Cable News Ratings Monday November 21: Erin Burnett Leads CNN in Total Viewers and in the Demo

CNN’s Erin Burnett led the network in the key 25-54 age demographic on Monday evening. Burnett brought in 164,000 demo viewers, enough to beat her MSNBC time slot competitor Joy Reid who had 143,000 demo viewers.
Fox News’s Jesse Watters dominated the hour with 347,00 demo viewers.
Burnett also topped CNN in total viewers with 769,000 total viewers. MSNBC was led by Rachel Maddow who had 1.95 million total viewers, while Fox News’s The Five landed in first place overall with 3.48 million total 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: 1037 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 340 |
MORNING JOE: 865 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 9 |
EARLY MORNING: 10 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1334 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 430 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 107 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 33 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1612 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 497 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1823 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 556 |
MORNING JOE: 913 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 158 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1844 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 673 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 680 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 41 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1691 |
AT THIS HOUR: 631 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 571 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1690 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 682 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 584 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 137 |
BLUE BLOODS: 97 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1565 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 640 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 608 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 173 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1533 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 625 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 616 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 148 |
BLUE BLOODS: 215 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1488 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 623 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 738 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 294 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1611 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 720 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1310 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 243 |
BLUE BLOODS: 326 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3484 |
SITUATION ROOM: 759 |
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 1495 [5:35 PM-6:11 PM] |
SPICER & CO: 247 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 137 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2788 |
SITUATION ROOM: 758 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1183 [6:12 PM-6:59 PM] |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 186 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 89 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 3040 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 769 |
REIDOUT: 1204 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 291 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 87 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3091 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 683 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1290 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 257 |
CUOMO: 132 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2502 |
CNN TONIGHT: 556 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 1951 |
PRIME NEWS: 149 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 99 [9:07 PM-9:59 PM] |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1963 |
CNN TONIGHT: 475 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1645 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 183 |
BANFIELD: 69 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2145 |
CNN TONIGHT: 318 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 947 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 105 |
CUOMO: 78 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 145 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 60 |
MORNING JOE: 103 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 0 |
EARLY MORNING: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 202 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 76 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 4 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 198 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 90 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 245 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 104 |
MORNING JOE: 78 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 18 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 207 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 141 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 65 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 5 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 194 |
AT THIS HOUR: 130 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 62 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 183 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 130 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 49 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 9 |
BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 191 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 121 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 83 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 184 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 111 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 79 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 24 |
BLUE BLOODS: 27 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 156 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 105 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 73 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 41 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 187 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 125 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 137 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 29 |
BLUE BLOODS: 51 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 385 |
SITUATION ROOM: 159 |
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 168 [5:35 PM-6:11 PM] |
SPICER & CO: 25 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 33 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 325 |
SITUATION ROOM: 153 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 108 [6:12 PM-6:59 PM] |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 11 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 21 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 347 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 164 |
REIDOUT: 143 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 20 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 19 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 439 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 113 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 125 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 20 |
CUOMO: 18 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 273 |
CNN TONIGHT: 114 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 180 |
PRIME NEWS: 16 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 23 [9:07 PM-9:59 PM] |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 263 |
CNN TONIGHT: 84 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 141 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 22 |
BANFIELD: 13 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 352 |
CNN TONIGHT: 56 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 107 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 11 |
CUOMO: 14 |
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: 542,000
Fox News: 1.84 million
MSNBC: 954,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 104,000
Fox News: 231,000
MSNBC: 103,000
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: 572,000
Fox News: 2.52 million
MSNBC: 1.63 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 104,000
Fox News: 325,000
MSNBC: 149,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.