Cable News Ratings Friday April 22: Nicolle Wallace Just Beats Joy Reid in Total Viewers

Nicolle Wallace’s Deadline: White House scored a solid 1.172 million total viewers on Friday afternoon, an average of her two hours from 4 to 6 p.m.
Wallace’s total beat out some of her network’s prime time hosts, including Joy Reid, who brought in 1.079 million total viewers. Wallace was just edged out by Chris Hayes, who pulled in 1.175 million total viewers.
Wallace, however, managed to top Hayes in the key 25-54 age demographic. Wallace brought 108,000 demo viewers, while Hayers brought in 107,000.
Reid beat both hosts in the demo, with a very close 109,000 demo viewers.
Here is a full breakdown of Friday’s cable news ratings by show:
Total Viewers (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 995 |
NEW DAY: 354 |
MORNING JOE: 888 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 19 |
ELEMENTARY: 27 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1386 |
NEW DAY: 426 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 107 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 21 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1855 |
NEW DAY: 515 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1963 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 575 |
MORNING JOE: 1018 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 174 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1822 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 618 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 694 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 83 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1754 |
AT THIS HOUR: 690 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 686 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 125 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1795 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 729 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 658 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 155 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 145 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1560 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 730 |
MTP DAILY: 587 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 121 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1405 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 659 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 624 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 153 |
BLUE BLOODS: 160 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1473 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 644 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 691 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 195 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1490 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 676 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1172 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 247 |
BLUE BLOODS: 225 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3274 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 646 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 237 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 102 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2257 |
SITUATION ROOM: 521 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1144 |
SPICER & CO: 252 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 44 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2047 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 629 |
REIDOUT: 1079 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 298 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 32 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2930 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 793 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1175 |
STINCHFIELD: 179 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 30 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2312 |
CNN TONIGHT: 610 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 1560 |
PRIME NEWS: 94 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 59 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1604 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 580 |
RICHARD ENGEL ON ASSIGNMT: 923 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 143 |
BANFIELD: 35 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1641 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 509 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 668 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 113 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 22 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 227 |
NEW DAY: 92 |
MORNING JOE: 104 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 2 |
ELEMENTARY: 4 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 296 |
NEW DAY: 113 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 10 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 5 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 330 |
NEW DAY: 126 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 317 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 87 |
MORNING JOE: 107 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 20 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 265 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 90 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 87 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 5 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 288 |
AT THIS HOUR: 133 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 69 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 14 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 287 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 134 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 74 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 29 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 20 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 284 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 134 |
MTP DAILY: 46 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 10 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 270 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 163 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 61 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 27 |
BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 271 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 143 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 65 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 15 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 236 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 145 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 108 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 46 |
BLUE BLOODS: 12 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 473 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 151 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 35 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 3 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 401 |
SITUATION ROOM: 122 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 91 |
SPICER & CO: 36 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 2 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 334 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 171 |
REIDOUT: 109 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 56 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 8 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 506 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 184 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 107 |
STINCHFIELD: 16 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 6 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 329 |
CNN TONIGHT: 120 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 197 |
PRIME NEWS: 10 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 7 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 216 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 142 |
RICHARD ENGEL ON ASSIGNMT: 100 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 7 |
BANFIELD: 2 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 285 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 135 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 96 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 15 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 3 |
As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
Total viewers:
CNN: 570,000
Fox News: 1.69 million
MSNBC: 842,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 127,00
Fox News: 285,000
MSNBC: 90,000
Here are the prime time averages — encompassing shows which air from 8-11 p.m. — in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
Total viewers:
CNN: 661,000
Fox News: 2.28 million
MSNBC: 1.22 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 149,000
Fox News: 350,000
MSNBC: 135,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.