Cable News Ratings Thursday September 15: Tucker Carlson Vaults Ahead of ‘The Five’ in Total Viewers and Demo

Mediaite StaffSep 16th, 2022, 4:48 pm
 

Tucker Carlson on Fox News

Tucker Carlson broke The Five’s stranglehold on the first place position in cable news Thursday, beating the daytime Fox News show in both total viewers and the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic.

Tucker Carlson Tonight drew 3.32 million total viewers and 455,000 in the demo, edging out the The Five, which pulled 3.17 million and 437,000 in the demo.

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:
1065		 NEW DAY:
340		 MORNING JOE:
863		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
37		 EARLY MORNING:
14
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1407		 NEW DAY:
447		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
103		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
39
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1690		 NEW DAY:
519		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1672		 CNN NEWSROOM:
655		 MORNING JOE:
936		 NATIONAL REPORT:
150		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1619		 CNN NEWSROOM:
753		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
708		 — BLUE BLOODS:
49
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1649		 AT THIS HOUR:
751		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
635		 — BLUE BLOODS:
86
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1666		 INSIDE POLITICS:
813		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
789		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
139		 BLUE BLOODS:
143
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1524		 CNN NEWSROOM:
797		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
734		 — BLUE BLOODS:
156
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1406		 CNN NEWSROOM:
859		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
764		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
168		 BLUE BLOODS:
214
3p STORY, THE:
1403		 CNN NEWSROOM:
856		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
807		 — BLUE BLOODS:
228
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1438		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
856		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1467		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
256		 BLUE BLOODS:
279
5p FIVE, THE:
3175		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
890		 — SPICER & CO:
222		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
136
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2361		 SITUATION ROOM:
747		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1580		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
189		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
83
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2874		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
802		 REIDOUT:
1356		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
274		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
55
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3325		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
846		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1535		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
203		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
50
9p HANNITY:
2773		 CNN TONIGHT:
642		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1542		 PRIME NEWS:
165		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
55
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2396		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
657		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1663		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
206		 BANFIELD:
50
11p GUTFELD!:
2162		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
481		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
977		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
108		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
30

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
173		 NEW DAY:
71		 MORNING JOE:
122		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
7		 EARLY MORNING:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
220		 NEW DAY:
96		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
6
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
237		 NEW DAY:
101		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
227		 CNN NEWSROOM:
130		 MORNING JOE:
111		 NATIONAL REPORT:
10		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
197		 CNN NEWSROOM:
146		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
89		 — BLUE BLOODS:
21
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
187		 AT THIS HOUR:
155		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
71		 — BLUE BLOODS:
32
12p OUTNUMBERED:
220		 INSIDE POLITICS:
151		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
91		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
17		 BLUE BLOODS:
32
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
203		 CNN NEWSROOM:
149		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
71		 — BLUE BLOODS:
33
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
181		 CNN NEWSROOM:
168		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
66		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
17		 BLUE BLOODS:
39
3p STORY, THE:
178		 CNN NEWSROOM:
134		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
66		 — BLUE BLOODS:
29
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
218		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
119		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
128		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
19		 BLUE BLOODS:
25
5p FIVE, THE:
437		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
114		 — SPICER & CO:
11		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
5
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
304		 SITUATION ROOM:
120		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
142		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
10		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
5
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
360		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
153		 REIDOUT:
165		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
17		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
455		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
150		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
138		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
18		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
9p HANNITY:
317		 CNN TONIGHT:
112		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
137		 PRIME NEWS:
21		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
296		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
109		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
169		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
25		 BANFIELD:
4
11p GUTFELD!:
306		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
102		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
134		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
24		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
10

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: 643,000

Fox News: 1.8 million

MSNBC: 996,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 115,000

Fox News: 247,000

MSNBC: 110,000

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: 715,000

Fox News: 2.83 million

MSNBC: 1.58 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 124,000

Fox News: 356,000

MSNBC: 148,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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