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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