Cable News Ratings Tuesday August 2: Jesse Watters Scores Solid Win Over Sean Hannity For Third Place

Mediaite StaffAug 3rd, 2022, 4:30 pm
 

Jesse Watters Primetime

Jesse Watters outpaced Sean Hannity on Tuesday night, knocking the well-rated Fox News host out of third place in the cable news ratings.

While The Five and Tucker Carlson regularly duke it out for first and second in the cable news ratings a new battle is raging between Watters and Hannity for third. Watters just barely edged out Hannity to end the month of July with the bronze medal.

But, on Tuesday night Watters scored a decisive win with 2.84 million total viewers compared to Hannity’s 2.59 million total viewers.

In the key 25-54 age demographic, Watters beat Hannity with 360,000 viewers compared to 306,000 viewers — respectively.

Watters also handily beat his time slot competition. He tripled CNN’s Erin Burnett in total viewers and also tripled MSNBC’s Joy Reid in the demo.

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:
994		 NEW DAY:
328		 MORNING JOE:
833		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
17		 EARLY MORNING:
13
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1363		 NEW DAY:
371		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
83		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
34
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1525		 NEW DAY:
447		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1533		 CNN NEWSROOM:
475		 MORNING JOE:
836		 NATIONAL REPORT:
165		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1697		 CNN NEWSROOM:
593		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
571		 — BLUE BLOODS:
64
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1791		 AT THIS HOUR:
632		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
458		 — BLUE BLOODS:
102
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1893		 INSIDE POLITICS:
647		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
560		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
183		 BLUE BLOODS:
141
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1471		 CNN NEWSROOM:
604		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
564		 — BLUE BLOODS:
164
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1507		 CNN NEWSROOM:
627		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
598		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
156		 BLUE BLOODS:
176
3p STORY, THE:
1508		 CNN NEWSROOM:
642		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
695		 — BLUE BLOODS:
234
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1681		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
738		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1027		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
203		 BLUE BLOODS:
247
5p FIVE, THE:
3298		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
714		 — SPICER & CO:
207		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
161
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2493		 SITUATION ROOM:
643		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1195		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
218		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
115
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2841		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
718		 REIDOUT:
993		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
275		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
96
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3111		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
777		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1018		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
252		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
50
9p HANNITY:
2592		 CNN TONIGHT:
628		 MSNBC PRIME:
1338		 PRIME NEWS:
178		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
84
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2236		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
720		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1424		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
261		 BANFIELD:
51
11p GUTFELD!:
2147		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
563		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1225		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
157		 NEWSNATION TONIGHT:
40

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
196		 NEW DAY:
106		 MORNING JOE:
100		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
6		 EARLY MORNING:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
206		 NEW DAY:
98		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
16		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
191		 NEW DAY:
103		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
210		 CNN NEWSROOM:
86		 MORNING JOE:
99		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
256		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
65		 — BLUE BLOODS:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
245		 AT THIS HOUR:
135		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
46		 — BLUE BLOODS:
12
12p OUTNUMBERED:
250		 INSIDE POLITICS:
128		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
55		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
23		 BLUE BLOODS:
18
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
186		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
65		 — BLUE BLOODS:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
142		 CNN NEWSROOM:
125		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
72		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
30		 BLUE BLOODS:
37
3p STORY, THE:
154		 CNN NEWSROOM:
117		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
89		 — BLUE BLOODS:
48
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
213		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
145		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
123		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
40		 BLUE BLOODS:
42
5p FIVE, THE:
399		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
153		 — SPICER & CO:
34		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
29
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
309		 SITUATION ROOM:
159		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
139		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
26		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
29
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
360		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
164		 REIDOUT:
111		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
31		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
10
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
508		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
150		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
116		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
34		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
14
9p HANNITY:
306		 CNN TONIGHT:
148		 MSNBC PRIME:
160		 PRIME NEWS:
15		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
12
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
292		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
171		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
191		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
20		 BANFIELD:
10
11p GUTFELD!:
369		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
135		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
188		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
21		 NEWSNATION TONIGHT:
7

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: 560,000

Fox News: 1.82 million

MSNBC: 845,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 123,000

Fox News: 255,000

MSNBC: 106,000

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: 708,000

Fox News: 2.65 million

MSNBC: 1.26 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 156,000

Fox News: 369,000

MSNBC: 156,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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