Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Ratings: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doc Scores Great Numbers, “RBG” Beats Hannity Special, “Better Call Saul”

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Better call RBG.

The documentary about Supreme Court Justic Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a hit for CNN on Monday night.

The two hour film, eligible for Academy Awards, pulled in 1,725,000 viewers. That’s more than “Better Call Saul” on AMC and close to Rachel Maddow sized numbers.

The excellent two hour movie showed what a real Supreme Court Justice is supposed to be, not the mishegos we’re seeing on TV since then.

“RBG” handily beat a Sean Hannity special on Fox News, which drew 1,352,00 viewers. “RBG” also did double Hannity’s key demo score with a .23. In the over 50 crowd, “RBG” had a 1.25.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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