 2.483 million viewers.
KelleyKramer
(9,006 posts)Wonder if that is a typo, or are they doing it on purpose. Kind of like when a Republican gets in trouble and Fox news will put a D next to their name
oberliner
(58,724 posts)https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2017/08/29/rachel-maddow-ends-august-as-number-one-in-cable-news/#1074d0746b63
I should've clicked the link to original.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)He's pretty good, too.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Was that Anderson Cooper's slot?