Cable News Ratings Thursday October 20: CNN Tops MSNBC in the Demo While Averaging 550,000 Prime Time Viewers

Mediaite StaffOct 21st, 2022, 4:39 pm
 

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CNN topped MSNBC in the key 25-54 age demographic on Thursday despite coming in a distant third in terms of total viewers, particularly across prime time.

CNN’s total day demo viewership averaged 111,000, while MSNBC averaged 98,000 demo viewers. Fox News won the day with 266,000 demo viewers.

In prime time Fox won with 380,000 demo viewers over CNN’s 132,000. MSNBC came in third with 121,000 demo viewers.

In terms of total viewers, CNN averaged 547,000 prime time viewers, while MSNBC averaged 1.33 million. Fox News won prime time with 2.95 million average 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:
1086		 NEW DAY:
309		 MORNING JOE:
847		 BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE:
43		 EARLY MORNING:
16
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1388		 NEW DAY:
395		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
111		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
30
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1675		 NEW DAY:
476		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1900		 CNN NEWSROOM:
633		 MORNING JOE:
967		 NATIONAL REPORT:
142		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1821		 CNN NEWSROOM:
717		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
734		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
31
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1841		 AT THIS HOUR:
654		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
665		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1897		 INSIDE POLITICS:
650		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
699		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
103		 BLUE BLOODS:
75
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1607		 CNN NEWSROOM:
628		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
698		 — BLUE BLOODS:
119
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1481		 CNN NEWSROOM:
625		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
715		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
134		 BLUE BLOODS:
229
3p STORY, THE:
1505		 CNN NEWSROOM:
637		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
747		 — BLUE BLOODS:
287
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1524		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
682		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1348		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
225		 BLUE BLOODS:
264
5p FIVE, THE:
3390		 SITUATION ROOM:
688		 — SPICER & CO:
215		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
122
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2506		 SITUATION ROOM:
663		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1371		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
210		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
76
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3080		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
712		 REIDOUT:
1153		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
233		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
48
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3519		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
664		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1305		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
145		 CUOMO:
123
9p HANNITY:
2980		 CNN TONIGHT:
523		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1225		 PRIME NEWS:
85		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
90
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2364		 CNN TONIGHT:
453		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1452		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
119		 BANFIELD:
66
11p GUTFELD!:
2283		 CNN TONIGHT:
367		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1059		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
74		 CUOMO:
72

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
177		 NEW DAY:
54		 MORNING JOE:
114		 BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE:
1		 EARLY MORNING:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
232		 NEW DAY:
55		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
239		 NEW DAY:
81		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
228		 CNN NEWSROOM:
120		 MORNING JOE:
97		 NATIONAL REPORT:
4		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
220		 CNN NEWSROOM:
132		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
61		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
252		 AT THIS HOUR:
124		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
83		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
252		 INSIDE POLITICS:
151		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
60		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
11		 BLUE BLOODS:
6
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
195		 CNN NEWSROOM:
129		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
72		 — BLUE BLOODS:
7
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
196		 CNN NEWSROOM:
112		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
88		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
12		 BLUE BLOODS:
37
3p STORY, THE:
225		 CNN NEWSROOM:
124		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
83		 — BLUE BLOODS:
25
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
204		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
142		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
127		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
19		 BLUE BLOODS:
27
5p FIVE, THE:
405		 SITUATION ROOM:
120		 — SPICER & CO:
12		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
347		 SITUATION ROOM:
158		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
143		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
15		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
16
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
410		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
171		 REIDOUT:
119		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
15		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
493		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
185		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
121		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
4		 CUOMO:
14
9p HANNITY:
358		 CNN TONIGHT:
120		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
115		 PRIME NEWS:
7		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
19
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
289		 CNN TONIGHT:
91		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
126		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
7		 BANFIELD:
26
11p GUTFELD!:
319		 CNN TONIGHT:
91		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
111		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
5		 CUOMO:
24

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: 536,000

Fox News: 1.93 million

MSNBC: 924,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 111,000

Fox News: 266,000

MSNBC: 98,000

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: 547,000

Fox News: 2.95 million

MSNBC: 1.33 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 132,000

Fox News: 380,000

MSNBC: 121,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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