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The start of March Madness may have impacted the ratings of the three cable news networks on Thursday evening. The Five dropped below four million total viewers, but still finished as the most-watched show of the evening. The Rachel Maddow<\/strong> Show continued to lead in total viewers for MSNBC, while the 5 p.m. hour of The Lead with Jake Tapper<\/strong> was tops for CNN. <\/p>\n

25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total Day:<\/strong> FNC: 249 | CNN: 84 | MSNBC: 62
Prime:<\/strong> FNC: 397 | CNN: 117 | MSNBC: 120<\/p>\n

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FNC:<\/strong><\/td>\nCNN:<\/strong><\/td>\nMSNBC:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4PM<\/td>\nCain:
272<\/td>\n		Hunt:
104<\/td>\n		Deadline: WH:
112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5PM<\/td>\nFive:
397<\/td>\n		Tapper:
141<\/td>\n		Deadline: WH:
92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6PM<\/td>\nBaier:
289<\/td>\n		Tapper:
136<\/td>\n		Melber:
77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7PM<\/td>\nIngraham:
308<\/td>\n		Burnett:
156<\/td>\n		Prime:
75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8PM<\/td>\nWatters:
414<\/td>\n		AC 360:
124<\/td>\n		Hayes:
83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9PM<\/td>\nHannity:
367<\/td>\n		Collins:
92<\/td>\n		Maddow:
161<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10PM<\/td>\nGutfeld:
410<\/td>\n		Phillip:
134<\/td>\n		The Last Word:
116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11PM<\/td>\nGallagher:
249<\/td>\n		Coates:
80<\/td>\n		Ruhle:
86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total Day:<\/strong> FNC: 1.934 | CNN: 411 | MSNBC: 714
Prime:<\/strong> FNC: 3.219 | CNN: 504 | MSNBC: 1.468<\/p>\n

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FNC:<\/strong><\/td>\nCNN:<\/strong><\/td>\nMSNBC:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4PM<\/td>\nCain:
2.211<\/td>\n		Hunt:
565<\/td>\n		Deadline: WH:
981<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5PM<\/td>\nFive:
3.892<\/td>\n		Tapper:
619<\/td>\n		Deadline: WH:
1.041<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6PM<\/td>\nBaier:
2.962<\/td>\n		Tapper:
526<\/td>\n		Melber:
926<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7PM<\/td>\nIngraham:
2.979<\/td>\n		Burnett:
561<\/td>\n		Prime:
930<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8PM<\/td>\nWatters:
3.520<\/td>\n		AC 360:
541<\/td>\n		Hayes:
1.059<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9PM<\/td>\nHannity:
2.881<\/td>\n		Collins:
442<\/td>\n		Maddow:
2.129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10PM<\/td>\nGutfeld:
3.256<\/td>\n		Phillip:
529<\/td>\n		The Last Word:
1.215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11PM<\/td>\nGallagher:
1.706<\/td>\n		Coates
307<\/td>\n		Ruhle:
732<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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