Cable News Ratings Tuesday April 5: MSNBC Lands Third in Demo

 
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Every CNN show beat MSNBC in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic on Tuesday.

Overall CNN averaged 158,000 demo viewers across its day time programming, well outpacing MSNBC’s 92,000 demo viewers.

In prime time, where MSNBC draws significantly more viewers overall, CNN still beat the network in the demo with 191,000 viewers to 155,000.

Fox News continued its dominance of cable news with 310,00 day time demo viewers and 482,000 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:
354
MORNING JOE:
744
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
22
ELEMENTARY:
25
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1428
NEW DAY:
465
WAKE UP AMERICA:
69
MORNING IN AMERICA:
23
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1847
NEW DAY:
516
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1835
CNN NEWSROOM:
630
MORNING JOE:
884
NATIONAL REPORT:
118
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1883
CNN NEWSROOM:
745
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
765
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
79
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1769
AT THIS HOUR:
779
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
148
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1996
INSIDE POLITICS:
766
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
619
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
155
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
130
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1783
CNN NEWSROOM:
854
MTP DAILY:
671
BLUE BLOODS:
130
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1591
CNN NEWSROOM:
955
AMERICAN AGENDA:
159
BLUE BLOODS:
210
3p STORY, THE:
1702
CNN NEWSROOM:
864
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
623
BLUE BLOODS:
291
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1787
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
885
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1124
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
183
BLUE BLOODS:
284
5p FIVE, THE:
3726
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
867
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
223
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
144
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2722
SITUATION ROOM:
775
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1155
SPICER & CO:
261
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
64
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2984
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
765
REIDOUT:
1084
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
303
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
54
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3739
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
766
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1188
STINCHFIELD:
224
NEWSNATION PRIME:
51
9p HANNITY:
2906
CNN TONIGHT:
704
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1191
PRIME NEWS:
163
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
58
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2214
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
660
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1265
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
231
BANFIELD:
44
11p GUTFELD!:
1991
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
540
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
812
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
145
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
40

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
221
NEW DAY:
71
MORNING JOE:
96
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
0
ELEMENTARY:
5
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
252
NEW DAY:
99
WAKE UP AMERICA:
13
MORNING IN AMERICA:
7
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
261
NEW DAY:
131
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
310
CNN NEWSROOM:
161
MORNING JOE:
90
NATIONAL REPORT:
24
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
326
CNN NEWSROOM:
176
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
83
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
245
AT THIS HOUR:
139
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
11
12p OUTNUMBERED:
313
INSIDE POLITICS:
147
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
54
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
34
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
15
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
288
CNN NEWSROOM:
201
MTP DAILY:
64
BLUE BLOODS:
25
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
275
CNN NEWSROOM:
200
AMERICAN AGENDA:
29
BLUE BLOODS:
44
3p STORY, THE:
256
CNN NEWSROOM:
167
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
58
BLUE BLOODS:
68
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
261
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
185
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
60
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
28
BLUE BLOODS:
59
5p FIVE, THE:
537
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
186
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
34
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
23
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
390
SITUATION ROOM:
183
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
90
SPICER & CO:
37
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
4
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
384
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
211
REIDOUT:
154
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
29
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
610
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
208
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
159
STINCHFIELD:
26
NEWSNATION PRIME:
6
9p HANNITY:
503
CNN TONIGHT:
199
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
170
PRIME NEWS:
34
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
8
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
332
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
165
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
136
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
45
BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
341
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
152
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
105
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
20
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
3

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: 664,000

Fox: 1.95million

MSNBC: 840,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 158,000

Fox News: 310,000

MSNBC: 92,000

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: 710,000

Fox News: 2.95 million

MSNBC: 1.22 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 191,000

Fox News: 482,000

MSNBC: 155,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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