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

Mediaite StaffMay 20th, 2022, 4:38 pm
 

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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