Cable News Ratings Monday February 20: Maddow Tops 9 P.M. Hour In Total Viewers — A Rare MSNBC Win

Mediaite StaffFeb 22nd, 2023, 4:30 pm
 

Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow won the 9 p.m. hour on Monday, in a rare win for MSNBC. Notably, Maddow’s regular Fox News competition, Sean Hannity, was out for the day and his show, Hannity, was guest hosted by Pete Hegseth.

Fox News swept every other hour of the day, in many cases beating MSNBC and CNN combined — by a wide margin.

Maddow, however, brought in 2.4 million total viewers, which was enough to beat Hannity’s 2.13 million total viewers. In the key 35-54 age demographic, Hannity won with 248,000 viewers to Maddow’s 222,000 demo viewers.

CNN came in third place at 9 p.m. in both total viewers and in the demo.

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:
749		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
228		 MORNING JOE-SPC:
733		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
11		 EARLY MORNING:
19
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1124		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
302		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
76		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
36
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1537		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
398		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1678		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
535		 MORNING JOE-SPC:
844		 NATIONAL REPORT:
118		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1651		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
625		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
676		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
41
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1534		 AT THIS HOUR SPCL:
627		 JOSE DIAZ BALART RPT SPCL:
599		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1538		 INSIDE POLITICS SPECIAL:
644		 ANDREA MITCHELL RPTS SPCL:
594		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
108		 BLUE BLOODS:
94
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1277		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
641		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS SPC:
650		 — BLUE BLOODS:
163
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1152		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
691		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
112		 BLUE BLOODS:
222
3p STORY, THE:
1262		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
736		 KATY TUR RPTS SPCL:
710		 — BLUE BLOODS:
286
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1267		 LEAD W/ JAKE TAPPER SPCL:
727		 DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL:
1229		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
132		 BLUE BLOODS:
315
5p FIVE, THE:
3174		 LEAD W/ JAKE TAPPER SPCL:
680		 — SPICER & CO:
124		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
112
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2349		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
565		 BEAT W/ ARI MELBER SPEC:
1258		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
135		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
58
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2649		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRNT SPCL:
612		 REIDOUT SPECIAL:
1120		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
188		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
52
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3093		 AC360 SPECIAL:
637		 ALL IN W. C HAYES SPEC:
1257		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
123		 CUOMO:
142
9p HANNITY:
2126		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
510		 RACHEL MADDOW SPECIAL:
2403		 PRIME NEWS:
97		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
127
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1636		 CNN TONIGHT SPCL:
466		 LAST WORD W. LO SPEC:
1758		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
145		 BANFIELD:
93
11p GUTFELD!:
1732		 CNN TONIGHT SPCL:
349		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE SPC:
855		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
102		 CUOMO:
95

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
95		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
43		 MORNING JOE-SPC:
72		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
0		 EARLY MORNING:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
163		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
62		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
4		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
8
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
189		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
106		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
178		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
112		 MORNING JOE-SPC:
79		 NATIONAL REPORT:
9		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
197		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
131		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
80		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
7
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
183		 AT THIS HOUR SPCL:
132		 JOSE DIAZ BALART RPT SPCL:
67		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
185		 INSIDE POLITICS SPECIAL:
114		 ANDREA MITCHELL RPTS SPCL:
47		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
13		 BLUE BLOODS:
7
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
177		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
83		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS SPC:
58		 — BLUE BLOODS:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
117		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
113		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
30
3p STORY, THE:
129		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
143		 KATY TUR RPTS SPCL:
69		 — BLUE BLOODS:
51
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
124		 LEAD W/ JAKE TAPPER SPCL:
129		 DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL:
109		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
18		 BLUE BLOODS:
59
5p FIVE, THE:
303		 LEAD W/ JAKE TAPPER SPCL:
118		 — SPICER & CO:
12		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
30
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
222		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
105		 BEAT W/ ARI MELBER SPEC:
104		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
14		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
26
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
264		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRNT SPCL:
132		 REIDOUT SPECIAL:
113		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
14		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
13
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
429		 AC360 SPECIAL:
136		 ALL IN W. C HAYES SPEC:
108		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
8		 CUOMO:
15
9p HANNITY:
248		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
114		 RACHEL MADDOW SPECIAL:
222		 PRIME NEWS:
4		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
26
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
223		 CNN TONIGHT SPCL:
115		 LAST WORD W. LO SPEC:
152		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
9		 BANFIELD:
24
11p GUTFELD!:
311		 CNN TONIGHT SPCL:
87		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE SPC:
113		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
5		 CUOMO:
18

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: 507,000

Fox News: 1.59 million

MSNBC: 922,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 102,000

Fox News: 195,000

MSNBC: 89,000

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: 537,000

Fox News: 2.28 million

MSNBC: 1.81 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 122,000

Fox News: 300,000

MSNBC: 161,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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