Cable News Ratings Thursday February 16: Nicolle Wallace Dominates MSNBC & CNN in the Demo

MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace dominated her network on Thursday in the key 25-54 age demographic.
Wallace brought in an average of 168,000 demo viewers across her 4 to 6 p.m. show.
Lawrence O’Donnell came in second on MSNBC with 127,000 demo viewers.
While Wallace still lost both hours to Fox News in the demo, she topped all of CNN.
CNN’s highest-rated hour in the demo was 2 p.m.’s CNN Newsroom.
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: 835 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 307 |
MORNING JOE: 930 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 6 |
EARLY MORNING: 6 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1279 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 337 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 66 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 14 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1569 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 439 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1668 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 484 |
MORNING JOE: 1058 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 104 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1803 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 585 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 759 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 20 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1892 |
AT THIS HOUR: 634 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 667 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1898 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 618 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 713 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 107 |
BLUE BLOODS: 87 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1835 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 584 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 751 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 150 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1998 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 612 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 126 |
BLUE BLOODS: 246 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1790 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 543 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 855 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 232 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1608 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 612 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1458 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 162 |
BLUE BLOODS: 297 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3479 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 550 |
— | SPICER & CO: 160 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 107 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2394 |
SITUATION ROOM: 490 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1224 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 181 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 59 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2741 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 598 |
REIDOUT: 1050 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 153 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 51 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3149 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 572 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1314 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 107 |
CUOMO: 117 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2511 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 425 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1322 |
PRIME NEWS: 97 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 135 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2108 |
CNN TONIGHT: 407 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1555 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 134 |
BANFIELD: 115 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2041 |
CNN TONIGHT: 304 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 904 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 64 |
CUOMO: 54 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 123 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 59 |
MORNING JOE: 109 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 2 |
EARLY MORNING: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 217 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 60 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 6 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 220 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 69 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 214 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 71 |
MORNING JOE: 103 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 7 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 229 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 92 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 80 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 4 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 236 |
AT THIS HOUR: 106 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 80 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 218 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 104 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 83 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 7 |
BLUE BLOODS: 14 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 232 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 118 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 82 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 27 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 259 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 130 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 3 |
BLUE BLOODS: 46 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 228 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 85 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 78 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 30 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 225 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 97 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 168 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 6 |
BLUE BLOODS: 35 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 430 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 111 |
— | SPICER & CO: 6 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 284 |
SITUATION ROOM: 97 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 118 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 12 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 9 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 323 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 125 |
REIDOUT: 116 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 11 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 11 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 418 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 100 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 119 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 14 |
CUOMO: 17 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 289 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 93 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 106 |
PRIME NEWS: 13 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 18 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 246 |
CNN TONIGHT: 86 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 127 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 16 |
BANFIELD: 18 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 316 |
CNN TONIGHT: 80 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 83 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 7 |
CUOMO: 12 |
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: 463,000
Fox News: 1.85 million
MSNBC: 956,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 87,000
Fox News: 245,000
MSNBC: 98,000
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: 468,000
Fox News: 2.59 million
MSNBC: 1.40 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 93,000
Fox News: 317,000
MSNBC: 117,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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