Cable News Ratings Thursday May 5: The Five Quintuples Jake Tapper

Mediaite StaffMay 6th, 2022, 4:49 pm
 

In a stark display of Fox News’ dominance in the cable news ratings, the network’s top-rated show The Five brought in more than five times the audience of its time slot rival Jake Tapper’s The Lead.

On Thursday, The Five raked in 3.22 million total viewers, far outpacing Tapper’s 635,000 viewers at 5 p.m.

MSNBC’s 5 p.m. offering, Nicolle Wallace’s Deadline: White House, brought in 1.11 million total viewers — an average of her two hours of programming from 4 to 6 p.m.

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:
971		 NEW DAY:
268		 MORNING JOE:
807		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
50		 ELEMENTARY:
37
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1367		 NEW DAY:
350		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
93		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
41
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1667		 NEW DAY:
433		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1790		 CNN NEWSROOM:
442		 MORNING JOE:
887		 NATIONAL REPORT:
185		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1867		 CNN NEWSROOM:
529		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
620		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
84
11a — AT THIS HOUR:
505		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
545		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
177
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1595		 INSIDE POLITICS:
598		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
632		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
211		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
245
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1544		 CNN NEWSROOM:
616		 MTP DAILY:
620		 — BLUE BLOODS:
217
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1437		 CNN NEWSROOM:
552		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
641		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
155		 BLUE BLOODS:
228
3p STORY, THE:
1435		 CNN NEWSROOM:
508		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
617		 — BLUE BLOODS:
306
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1464		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
566		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1106		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
221		 BLUE BLOODS:
355
5p FIVE, THE:
3220		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
635		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
227		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
155
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2407		 SITUATION ROOM:
607		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1067		 SPICER & CO:
228		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
67
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2186		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
630		 REIDOUT:
985		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
271		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
43
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3047		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
767		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1220		 STINCHFIELD:
217		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
49
9p HANNITY:
2627		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
730		 MSNBC PRIME:
1301		 PRIME NEWS:
115		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
35
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2219		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
695		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1363		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
125		 BANFIELD:
26
11p GUTFELD!:
2135		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
500		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
806		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
143		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
40

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
172		 NEW DAY:
62		 MORNING JOE:
106		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
10		 ELEMENTARY:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
226		 NEW DAY:
82		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
8
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
230		 NEW DAY:
100		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
289		 CNN NEWSROOM:
56		 MORNING JOE:
83		 NATIONAL REPORT:
22		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
323		 CNN NEWSROOM:
90		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
58		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
11a — AT THIS HOUR:
103		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
57		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
12p OUTNUMBERED:
259		 INSIDE POLITICS:
127		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
72		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
38		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
235		 CNN NEWSROOM:
119		 MTP DAILY:
80		 — BLUE BLOODS:
25
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
232		 CNN NEWSROOM:
119		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
78		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
16
3p STORY, THE:
217		 CNN NEWSROOM:
110		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
80		 — BLUE BLOODS:
25
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
229		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
108		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
81		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
24		 BLUE BLOODS:
32
5p FIVE, THE:
441		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
131		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
29		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
368		 SITUATION ROOM:
172		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
85		 SPICER & CO:
31		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
8
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
323		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
144		 REIDOUT:
92		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
26		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
16
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
503		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
175		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
132		 STINCHFIELD:
20		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
8
9p HANNITY:
416		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
165		 MSNBC PRIME:
145		 PRIME NEWS:
14		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
348		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
140		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
136		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
26		 BANFIELD:
4
11p GUTFELD!:
399		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
123		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
108		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
14		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
3

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: 523,000

Fox News: 1.73 million

MSNBC: 831,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 112,000

Fox News: 287,000

MSNBC: 92,000

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: 731,000

Fox News: 2.63 million

MSNBC: 1.29 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 160,000

Fox News: 423,000

MSNBC: 138,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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