Cable News Ratings Thursday March 10: Hannity Wins Big in Demo With Trump Interview

Mediaite StaffMar 11th, 2022, 4:28 pm
 

Trump interview on Hannity

Fox News host Sean Hannity drew big numbers in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic on Thursday, dethroning regular demo king Tucker Carlson and beating the rest of cable news.

Hannity — which featured an interview with former President Donald Trump — drew a massive 720,000 viewers in the demo, pulling ahead of Carlson’s 651,000 in the demo.

As for total viewers, Hannity pulled in 3.57 million, placing ahead of Tucker Carlson Tonight but behind The Five, which came in first in all of cable news with 3.91 million 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:
1132		 NEW DAY:
441		 MORNING JOE:
853		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
18		 ELEMENTARY:
18
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1555		 NEW DAY:
570		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
112		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
30
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1866		 NEW DAY:
774		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1992		 CNN NEWSROOM:
930		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
731		 NATIONAL REPORT:
192		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1927		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1016		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
631		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
81
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2078		 AT THIS HOUR:
1004		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
678		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
137
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2127		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1040		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
770		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
175		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
237
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2143		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1034		 MTP DAILY:
849		 — BLUE BLOODS:
199
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2062		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1049		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
739		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
159		 BLUE BLOODS:
272
3p STORY, THE:
2016		 CNN NEWSROOM:
999		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
808		 — BLUE BLOODS:
373
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2066		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1126		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1224		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
249		 BLUE BLOODS:
373
5p FIVE, THE:
3912		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1106		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
217		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
174
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
3014		 SITUATION ROOM:
1030		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1177		 SPICER & CO:
240		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
76
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3160		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1031		 REIDOUT:
1088		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
322		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
44
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3571		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1299		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1316		 STINCHFIELD:
199		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
60
9p HANNITY:
3791		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1214		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1609		 PRIME NEWS:
139		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
75
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2792		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1047		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1476		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
128		 BANFIELD:
62
11p FOX NEWS LIVE:
1647		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
729		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1046		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
112		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
24

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
265		 NEW DAY:
112		 MORNING JOE:
102		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
2		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
365		 NEW DAY:
145		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
10		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
360		 NEW DAY:
186		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
352		 CNN NEWSROOM:
230		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
80		 NATIONAL REPORT:
21		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
370		 CNN NEWSROOM:
277		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
82		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
10
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
391		 AT THIS HOUR:
252		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
82		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
22
12p OUTNUMBERED:
413		 INSIDE POLITICS:
241		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
100		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
44		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
28
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
464		 CNN NEWSROOM:
243		 MTP DAILY:
114		 — BLUE BLOODS:
27
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
446		 CNN NEWSROOM:
259		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
85		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
31		 BLUE BLOODS:
40
3p STORY, THE:
401		 CNN NEWSROOM:
237		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
99		 — BLUE BLOODS:
54
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
396		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
228		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
143		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
36		 BLUE BLOODS:
55
5p FIVE, THE:
659		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
211		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
15		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
22
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
547		 SITUATION ROOM:
272		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
171		 SPICER & CO:
13		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
16
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
550		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
313		 REIDOUT:
186		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
34		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
651		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
372		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
214		 STINCHFIELD:
28		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
12
9p HANNITY:
720		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
379		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
223		 PRIME NEWS:
18		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
10
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
516		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
356		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
202		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
16		 BANFIELD:
8
11p FOX NEWS LIVE:
363		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
232		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
175		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
6		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
1

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: 898,000

Fox: 2.15 million

MSNBC: 922,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 237,000

Fox News: 416,000

MSNBC: 127,000

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: 1.18 million

Fox News: 3.38 million

MSNBC: 1.46 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 369,000

Fox News: 629,000

MSNBC: 213,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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