Cable News Ratings Thursday January 19: Tucker Carlson Crushes Competition With Younger Viewers

Fox News host Tucker Carlson far outpaced his cable news competition on Thursday night in the key 25-54 age demographic.
Carlson brought in 496,000 demo viewers at 8 p.m. to top the charts.
The Five came in second place with 393,000 demo viewers, followed by Gutfeld!’s 353,000.
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: 896 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 252 |
MORNING JOE: 745 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 16 |
EARLY MORNING: 14 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1366 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 279 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 84 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 34 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1589 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 424 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1695 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 474 |
MORNING JOE: 797 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 162 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1725 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 535 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 568 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 37 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1755 |
AT THIS HOUR: 570 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 569 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1782 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 558 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 593 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 144 |
BLUE BLOODS: 97 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1443 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 569 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 564 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 188 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1381 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 563 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 681 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 147 |
BLUE BLOODS: 254 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1505 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 560 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 591 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 346 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1528 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 604 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1245 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 195 |
BLUE BLOODS: 343 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3543 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 592 |
— | SPICER & CO: 139 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 130 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2484 |
SITUATION ROOM: 549 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1444 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 153 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 58 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2755 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 655 |
REIDOUT: 1248 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 228 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 55 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3276 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 641 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1443 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 172 |
CUOMO: 153 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2424 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 576 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1239 |
PRIME NEWS: 125 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 93 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2081 |
CNN TONIGHT: 450 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1303 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 192 |
BANFIELD: 75 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2004 |
CNN TONIGHT: 336 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 871 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 124 |
CUOMO: 52 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 131 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 37 |
MORNING JOE: 97 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 1 |
EARLY MORNING: 4 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 194 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 57 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 9 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 223 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 85 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 232 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 95 |
MORNING JOE: 103 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 10 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 227 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 110 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 71 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 5 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 220 |
AT THIS HOUR: 139 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 58 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 239 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 115 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 56 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 11 |
BLUE BLOODS: 16 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 205 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 129 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 50 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 30 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 160 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 129 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 76 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 11 |
BLUE BLOODS: 32 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 155 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 109 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 73 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 43 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 153 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 111 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 149 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 45 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 393 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 118 |
— | SPICER & CO: 3 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 14 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 290 |
SITUATION ROOM: 133 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 180 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 4 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 8 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 300 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 167 |
REIDOUT: 141 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 18 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 7 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 496 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 157 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 132 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 15 |
CUOMO: 15 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 306 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 137 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 105 |
PRIME NEWS: 25 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 18 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 290 |
CNN TONIGHT: 101 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 107 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 24 |
BANFIELD: 19 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 353 |
CNN TONIGHT: 87 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 95 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 21 |
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: 471,000
Fox News: 1.77 million
MSNBC: 856,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 105,000
Fox News: 239,000
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: 556,000
Fox News: 2.60 million
MSNBC: 1.33 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 132,000
Fox News: 364,000
MSNBC: 115,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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