MSNBC in February continued its strong performance since Election Day, finishing No. 2 in total viewers among all cable networks while topping rival CNN for the third straight month in viewership, according to the Nielsen Research.

MSNBC grew its prime-time viewership by 63 percent, compared to February 2016, while its daytime offerings are up 62 percent.

The program enjoying the most success has been "The Rachel Maddow Show.”

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In February, the progressive, politically focused program delivered MSNBC’s biggest total viewer audience in the 9 p.m. time period ever. It was the 45th consecutive month Maddow has beaten CNN’s regularly scheduled programs in the time slot in total viewers, according to the network. During the previous week, between Feb. 13 and 18, Maddow enjoyed her most-watched week since October 2008 with an average of 2.6 million viewers.

In the morning show race, "Morning Joe" topped CNN in total viewers for second place in the cable news race, behind Fox News's "Fox & Friends." But CNN won in the advertiser-friendly 25- to 54-year-old demographic.

All of the cable news networks have benefited from the heightened interest that has come from the polarizing Trump administration.

In past years following presidential elections, Fox News, MSNBC and CNN had all experienced notable drops in viewers without the drama of the campaign season. But the post-election Trump transition and his unpredictable presidency have been a boon for cable news and especially MSNBC, which once dubbed itself "The Place for Politics."