Cable News Ratings March 31: Rachel Maddow Scores 2 Million Viewers on Friday Night

Mediaite StaffApr 3rd, 2023, 4:26 pm
 

Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow was back hosting on Friday night at her old time slot, filling in for Alex Wagner who was on vacation, and brought in nearly 2 million total viewers.

Fox News’s Hannity still won the 9 p.m. hour with 2.28 million viewers.

Maddow helped to lift MSNBC’s prime time to an average of 1.74 million total viewers for a solid second-place finish behind Fox News’s 2.29 million average viewers.

CNN landed in third place with 544,000 average prime time 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:
954		 CNN THIS MORNING:
329		 MORNING JOE:
1213		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
18		 EARLY MORNING:
7
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1314		 CNN THIS MORNING:
424		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
92		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
32
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1528		 CNN THIS MORNING:
590		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1640		 CNN NEWSROOM:
676		 MORNING JOE:
1305		 NATIONAL REPORT:
162		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1533		 CNN NEWSROOM:
748		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
1055		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
28
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1617		 AT THIS HOUR:
724		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
937		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1780		 INSIDE POLITICS:
713		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
928		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
143		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1521		 CNN NEWSROOM:
718		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
919		 — BLUE BLOODS:
140
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1410		 CNN NEWSROOM:
725		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
173		 BLUE BLOODS:
216
3p STORY, THE:
1390		 CNN NEWSROOM:
813		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
1038		 — BLUE BLOODS:
274
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1362		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
771		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1687		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
220		 BLUE BLOODS:
253
5p FIVE, THE:
2924		 SITUATION ROOM:
773		 — SPICER & CO:
166		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
103
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2106		 SITUATION ROOM:
689		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1789		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
180		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
58
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2108		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
726		 REIDOUT:
1488		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
286		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
44
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2783		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
691		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1450		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
179		 CUOMO:
152
9p HANNITY:
2280		 CNN PRIMETIME:
532		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1998		 PRIME NEWS:
110		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
100
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1796		 CNN TONIGHT:
408		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1771		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
100		 BANFIELD:
131
11p GUTFELD!:
1883		 CNN TONIGHT:
335		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1143		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
114		 CUOMO:
66

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
150		 CNN THIS MORNING:
56		 MORNING JOE:
154		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
4		 EARLY MORNING:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
213		 CNN THIS MORNING:
89		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
16		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
222		 CNN THIS MORNING:
137		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
224		 CNN NEWSROOM:
180		 MORNING JOE:
171		 NATIONAL REPORT:
15		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
234		 CNN NEWSROOM:
187		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
154		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
4
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
235		 AT THIS HOUR:
187		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
149		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
256		 INSIDE POLITICS:
130		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
103		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
12		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
195		 CNN NEWSROOM:
154		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
112		 — BLUE BLOODS:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
203		 CNN NEWSROOM:
150		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
16		 BLUE BLOODS:
16
3p STORY, THE:
205		 CNN NEWSROOM:
163		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
113		 — BLUE BLOODS:
24
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
203		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
138		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
202		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
21		 BLUE BLOODS:
17
5p FIVE, THE:
331		 SITUATION ROOM:
162		 — SPICER & CO:
24		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
234		 SITUATION ROOM:
158		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
211		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
19		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
206		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
145		 REIDOUT:
195		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
31		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
324		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
153		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
170		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
27		 CUOMO:
25
9p HANNITY:
239		 CNN PRIMETIME:
96		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
203		 PRIME NEWS:
16		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
12
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
221		 CNN TONIGHT:
100		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
198		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
11		 BANFIELD:
37
11p GUTFELD!:
313		 CNN TONIGHT:
83		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
158		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
12		 CUOMO:
10

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: 584,000

Fox News: 1.62 million

MSNBC: 1.21 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 124,000

Fox News: 216,000

MSNBC: 156,000

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: 544,000

Fox News: 2.29 million

MSNBC: 1.74 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 116,000

Fox News: 262,000

MSNBC: 190,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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