Cable News Ratings Thursday May 19: John King Leads CNN in the Demo

CNN’s Inside Politics with John King led the network on Thursday in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic.
King’s 12 p.m. show beat out Anderson Cooper’s 8 p.m. hour, bringing in 155,000 demo viewers compared to Cooper’s 134,000.
CNN Newsroom at 1 p.m., following King’s lead, landed in third place in the demo with 132,000 viewers.
Overall, Fox News dominated the demo, far outpacing both second-place CNN and third-place MSNBC.
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: 1178 |
NEW DAY: 265 |
MORNING JOE: 699 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 20 |
ELEMENTARY: 15 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1589 |
NEW DAY: 373 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 108 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 22 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1801 |
NEW DAY: 399 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1798 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 442 |
MORNING JOE: 777 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 166 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1687 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 503 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 565 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 97 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1783 |
AT THIS HOUR: 603 |
— | — | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 145 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1887 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 603 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 616 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 162 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 206 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1534 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 529 |
MTP DAILY: 670 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 144 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1390 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 553 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 613 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 175 |
BLUE BLOODS: 185 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1382 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 511 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 653 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 226 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1484 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 556 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1139 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 272 |
BLUE BLOODS: 283 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3172 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 621 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 280 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 116 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2439 |
SITUATION ROOM: 586 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1080 |
SPICER & CO: 278 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 61 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2563 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 561 |
REIDOUT: 997 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 301 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 47 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3118 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 692 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 992 |
STINCHFIELD: 232 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 55 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2909 |
CNN TONIGHT: 535 |
MSNBC PRIME: 1123 |
PRIME NEWS: 131 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 54 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2229 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 498 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1006 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 168 |
BANFIELD: 55 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2081 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 414 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 807 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 133 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 56 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 235 |
NEW DAY: 41 |
MORNING JOE: 90 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 0 |
ELEMENTARY: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 311 |
NEW DAY: 87 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 13 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 276 |
NEW DAY: 91 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 238 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 99 |
MORNING JOE: 63 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 23 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 193 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 118 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 71 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 17 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 180 |
AT THIS HOUR: 121 |
— | — | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 16 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 244 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 155 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 55 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 31 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 40 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 210 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 132 |
MTP DAILY: 63 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 13 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 200 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 128 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 59 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 27 |
BLUE BLOODS: 23 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 165 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 116 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 75 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 29 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 214 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 96 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 95 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 36 |
BLUE BLOODS: 20 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 446 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 98 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 22 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 7 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 372 |
SITUATION ROOM: 104 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 115 |
SPICER & CO: 21 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 8 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 305 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 129 |
REIDOUT: 98 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 26 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 13 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 456 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 134 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 108 |
STINCHFIELD: 20 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 14 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 455 |
CNN TONIGHT: 109 |
MSNBC PRIME: 111 |
PRIME NEWS: 26 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 7 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 410 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 106 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 75 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 21 |
BANFIELD: 4 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 381 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 62 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 98 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 15 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 7 |
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: 480,000
Fox News: 1.83 million
MSNBC: 770,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 99,000
Fox News: 279,000
MSNBC: 80,000
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: 575,000
Fox News: 2.75 million
MSNBC: 1.04 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 116,000
Fox News: 440,000
MSNBC: 98,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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