Cable News Ratings Monday May 16: Tucker Carlson Draws Most Young Viewers in All of Cable News

Mediaite StaffMay 17th, 2022, 4:44 pm
 

Fox News’ second-highest rated program in terms of overall viewers, Tucker Carlson Tonight, led all of cable news Monday night in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Carlson brought in 508,000 demo viewers, far surpassing The Five’s 374,000 demo viewers.

The Five had most overall viewers with 3.306 million total viewers, edging out Carlson’s 3.16 million total viewers.

Carlson was so dominant among younger viewers that he more than tripled CNN’s Anderson Cooper in their time slot, who only brought in 162,000 demo viewers. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes landed in third place at 8 p.m. in the demo with 128,000 demo viewers.

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:
990		 NEW DAY:
297		 MORNING JOE:
783		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
30		 ELEMENTARY:
18
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1343		 NEW DAY:
390		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
115		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
36
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1629		 NEW DAY:
491		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1577		 CNN NEWSROOM:
537		 MORNING JOE:
881		 NATIONAL REPORT:
161		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1669		 CNN NEWSROOM:
581		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
628		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
131
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1714		 AT THIS HOUR:
560		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
532		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
190
12p — INSIDE POLITICS:
666		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
564		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
158		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
192
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1684		 CNN NEWSROOM:
691		 MTP DAILY:
616		 — BLUE BLOODS:
184
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1510		 CNN NEWSROOM:
607		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
634		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
189		 BLUE BLOODS:
217
3p STORY, THE:
1532		 CNN NEWSROOM:
642		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
623		 — BLUE BLOODS:
301
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1615		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
676		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1093		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
255		 BLUE BLOODS:
361
5p FIVE, THE:
3306		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
660		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
294		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
177
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2577		 SITUATION ROOM:
620		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1135		 SPICER & CO:
299		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
91
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2702		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
649		 REIDOUT:
1069		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
301		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
58
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3161		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
791		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1110		 STINCHFIELD:
276		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
62
9p HANNITY:
2475		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
657		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2035		 PRIME NEWS:
136		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
69
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2144		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
678		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1265		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
177		 BANFIELD:
62
11p GUTFELD!:
1964		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
504		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
771		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
111		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
23

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
162		 NEW DAY:
69		 MORNING JOE:
104		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
11		 ELEMENTARY:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
225		 NEW DAY:
86		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
19		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
295		 NEW DAY:
127		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
269		 CNN NEWSROOM:
132		 MORNING JOE:
113		 NATIONAL REPORT:
21		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
228		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
73		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
223		 AT THIS HOUR:
96		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
49		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
9
12p — INSIDE POLITICS:
116		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
56		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
32		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
288		 CNN NEWSROOM:
123		 MTP DAILY:
64		 — BLUE BLOODS:
18
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
240		 CNN NEWSROOM:
124		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
71		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
31		 BLUE BLOODS:
26
3p STORY, THE:
215		 CNN NEWSROOM:
133		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
74		 — BLUE BLOODS:
53
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
201		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
110		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
95		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
21		 BLUE BLOODS:
47
5p FIVE, THE:
374		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
135		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
36		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
22
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
310		 SITUATION ROOM:
165		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
109		 SPICER & CO:
43		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
11
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
350		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
142		 REIDOUT:
137		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
48		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
508		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
162		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
128		 STINCHFIELD:
34		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
19
9p HANNITY:
383		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
137		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
228		 PRIME NEWS:
27		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
19
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
387		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
154		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
122		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
28		 BANFIELD:
12
11p GUTFELD!:
375		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
120		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
84		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
12		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
1

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: 561,000

Fox News: 1.78 million

MSNBC: 842,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 118,000

Fox News: 275,000

MSNBC: 95,000

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: 709,000

Fox News: 2.59 million

MSNBC: 1.47 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 151,000

Fox News: 426,000

MSNBC: 159,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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