Cable News Ratings Thursday December 1: CNN’s Erin Burnett Tops Network, Leads Non-Fox News Hosts, in the Demo

CNN’s Erin Burnett topped her network in the key 25-54 age demographic on Thursday and beat every host on MSNBC as well.
Burnett brought in 187,000 demo viewers at 7 p.m., beating Joy Reid’s 150,000 demo viewers on MSNBC. Burnett, however, landed behind Fox News’s Jesse Watters — who brought in 247,000 demo viewers.
In terms of total viewers, Reid landed in second place during the hour with 1.41 million total viewers, while Watters led with 2.45 million total viewers and Burnett came in third place with 803,000 total viewers.
Here is a full breakdown of Thursday’s cable news ratings by show:
Total Viewers (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 918 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 284 |
MORNING JOE: 863 |
ABRAHAM ACCORDS: PRES. TR: 18 |
EARLY MORNING: 8 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1288 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 370 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 85 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 42 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1511 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 500 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1556 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 569 |
MORNING JOE: 854 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 172 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1494 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 637 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 604 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 31 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1404 |
AT THIS HOUR: 617 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 621 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1426 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 672 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 688 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 118 |
BLUE BLOODS: 65 |
| 1p | SR/BIDEN-MACRON PC: 1101 [1:17 PM-1:59 PM] |
CNN NEWSROOM: 699 |
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 748 [1:18 PM-1:59 PM] |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 127 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1079 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 667 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 693 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 118 |
BLUE BLOODS: 221 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1159 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 660 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 791 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 255 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1308 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 722 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1541 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 176 |
BLUE BLOODS: 309 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2984 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 810 |
— | SPICER & CO: 189 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 117 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2331 |
SITUATION ROOM: 772 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1495 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 200 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 78 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2449 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 803 |
REIDOUT: 1411 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 232 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 58 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2533 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 706 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1542 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 183 |
CUOMO: 141 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2180 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 632 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1384 |
PRIME NEWS: 150 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 104 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1682 |
CNN TONIGHT: 543 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1542 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 150 |
BANFIELD: 97 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1759 |
CNN TONIGHT: 412 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 998 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 114 |
CUOMO: 69 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 160 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 60 |
MORNING JOE: 98 |
ABRAHAM ACCORDS: PRES. TR: 4 |
EARLY MORNING: 1 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 197 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 79 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 12 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 6 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 175 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 89 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 171 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 123 |
MORNING JOE: 87 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 16 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 164 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 106 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 70 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 3 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 149 |
AT THIS HOUR: 110 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 73 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 149 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 136 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 70 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 11 |
| 1p | SR/BIDEN-MACRON PC: 131 [1:17 PM-1:59 PM] |
CNN NEWSROOM: 157 |
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 72 [1:18 PM-1:59 PM] |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 30 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 105 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 135 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 65 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 8 |
BLUE BLOODS: 37 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 121 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 125 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 76 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 36 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 117 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 145 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 112 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 17 |
BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 333 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 133 |
— | SPICER & CO: 35 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 15 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 245 |
SITUATION ROOM: 128 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 152 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 39 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 14 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 247 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 187 |
REIDOUT: 150 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 30 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 6 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 279 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 146 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 147 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 26 |
CUOMO: 21 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 226 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 138 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 135 |
PRIME NEWS: 29 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 19 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 194 |
CNN TONIGHT: 130 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 137 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 20 |
BANFIELD: 6 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 277 |
CNN TONIGHT: 98 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 125 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 28 |
CUOMO: 16 |
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: 570,000
Fox News: 1.55 million
MSNBC: 978,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 115,000
Fox News: 180,000
MSNBC: 99,000
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: 627,000
Fox News: 2.13 million
MSNBC: 1.49 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 138,000
Fox News: 233,000
MSNBC: 140,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.