Cable News Ratings Tuesday April 26: Don Lemon Beats Lawrence O’Donnell and Stephanie Ruhle in Demo

Mediaite StaffApr 27th, 2022, 5:01 pm
 

CNN’s Don Lemon beat both of his MSNBC time slot rivals, Lawrence O’Donnell and Stephanie Ruhle, in the key 25-54 age demographic on Tuesday night.

In the first hour of his two-hour nightly program, Lemon brought in 136,000 demo viewers compared to O’Donnell’s 129,000 demo viewers. In the second hour, at 11 p.m., Lemon drew 116,000 viewers to Ruhle’s 93,000.

MSNBC still beat CNN across both hours in total viewers, while Fox News as usual placed first in total viewers and the demo.

MSNBC beat CNN across prime time with an average of 170,000 demo viewers compared to 152,000 — respectively.

Fox, meanwhile, averaged 447,000 demo viewers across prime time.

Here is a full breakdown of Tuesday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1119		 NEW DAY:
367		 MORNING JOE:
817		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
29		 ELEMENTARY:
26
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1442		 NEW DAY:
419		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
85		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
30
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1801		 NEW DAY:
509		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1897		 CNN NEWSROOM:
554		 MORNING JOE:
877		 NATIONAL REPORT:
160		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1764		 CNN NEWSROOM:
669		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
708		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
84
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1798		 AT THIS HOUR:
762		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
537		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
86
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1795		 INSIDE POLITICS:
746		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
650		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
178		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
162
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1581		 CNN NEWSROOM:
699		 MTP DAILY:
714		 — BLUE BLOODS:
174
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1596		 CNN NEWSROOM:
616		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
720		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
187		 BLUE BLOODS:
209
3p STORY, THE:
1651		 CNN NEWSROOM:
643		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
738		 — BLUE BLOODS:
251
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1623		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
731		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1268		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
223		 BLUE BLOODS:
266
5p FIVE, THE:
3538		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
774		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
256		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
145
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2687		 SITUATION ROOM:
762		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1281		 SPICER & CO:
273		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
77
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2870		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
688		 REIDOUT:
1033		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
295		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
46
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3472		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
719		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1309		 STINCHFIELD:
236		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
49
9p HANNITY:
2726		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
628		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1965		 PRIME NEWS:
138		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
34
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2247		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
564		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1304		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
175		 BANFIELD:
25
11p GUTFELD!:
1888		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
510		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
957		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
120		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
26

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
207		 NEW DAY:
64		 MORNING JOE:
94		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
6		 ELEMENTARY:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
273		 NEW DAY:
82		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
9		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
321		 NEW DAY:
107		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
398		 CNN NEWSROOM:
101		 MORNING JOE:
86		 NATIONAL REPORT:
24		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
318		 CNN NEWSROOM:
125		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
71		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
3
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
312		 AT THIS HOUR:
137		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
57		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
9
12p OUTNUMBERED:
294		 INSIDE POLITICS:
136		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
55		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
42		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
29
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
257		 CNN NEWSROOM:
135		 MTP DAILY:
49		 — BLUE BLOODS:
34
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
240		 CNN NEWSROOM:
124		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
71		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
46
3p STORY, THE:
271		 CNN NEWSROOM:
111		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
69		 — BLUE BLOODS:
45
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
235		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
140		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
101		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
26		 BLUE BLOODS:
52
5p FIVE, THE:
490		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
159		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
29		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
31
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
361		 SITUATION ROOM:
152		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
144		 SPICER & CO:
27		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
8
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
368		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
170		 REIDOUT:
130		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
23		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
591		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
170		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
138		 STINCHFIELD:
32		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
9
9p HANNITY:
423		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
150		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
242		 PRIME NEWS:
17		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
328		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
136		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
129		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
27		 BANFIELD:
0
11p GUTFELD!:
353		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
116		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
93		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
14		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
0

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: 585,000

Fox News: 1.89 million

MSNBC: 924,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 121,000

Fox News: 315,000

MSNBC: 97,000

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: 637,000

Fox News: 2.82 million

MSNBC: 1.53 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 152,000

Fox News: 447,000

MSNBC: 170,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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