Cable News Ratings Friday, October 8: The Five Beats Tucker Carlson

Mediaite StaffOct 11th, 2021, 4:57 pm
 

The Five

The Five pulled ahead of the cable news competition in both total viewers and the 25-54 demo on Friday night.

The 5 p.m. Fox News show drew 2.81 million viewers overall and 390,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic.

Tucker Carlson placed second, with 2.64 million viewers overall and 322,000 in the demo, while Sean Hannity came third with 2.26 million total viewers and 272,000 in the demo.

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:
865		 NEW DAY:
291		 MORNING JOE:
825		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
17		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
25
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1115		 NEW DAY:
409		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
99		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
9
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1518		 NEW DAY:
440		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1764		 CNN NEWSROOM:
526		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
654		 NATIONAL REPORT:
144		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1774		 CNN NEWSROOM:
565		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
555		 — JAG:
89
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1619		 AT THIS HOUR:
568		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
530		 — JAG:
122
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1703		 INSIDE POLITICS:
586		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
734		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
177		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
184
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1717		 CNN NEWSROOM:
616		 MTP DAILY:
799		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
244
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1596		 CNN NEWSROOM:
613		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
165		 BLUE BLOODS:
164
3p STORY, THE:
1513		 CNN NEWSROOM:
576		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
794		 — BLUE BLOODS:
190
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1374		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
648		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1268		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
210		 BLUE BLOODS:
276
5p FIVE, THE:
2814		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
586		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
206		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
106
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2181		 SITUATION ROOM:
523		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1074		 SPICER & CO:
249		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
36
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1653		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
652		 REIDOUT:
1046		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
321		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
31
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2644		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
723		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1234		 STINCHFIELD:
230		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
33
9p HANNITY:
2261		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
798		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2333		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
174		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
40
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1819		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
513		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1122		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
113		 BANFIELD:
52
11p GUTFELD!:
1734		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
330		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
936		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
118		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
26

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
119		 NEW DAY:
51		 MORNING JOE:
116		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
0		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
159		 NEW DAY:
72		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
16		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
0
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
215		 NEW DAY:
85		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
303		 CNN NEWSROOM:
110		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
95		 NATIONAL REPORT:
29		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
342		 CNN NEWSROOM:
109		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
59		 — JAG:
0
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
268		 AT THIS HOUR:
109		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
63		 — JAG:
2
12p OUTNUMBERED:
241		 INSIDE POLITICS:
118		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
69		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
25		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
11
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
281		 CNN NEWSROOM:
129		 MTP DAILY:
98		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
18
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
296		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
15		 BLUE BLOODS:
17
3p STORY, THE:
270		 CNN NEWSROOM:
116		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
117		 — BLUE BLOODS:
19
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
181		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
127		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
156		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
17		 BLUE BLOODS:
35
5p FIVE, THE:
390		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
94		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
17		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
303		 SITUATION ROOM:
96		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
168		 SPICER & CO:
28		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
254		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
127		 REIDOUT:
150		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
35		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
322		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
123		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
132		 STINCHFIELD:
29		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
10
9p HANNITY:
272		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
117		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
241		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
11		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
13
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
256		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
96		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
129		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
15		 BANFIELD:
20
11p GUTFELD!:
255		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
65		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
112		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
25		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7

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: 517,000

Fox News: 1.47 million

MSNBC: 903,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 99,000

Fox News: 252,000

MSNBC: 115,000

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: 678,000

Fox News: 2.24 million

MSNBC: N/A

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 112,000

Fox News: 283,000

MSNBC: 167,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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