Cable News Ratings, Friday January 7: Nicolle Wallace Again Tops Neil Cavuto, But Fox Dominates the Demo

Mediaite StaffJan 10th, 2022, 5:55 pm
 

Fox News’ Neil Cavuto slightly trailed MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace for the second day in a row on Friday, in terms of total average viewers. Wallace’s 1.45 million total average viewers just edged out Cavuto’s 1.40 million viewers at 4 p.m. It is worth noting, however, that Wallace’s total is an average of both her two hours on-air from 4-6 p.m. – while Cavuto’s number reflects only his 4-5 p.m. show.

While Wallace scored a rare win in her time slot, Fox News dominated the competition in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Every Fox News program beat CNN and MSNBC in the demo, with the exception of CNN Newsroom at 3 p.m., which brought in 255,000 demo viewers. Newsroom was apparently boosted by the sentencing of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers, which was announced during the show.

Rachel Maddow, who regularly leads the non-Fox shows in the demo lagged behind with 187,000 viewers. Tucker Carlson won the demo with 487,000 viewers, followed closely behind by The Five at 483,000 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:
971		 NEW DAY:
290		 MORNING JOE:
820		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
13		 ELEMENTARY:
14
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1325		 NEW DAY:
403		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
103		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
9
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1627		 NEW DAY:
491		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1760		 CNN NEWSROOM:
682		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
764		 NATIONAL REPORT:
169		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1773		 CNN NEWSROOM:
768		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
711		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
62
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1823		 AT THIS HOUR:
811		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
645		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
136
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1891		 INSIDE POLITICS:
760		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
746		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
153		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
244
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1555		 CNN NEWSROOM:
738		 MTP DAILY:
746		 — BLUE BLOODS:
200
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1408		 CNN NEWSROOM:
723		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
827		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
165		 BLUE BLOODS:
290
3p STORY, THE:
1447		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1044		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
976		 — BLUE BLOODS:
343
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1402		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
903		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1453		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
226		 BLUE BLOODS:
389
5p FIVE, THE:
3311		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
880		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
227		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
152
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2369		 SITUATION ROOM:
711		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1299		 SPICER & CO:
279		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
63
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1890		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
678		 REIDOUT:
1290		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
311		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
55
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2953		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
694		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1386		 STINCHFIELD:
212		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
52
9p HANNITY:
2412		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
654		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1712		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
124		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
39
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1876		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
580		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1076		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
114		 BANFIELD:
29
11p GUTFELD!:
1889		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
431		 11TH HOUR:
709		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
118		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
15

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
181		 NEW DAY:
40		 MORNING JOE:
93		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
193		 NEW DAY:
41		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
243		 NEW DAY:
67		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
282		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
96		 NATIONAL REPORT:
17		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
288		 CNN NEWSROOM:
141		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
52		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
3
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
276		 AT THIS HOUR:
158		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
56		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
14
12p OUTNUMBERED:
305		 INSIDE POLITICS:
164		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
78		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
29		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
36
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
242		 CNN NEWSROOM:
154		 MTP DAILY:
62		 — BLUE BLOODS:
41
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
252		 CNN NEWSROOM:
166		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
80		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
30		 BLUE BLOODS:
57
3p STORY, THE:
211		 CNN NEWSROOM:
255		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
99		 — BLUE BLOODS:
77
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
270		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
197		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
136		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
32		 BLUE BLOODS:
63
5p FIVE, THE:
483		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
214		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
47		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
427		 SITUATION ROOM:
184		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
143		 SPICER & CO:
33		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
372		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
161		 REIDOUT:
135		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
30		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
487		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
136		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
159		 STINCHFIELD:
16		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
9p HANNITY:
344		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
119		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
187		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
29		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
12
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
289		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
135		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
102		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
27		 BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
330		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
82		 11TH HOUR:
80		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
17		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3

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: 620,000

Fox: 1.69 million

MSNBC: 916,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 128,000

Fox News: 282,000

MSNBC: 94,000

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: 643,000

Fox News: 2.41 million

MSNBC: 1.39 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 130,000

Fox News: 373,000

MSNBC: 149,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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