Cable News Ratings Thursday, November 18: Tucker Beats The Five in Key Demo, Fox’s 5 PM Panel Show Tops Overall

Mediaite StaffNov 19th, 2021, 4:33 pm
 

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As Fox News’ domination of the cable ratings continues its top two shows battle it out for number one. On Thursday, Tucker Carlson Tonight beat The Five in the key 25-54 demographic but continues to lag behind in total viewers.

Tucker Carlson drew in 624,000 viewers in the demo compared to The Five’s 597,000. However, in total viewership, The Five continued its recent dominance with 3.67 million viewers to Tucker’s 3.5 million.

Sean Hannity placed fourth on the network in the demo with 472,000 viewers and third in total viewers with 3 million. Special Report with Bret Baier placed third in the demo with 484,000 viewers and fourth in total viewers with 2.8 million.

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:
1124		 NEW DAY:
281		 MORNING JOE:
835		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
11		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
23
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1380		 NEW DAY:
384		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
93		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
22
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1778		 NEW DAY:
478		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1732		 CNN NEWSROOM:
599		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
870		 NATIONAL REPORT:
221		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1239		 CNN NEWSROOM:
656		 — — JAG:
65
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1746		 AT THIS HOUR:
780		 — — JAG:
119
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2118		 INSIDE POLITICS:
705		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
707		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
207		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
166
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2006		 CNN NEWSROOM:
692		 MTP DAILY:
736		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
193
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2007		 CNN NEWSROOM:
689		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
750		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
192		 BLUE BLOODS:
260
3p STORY, THE:
2140		 CNN NEWSROOM:
753		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
914		 — BLUE BLOODS:
320
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2045		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
763		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1528		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
306		 BLUE BLOODS:
345
5p FIVE, THE:
3672		 SITUATION ROOM:
771		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
332		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
133
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2852		 SITUATION ROOM:
721		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1407		 SPICER & CO:
382		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
65
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2726		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
807		 REIDOUT:
1264		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
417		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT
24
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3568		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
853		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1257		 STINCHFIELD:
255		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
31
9p HANNITY:
3003		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
859		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1975		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
164		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
31
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2508		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
687		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1407		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
198		 BANFIELD:
40
11p GUTFELD!:
2047		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
461		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
985		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
133		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
20

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
240		 NEW DAY:
33		 MORNING JOE:
89		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
3		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
236		 NEW DAY:
76		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
7		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
293		 NEW DAY:
86		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
296		 CNN NEWSROOM:
118		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
87		 NATIONAL REPORT:
25		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
240		 CNN NEWSROOM:
135		 — — JAG:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
309		 AT THIS HOUR:
139		 — — JAG:
11
12p OUTNUMBERED:
358		 INSIDE POLITICS:
135		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
83		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
36		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
36
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
339		 CNN NEWSROOM:
131		 MTP DAILY:
84		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
41
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
336		 CNN NEWSROOM:
134		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
80		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
44		 BLUE BLOODS:
64
3p STORY, THE:
365		 CNN NEWSROOM:
152		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
108		 — BLUE BLOODS:
45
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
380		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
160		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
117		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
48		 BLUE BLOODS:
42
5p FIVE, THE:
597		 SITUATION ROOM:
197		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
59		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
8
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
484		 SITUATION ROOM:
204		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
137		 SPICER & CO:
60		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
464		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
223		 REIDOUT:
139		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
68		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT
5
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
624		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
182		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
130		 STINCHFIELD:
47		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
8
9p HANNITY:
472		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
171		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
218		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
30		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
13
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
450		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
144		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
137		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
26		 BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
409		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
118		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
124		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
19		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 609,000

Fox: 2.00 million

MSNBC: 990,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 130,000

Fox News: 354,000

MSNBC: 104,000

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: 799,000

Fox News: 3.02 million

MSNBC: 1.5 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 166,000

Fox News: 515,000

MSNBC: 162,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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