Cable News Ratings Thursday, December 16: Fox News Scores Top 11 Shows in Demo, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in 12th

Mediaite StaffDec 17th, 2021, 5:17 pm
 

Fox News scored the top eleven shows on cable news in the key 25-54 age demographic on Thursday. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow placed twelfth.

Fox’s The Five was the most-watched show with 3.17 total average viewers, while Tucker Carlson Tonight finished second in all of cable news with 2.95 million total average viewers.

Carlson, however, won the demo with 423,000 viewers to The Five’s 384,000.

Fox’s morning and day time line up including Fox & Friends, America’s Newsroom, The Faulkner Focus, and Outnumbered all beat every program on CNN and MSNBC in the demo.

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:
967		 NEW DAY:
290		 MORNING JOE:
841		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
14		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
41
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1420		 NEW DAY:
358		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
85		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
17
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1656		 NEW DAY:
439		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1622		 CNN NEWSROOM:
492		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
763		 NATIONAL REPORT:
156		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1734		 CNN NEWSROOM:
568		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
593		 — JAG:
98
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1642		 AT THIS HOUR:
602		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
536		 — JAG:
116
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1677		 INSIDE POLITICS:
635		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
550		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
168		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
132
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1416		 CNN NEWSROOM:
673		 MTP DAILY:
624		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
197
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1122		 CNN NEWSROOM:
605		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
670		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
159		 BLUE BLOODS:
209
3p STORY, THE:
1169		 CNN NEWSROOM:
585		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
710		 — BLUE BLOODS:
310
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1308		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
682		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1385		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
232		 BLUE BLOODS:
322
5p FIVE, THE:
3173		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
623		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
239		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
119
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2285		 SITUATION ROOM:
611		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1159		 SPICER & CO:
301		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
28
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1891		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
703		 REIDOUT:
1168		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
399		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
37
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2950		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
878		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1366		 STINCHFIELD:
187		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
49
9p HANNITY:
2306		 CNN TONIGHT:
737		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2127		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
122		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
40
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1873		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
594		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1365		 MIKE HUCKABEE?S CHRISTMAS:
75		 BANFIELD:
19
11p GUTFELD!:
1833		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
408		 11TH HOUR:
805		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
85		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
13

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
180		 NEW DAY:
51		 MORNING JOE:
90		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
0		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
15
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
220		 NEW DAY:
54		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
252		 NEW DAY:
63		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
256		 CNN NEWSROOM:
86		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
71		 NATIONAL REPORT:
29		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
317		 CNN NEWSROOM:
111		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
46		 — JAG:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
242		 AT THIS HOUR:
111		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
37		 — JAG:
15
12p OUTNUMBERED:
231		 INSIDE POLITICS:
129		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
32		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
40		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
210		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 MTP DAILY:
40		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
29
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
147		 CNN NEWSROOM:
104		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
59		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
16		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
3p STORY, THE:
166		 CNN NEWSROOM:
103		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
69		 — BLUE BLOODS:
31
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
189		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
125		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
128		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
14		 BLUE BLOODS:
30
5p FIVE, THE:
384		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
109		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
19		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
339		 SITUATION ROOM:
120		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
108		 SPICER & CO:
31		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
4
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
288		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
136		 REIDOUT:
156		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
51		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
423		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
182		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
174		 STINCHFIELD:
37		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
9p HANNITY:
322		 CNN TONIGHT:
166		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
221		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
16		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
7
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
265		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
120		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
89		 MIKE HUCKABEE?S CHRISTMAS:
4		 BANFIELD:
1
11p GUTFELD!:
324		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
95		 11TH HOUR:
52		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
8		 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: 542,000

Fox: 1.63 million

MSNBC: 909,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 104,000

Fox News: 249,000

MSNBC: 87,000

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: 736,000

Fox News: 2.37 million

MSNBC: 1.62 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 156,000

Fox News: 337,000

MSNBC: 161,000

For more ratings information and analysis, go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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