Cable News Ratings Thursday, September 9: Don Lemon Takes Top Spot on CNN in Prime Time Viewer Demo

Mediaite StaffSep 10th, 2021, 6:58 pm
 

Don Lemon on CNN

Don Lemon beat the rest of CNN’s prime time lineup in the advertiser-coveted A25-54 demographic on Thursday night.

Lemon, who anchors 10 p.m. show Don Lemon Tonight, drew 166,000 viewers in the demo. That was enough to beat out Chris Cuomo at 9 p.m. (162,000) and Anderson Cooper at 8 p.m. (141,000). Cuomo and Cooper still bested Lemon in total viewers (841,000, 772,000 and 725,000, respectively).

Fox News maintained its position as the most-watched network in every hour on Thursday. Tucker Carlson was back on top as the most watched host on cable news, after Sean Hannity drew the most viewers on Wednesday night. Read their numbers below.

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:
928		 NEW DAY:
369		 MORNING JOE:
844		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
14		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1256		 NEW DAY:
424		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
107		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1562		 NEW DAY:
501		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1604		 CNN NEWSROOM:
638		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
757		 NATIONAL REPORT:
186		 JAG:
90
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1623		 CNN NEWSROOM:
627		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
757		 — JAG:
129
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1583		 AT THIS HOUR:
581		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
730		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
122
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1733		 INSIDE POLITICS:
614		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
749		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
172		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
205
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1612		 CNN NEWSROOM:
580		 MTP DAILY:
778		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
262
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1552		 CNN NEWSROOM:
703		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
788		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
178		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
322
3p STORY, THE:
1617		 CNN NEWSROOM:
802		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
802		 — BLUE BLOODS:
284
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1530		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
793		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1242		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
239		 BLUE BLOODS:
343
5p SR/BIDEN-COVID MANDATES:
3318		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
991		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
1487		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
291		 BLUE BLOODS:
357
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2338		 SITUATION ROOM:
761		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1369		 SPICER & CO:
381		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
104
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2152		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
749		 REIDOUT:
1182		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
387		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
45
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3139		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
772		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1265		 STINCHFIELD:
247		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
18
9p HANNITY:
2958		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
841		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2192		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
142		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
22
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2575		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
725		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1285		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
181		 BANFIELD:
16
11p GUTFELD!:
2198		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
481		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
924		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
103		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
9

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
175		 NEW DAY:
64		 MORNING JOE:
107		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
0		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
246		 NEW DAY:
94		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
15		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
227		 NEW DAY:
117		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
274		 CNN NEWSROOM:
119		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
83		 NATIONAL REPORT:
34		 JAG:
7
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
275		 CNN NEWSROOM:
157		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
74		 — JAG:
12
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
257		 AT THIS HOUR:
137		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
98		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
12p OUTNUMBERED:
273		 INSIDE POLITICS:
149		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
96		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
30		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
275		 CNN NEWSROOM:
142		 MTP DAILY:
85		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
46
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
263		 CNN NEWSROOM:
141		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
100		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
27		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
59
3p STORY, THE:
276		 CNN NEWSROOM:
141		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
99		 — BLUE BLOODS:
31
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
241		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
132		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
113		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
46
5p SR/BIDEN-COVID MANDATES:
543		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
168		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
146		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
50		 BLUE BLOODS:
55
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
368		 SITUATION ROOM:
161		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
160		 SPICER & CO:
53		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
370		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
172		 REIDOUT:
168		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
41		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
523		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
141		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
174		 STINCHFIELD:
51		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
9p HANNITY:
474		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
162		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
316		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
24		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
3
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
480		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
166		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
136		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
59		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
433		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
105		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
106		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
30		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
0

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: 619,000

Fox News: 1.8 million

MSNBC: 977,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 129,000

Fox News: 312,000

MSNBC: 117,000

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: 779,000

Fox News: 2.89 million

MSNBC: 1.58 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 156,000

Fox News: 493,000

MSNBC: 209,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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