Cable News Ratings Monday July 18: Maddow Lifts MSNBC Prime Time, Only Host to Near Fox News Competition

Mediaite StaffJul 19th, 2022, 4:43 pm
 

Rachel Maddow was back hosting The Rachel Maddow Show Monday night for her once-a-week gig and still managed to far outpace her fellow MSNBC hosts and CNN colleagues.

Maddow pulled in 2.36 million total viewers and 232,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Maddow was the only non-Fox News host to get even close to 2 million viewers and top 200,000 in the demo.

Sean Hannity still beat Maddow at 9 p.m. with 2.68 million total viewers and 358,000 demo viewers, but Maddow did manage to top Laura Ingraham’s 10 p.m. show in total viewers. Ingraham beat Maddow 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:
950		 NEW DAY:
278		 MORNING JOE:
810		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
17		 EARLY MORNING:
13
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1205		 NEW DAY:
384		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
68		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
26
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1513		 NEW DAY:
453		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1570		 CNN NEWSROOM:
532		 MORNING JOE:
953		 NATIONAL REPORT:
138		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1577		 CNN NEWSROOM:
612		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
744		 — BLUE BLOODS:
43
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1745		 AT THIS HOUR:
569		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
612		 — BLUE BLOODS:
108
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1853		 INSIDE POLITICS:
643		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
638		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
122		 BLUE BLOODS:
129
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1596		 CNN NEWSROOM:
709		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
685		 — BLUE BLOODS:
206
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1591		 CNN NEWSROOM:
757		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
754		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
123		 BLUE BLOODS:
232
3p STORY, THE:
1503		 CNN NEWSROOM:
691		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
803		 — BLUE BLOODS:
270
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1557		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
711		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1474		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
226		 BLUE BLOODS:
248
5p FIVE, THE:
3364		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
757		 — SPICER & CO:
167		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
94
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2296		 SITUATION ROOM:
655		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1559		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
170		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
47
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2835		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
790		 REIDOUT:
1250		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
211		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
49
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3359		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
771		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1581		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
177		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
50
9p HANNITY:
2682		 CNN TONIGHT:
550		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2361		 PRIME NEWS:
101		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
55
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2242		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
497		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1544		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
180		 BANFIELD:
48
11p GUTFELD!:
2115		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
388		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
911		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
107		 NEWSNATION TONIGHT:
44

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
134		 NEW DAY:
53		 MORNING JOE:
94		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
2		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
167		 NEW DAY:
83		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
12		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
190		 NEW DAY:
71		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
183		 CNN NEWSROOM:
78		 MORNING JOE:
108		 NATIONAL REPORT:
17		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
173		 CNN NEWSROOM:
109		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
92		 — BLUE BLOODS:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
217		 AT THIS HOUR:
97		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
72		 — BLUE BLOODS:
12
12p OUTNUMBERED:
187		 INSIDE POLITICS:
105		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
69		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
12		 BLUE BLOODS:
17
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
182		 CNN NEWSROOM:
164		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
50		 — BLUE BLOODS:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
204		 CNN NEWSROOM:
148		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
62		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
14		 BLUE BLOODS:
19
3p STORY, THE:
219		 CNN NEWSROOM:
132		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
70		 — BLUE BLOODS:
27
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
216		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
132		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
107		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
16
5p FIVE, THE:
425		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
141		 — SPICER & CO:
18		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
301		 SITUATION ROOM:
142		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
117		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
14		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
4
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
316		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
177		 REIDOUT:
128		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
16		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
9
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
461		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
172		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
136		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
16		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
9p HANNITY:
358		 CNN TONIGHT:
145		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
232		 PRIME NEWS:
11		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
303		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
111		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
129		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
26		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
319		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
74		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
98		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
20		 NEWSNATION TONIGHT:
3

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: 547,000

Fox News: 1.79 million

MSNBC: 1.01 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 107,000

Fox News: 237,000

MSNBC: 97,000

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: 606,000

Fox News: 2.76 million

MSNBC: 1.83 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 143,000

Fox News: 374,000

MSNBC: 166,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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