Primetime Cable News: January 30, 2018

FOX News dominates the State of the Union coverage, tripling up CNN and MSNBC in total viewers and doubling up CNN in the two age demographic ratings. FOX News coverage of the actual address was the most watched program of the night, including broadcast TV.

CNN rose above MSNBC for the event, posting its best numbers of 2018. MSNBC didn't really see much of a boost because of the speech, pulling numbers on par to an average night of the week.

Nightly Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-49	A25-54
CNN	2.54 million	0.67	0.87
FNC	8.76 million	1.31	1.98
MSNBC	2.53 million	0.39	0.51

Rank^	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
22	AC 360	CNN	8:00 PM	1,536	0.38
13	SOTU Preview	CNN	9:00 PM	2,770	0.69
9	State of the Union	CNN	9:10 PM	3,111	0.85
11	SOTU Analysis	CNN	10:31 PM	2,994	0.77
12	SOTU Analysis	CNN	10:43 PM	2,870	0.77
5	Tucker Carlson Tonight	FOXN	8:00 PM	4,945	0.60
3	SOTU Analysis	FOXN	9:00 PM	9,935	1.47
1	State of the Union	FOXN	9:10 PM	11,705	1.85
2	SOTU Analysis	FOXN	10:31 PM	10,530	1.57
4	SOTU Democrat Response	FOXN	10:42 PM	6,702	0.99
17	MSNBC Special Coverage	MSNBC	8:00 PM	1,952	0.27
14	State of the Union	MSNBC	9:00 PM	2,674	0.42
10	SOTU Analysis	MSNBC	10:30 PM	3,029	0.50
6	SOTU Democrat Response	MSNBC	10:42 PM	3,332	0.53

* Viewership (,000)
^ Overall primetime cable ranking