Cable News Ratings Monday, November 8: Jake Tapper Leads Nicolle Wallace in Demo

CNN’s Jake Tapper beat MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic on Monday.
Tapper and Wallace both host two-hour shows in the afternoon from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The CNN anchor drew 148,000 viewers in the demo, while his MSNBC rival drew just 110,000 for her show Deadline: White House.
Still, Wallace more than doubled Tapper in total viewers. Deadline pulled in 1.3 million viewers, while Tapper’s The Lead drew 625,000 viewers.
Neil Cavuto and The Five on Fox News handily beat both Wallace and Tapper, no matter how to slice it.
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: 1059 |
NEW DAY: 275 |
MORNING JOE: 807 |
DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL: 8 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 38 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1607 |
NEW DAY: 337 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 103 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 14 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1863 |
NEW DAY: 425 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1796 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 575 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 682 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 146 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1743 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 684 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 504 |
— | JAG: 67 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1734 |
AT THIS HOUR: 604 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 502 |
— | JAG: 118 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1868 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 480 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 614 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 155 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 198 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1513 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 570 |
MTP DAILY: 577 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 269 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1310 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 582 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 591 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 175 |
BLUE BLOODS: 197 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1484 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 600 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 679 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 222 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1527 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 608 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1309 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 225 |
BLUE BLOODS: 258 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3421 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 643 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 225 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 124 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2602 |
SITUATION ROOM: 546 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1303 |
SPICER & CO: 341 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 62 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 2092 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 633 |
REIDOUT: 1159 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 368 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 35 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3252 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 687 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1158 |
STINCHFIELD: 187 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 34 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2710 |
CUOMO PRIME TIME: 642 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 1991 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 117 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 30 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2131 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 506 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1409 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 150 |
BANFIELD: 22 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1693 |
CNN SPECIAL REPORT: 398 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 931 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 144 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 3 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 186 |
NEW DAY: 40 |
MORNING JOE: 79 |
DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL: 4 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 9 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 232 |
NEW DAY: 50 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 10 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 2 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 256 |
NEW DAY: 87 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 304 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 122 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 57 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 14 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 325 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 152 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 38 |
— | JAG: 6 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 317 |
AT THIS HOUR: 134 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 47 |
— | JAG: 7 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 316 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 141 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 55 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 18 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 24 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 241 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 143 |
MTP DAILY: 69 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 23 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 205 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 148 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 60 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 22 |
BLUE BLOODS: 13 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 226 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 146 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 64 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 12 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 237 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 137 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 110 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 34 |
BLUE BLOODS: 20 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 462 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 159 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 31 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 15 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 417 |
SITUATION ROOM: 148 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 144 |
SPICER & CO: 38 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 15 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 398 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 171 |
REIDOUT: 89 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 51 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 2 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 555 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 159 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 127 |
STINCHFIELD: 23 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 8 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 406 |
CUOMO PRIME TIME: 142 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 260 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 21 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 14 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 349 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 127 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 175 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 26 |
BANFIELD: 7 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 268 |
CNN SPECIAL REPORT: 125 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 117 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 27 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 1 |
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: 509,000
Fox 1.79 million
MSNBC: 883,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 123,000
Fox News: 292,000
MSNBC: 94,000
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: 612,000
Fox News: 2.7 million
MSNBC: 1.52 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 143,000
Fox News: 436,000
MSNBC: 187,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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