Fox News’s show “The Five” surpasses NBA playoffs in viewership

Fox News’s The Five notched the top viewership spot among cable networks last week, even while the NBA playoffs got underway.

During the week ending April 21, Fox News drew the most prime-time and total day viewers, according to Nielsen data shared with the Washington Examiner.

Both ESPN and TNT aired the first round of the NBA playoffs last week, with ESPN drawing an average audience of 3.16 million viewers across three broadcasts and TNT garnering an average audience of 2.95 million viewers over two broadcasts.

Meanwhile, The Five drew an average audience of 3.16 million viewers across four broadcasts.

When comparing its viewership to other cable news shows, The Five also took the top spot in the 5 p.m. Eastern time slot, going up against MSNBC’s Deadline: White House, which held an average of 1.8 million total viewers, and CNN’s Situation Room, which drew an average of 844,000 total viewers.

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Fox News’s Gutfeld! also continued to beat out other late-night TV shows with its 2.15 million total viewers and 291,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Gutfeld!, which airs at 10 p.m. Eastern, outpaced CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which notched an average of 2 million total viewers, and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which drew an average of 1.5 million total viewers.