Cable News Ratings Friday, December 17th: Gutfeld! Beats Every CNN Show in Total Viewers and the Demo

Mediaite StaffDec 20th, 2021, 6:43 pm
 

Greg Gutfeld’s late-night show on Fox News beat every show on CNN Friday in both total viewers and in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Gutfeld! also beat every show on MNSBC in the demo, but Rachel Maddow hauled in more total viewers.

Maddow’s 2.19 million total average viewers for the hour edged out Gutfeld’s 1.87 million.

In the demo, however, Gutfeld’s 313,000 viewers was good enough for third place in all of cable news. Tucker Carlson’s 349,000 and The Five’s 336,000 secured first and second place.

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:
929		 NEW DAY:
286		 MORNING JOE:
891		 SIT-DOWN: HUCKABEE AND TR:
8		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
35
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1280		 NEW DAY:
354		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
90		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
20
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1549		 NEW DAY:
443		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1623		 CNN NEWSROOM:
516		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
738		 NATIONAL REPORT:
171		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1631		 CNN NEWSROOM:
535		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
574		 — JAG:
112
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1609		 AT THIS HOUR:
592		 — — JAG:
174
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1388		 INSIDE POLITICS:
594		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
166		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
171
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1189		 CNN NEWSROOM:
649		 — TROOPATHON 2021:
93		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
172
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1098		 CNN NEWSROOM:
611		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
716		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
135		 BLUE BLOODS:
161
3p STORY, THE:
1125		 CNN NEWSROOM:
640		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
580		 — BLUE BLOODS:
215
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1076		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
801		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1209		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
247		 BLUE BLOODS:
295
5p FIVE, THE:
2923		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
712		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
239		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
117
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2030		 SITUATION ROOM:
620		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1037		 SPICER & CO:
230		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
44
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1530		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
605		 REIDOUT:
1013		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
355		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
36
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2622		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
673		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1308		 STINCHFIELD:
259		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
39
9p HANNITY:
2078		 CNN TONIGHT:
558		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2197		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
139		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
20
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1954		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
587		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1147		 SIT-DOWN: HUCKABEE AND TR:
126		 BANFIELD:
36
11p GUTFELD!:
1874		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
400		 11TH HOUR:
761		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
59		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
10

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
164		 NEW DAY:
57		 MORNING JOE:
99		 SIT-DOWN: HUCKABEE AND TR:
4		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
9
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
201		 NEW DAY:
74		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
19		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
232		 NEW DAY:
85		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
240		 CNN NEWSROOM:
91		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
87		 NATIONAL REPORT:
35		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
251		 CNN NEWSROOM:
104		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
54		 — JAG:
10
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
214		 AT THIS HOUR:
120		 — — JAG:
21
12p OUTNUMBERED:
231		 INSIDE POLITICS:
124		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
35		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
178		 CNN NEWSROOM:
114		 — TROOPATHON 2021:
21		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
18
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
163		 CNN NEWSROOM:
133		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
110		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
40		 BLUE BLOODS:
12
3p STORY, THE:
156		 CNN NEWSROOM:
159		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
89		 — BLUE BLOODS:
14
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
127		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
179		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
90		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
52		 BLUE BLOODS:
31
5p FIVE, THE:
336		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
164		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
56		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
7
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
252		 SITUATION ROOM:
127		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
102		 SPICER & CO:
40		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
189		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
130		 REIDOUT:
100		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
49		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
349		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
121		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
136		 STINCHFIELD:
42		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
9p HANNITY:
271		 CNN TONIGHT:
101		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
270		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
37		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
3
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
312		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
93		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
99		 SIT-DOWN: HUCKABEE AND TR:
25		 BANFIELD:
2
11p GUTFELD!:
313		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
79		 11TH HOUR:
90		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
6		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
0

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 530,000

Fox: 1.51 million

MSNBC: 873,00

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 108,000

Fox News: 226,000

MSNBC: 96,000

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: 606,000

Fox News: 2.22 million

MSNBC: 1.55 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 105,000

Fox News: 310,000

MSNBC: 168,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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