Cable News Ratings Friday February 17: Gutfeld! Third Highest Rated Show on Cable News in Demo

Greg Gutfeld’s late-night political satire show, Gutfeld!, landed in third place overall in the key 25-54 age demographic on Friday night.
Gutfeld! brought in an impressive 335,000 demo viewers at 11 p.m. The show far outpaced its time slot competition, CNN Tonight and MSNBC’s 11th Hour, which brought in 48,000 and 65,000 demo viewers — respectively.
The Five won the day in the demo with 403,000 viewers, while Tucker Carlson brought in 367,000.
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: 930 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 252 |
MORNING JOE: 945 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 6 |
EARLY MORNING: 15 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1233 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 331 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 81 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 37 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1669 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 373 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1804 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 466 |
MORNING JOE: 1027 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 117 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1717 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 566 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 799 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 32 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1687 |
AT THIS HOUR: 552 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 618 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1839 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 587 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 612 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 102 |
BLUE BLOODS: 120 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1522 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 561 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 621 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 187 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1383 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 551 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 96 |
BLUE BLOODS: 250 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1279 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 582 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 787 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 275 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1410 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 632 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1328 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 155 |
BLUE BLOODS: 361 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3158 |
SITUATION ROOM: 635 |
— | SPICER & CO: 137 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 145 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2178 |
SITUATION ROOM: 564 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1316 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 108 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 54 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2414 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 615 |
REIDOUT: 1120 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 150 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 50 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2788 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 619 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1157 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 109 |
CUOMO: 163 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2013 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 522 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1221 |
PRIME NEWS: 116 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 105 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1755 |
CNN TONIGHT: 418 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 936 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 189 |
BANFIELD: 94 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2063 |
CNN TONIGHT: 338 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 605 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 119 |
CUOMO: 58 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 180 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 58 |
MORNING JOE: 111 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 0 |
EARLY MORNING: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 226 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 71 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 5 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 6 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 242 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 73 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 221 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 83 |
MORNING JOE: 119 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 9 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 212 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 87 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 99 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 12 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 212 |
AT THIS HOUR: 99 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 72 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 239 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 124 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 71 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 7 |
BLUE BLOODS: 16 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 200 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 89 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 85 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 35 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 191 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 85 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 39 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 175 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 94 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 109 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 39 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 183 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 112 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 133 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 53 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 403 |
SITUATION ROOM: 115 |
— | SPICER & CO: 7 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 30 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 255 |
SITUATION ROOM: 87 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 120 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 8 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 14 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 272 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 114 |
REIDOUT: 126 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 11 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 19 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 367 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 95 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 103 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 18 |
CUOMO: 30 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 229 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 71 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 95 |
PRIME NEWS: 13 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 17 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 180 |
CNN TONIGHT: 62 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 70 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 25 |
BANFIELD: 18 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 335 |
CNN TONIGHT: 48 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 65 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 13 |
CUOMO: 8 |
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: 471,000
Fox News: 1.66 million
MSNBC: 858,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 80,000
Fox News: 221,000
MSNBC: 93,000
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: 520,000
Fox News: 2.18 million
MSNBC: 1.10 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 76,000
Fox News: 259,000
MSNBC: 90,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.