Cable News Ratings, Monday December 27: The Five’s Substitute Hosts Draw Big Audience During Holiday Week

Mediaite StaffDec 29th, 2021, 5:10 pm
 

The Five on Monday Night

Cable news ratings are down across the board this week — traditionally one of the slowest in news — with one exception: Fox News show The Five, which drew a whopping 3.12 million total viewers and 406,000 in the demo. (NB: Because of the holiday weekend, Nielsen ratings are delayed, hence why Monday’s numbers are only coming out today).

Those numbers would be impressive in a normal news cycle. But in the week between Christmas and New Year’s, when many cable news hosts are on vacation and their show are hosted by substitutes, it’s particularly impressive.

For example: Tucker Carlson Tonight, which ended 2021 as the top rated show on cable news, drew just 2.41 million viewers on Monday night. The Rachel Maddow Show, the highest rated hour on MSNBC, drew just 1.32 million. CNN didn’t break 800,000 with any show.

Another detail worth noting: The Five drew more than 3 million viewers despite NONE of its regular hosts being on air.

Here is a full breakdown of Monday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
843		 NEW DAY:
288		 MORNING JOE:
674		 SIT-DOWN: HUCKABEE AND TR:
22		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
35
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1165		 NEW DAY:
365		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
68		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
11
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1630		 NEW DAY:
410		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1656		 CNN NEWSROOM:
502		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
696		 NATIONAL REPORT:
126		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1671		 CNN NEWSROOM:
592		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
617		 — JAG:
135
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1543		 AT THIS HOUR:
673		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
553		 — JAG:
173
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1583		 INSIDE POLITICS:
660		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
596		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
147		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
155
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1265		 CNN NEWSROOM:
760		 MTP DAILY:
592		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
205
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1225		 CNN NEWSROOM:
665		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
641		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
136		 BLUE BLOODS:
222
3p STORY, THE:
1333		 CNN NEWSROOM:
612		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
598		 — BLUE BLOODS:
342
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1412		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
726		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1185		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
212		 BLUE BLOODS:
382
5p FIVE, THE:
3128		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
731		 — SIT-DOWN: HUCKABEE AND TR:
146		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
193
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2277		 SITUATION ROOM:
643		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1224		 SPICER & CO:
250		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
71
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1776		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
638		 REIDOUT:
908		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
278		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
55
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2415		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
670		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1053		 STINCHFIELD:
143		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
88
9p HANNITY:
2044		 CNN TONIGHT:
670		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1326		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
104		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
52
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1508		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
540		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
946		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
163		 BANFIELD:
36
11p GUTFELD!:
1317		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
398		 11TH HOUR:
735		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
106		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
24

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
120		 NEW DAY:
42		 MORNING JOE:
72		 SIT-DOWN: HUCKABEE AND TR:
9		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
10
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
153		 NEW DAY:
42		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
10		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
237		 NEW DAY:
57		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
283		 CNN NEWSROOM:
91		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
75		 NATIONAL REPORT:
13		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
273		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
73		 — JAG:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
245		 AT THIS HOUR:
134		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
65		 — JAG:
22
12p OUTNUMBERED:
259		 INSIDE POLITICS:
129		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
61		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
14		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
21
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
227		 CNN NEWSROOM:
123		 MTP DAILY:
81		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
240		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
97		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
18		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
3p STORY, THE:
221		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
82		 — BLUE BLOODS:
46
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
170		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
132		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
148		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
31		 BLUE BLOODS:
56
5p FIVE, THE:
406		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
151		 — SIT-DOWN: HUCKABEE AND TR:
15		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
27
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
330		 SITUATION ROOM:
153		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
155		 SPICER & CO:
18		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
10
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
277		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
140		 REIDOUT:
134		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
25		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
360		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
140		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
130		 STINCHFIELD:
12		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
13
9p HANNITY:
282		 CNN TONIGHT:
119		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
130		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
13		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
2
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
210		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
83		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
81		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
27		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
190		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
79		 11TH HOUR:
72		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
21		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2

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: 540,000

Fox: 1.51 million

MSNBC: 772,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 98,000

Fox News: 237,000

MSNBC: 90,000

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: 627,000

Fox News: 1.98 million

MSNBC: 1.1 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 114,000

Fox News: 284,000

MSNBC: 114,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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