Cable News Ratings Tuesday, December 7th: Sean Hannity Dominates, But Smerconish Maintains Viewers in Chris Cuomo’s Old Time Slot

Mediaite StaffDec 8th, 2021, 5:06 pm
 

On Tuesday night, Sean Hannity dominated the 9 p.m. time slot, drawing 2.91 million in total viewers and 433,000 in the demo.

CNN’s Michael Smerconish, filling in for recently-fired anchor Chris Cuomo, secured 659,000 total viewers and 176,000 viewers in the demo. While those numbers pale in comparison to Hannity’s, they are in line with what Cuomo drew in recent months, and ensured Smerconish placed third on the CNN roster in total viewers and second in the demo.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow came in second at 9 p.m. with 2.09 million total viewers and 245,000 viewers in the demo.

Fox News had a dominating streak with the top 11 shows in the demo, as well as the top six shows in terms of total viewers.

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:
1004		 NEW DAY:
287		 MORNING JOE:
771		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
8		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
17
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1397		 NEW DAY:
349		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
90		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
13
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1673		 NEW DAY:
386		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1581		 CNN NEWSROOM:
445		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
668		 NATIONAL REPORT:
141		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1527		 CNN NEWSROOM:
594		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
540		 — JAG:
86
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1481		 AT THIS HOUR:
611		 — — JAG:
93
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1573		 INSIDE POLITICS:
578		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
578		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
159		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
180
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1448		 CNN NEWSROOM:
598		 MTP DAILY:
637		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
215
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1471		 CNN NEWSROOM:
585		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
625		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
172		 BLUE BLOODS:
180
3p STORY, THE:
1694		 CNN NEWSROOM:
640		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
679		 — BLUE BLOODS:
248
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1497		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
686		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1290		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
228		 BLUE BLOODS:
248
5p FIVE, THE:
3299		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
657		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
249		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
158
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2369		 SITUATION ROOM:
554		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1273		 SPICER & CO:
320		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
54
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2119		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
675		 REIDOUT:
1181		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
361		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
65
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3210		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
706		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1202		 STINCHFIELD:
251		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
39
9p HANNITY:
2918		 CNN TONIGHT:
659		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2099		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
145		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
37
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2266		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
645		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1299		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
167		 BANFIELD:
24
11p GUTFELD!:
1869		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
428		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1044		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
112		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
23

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
189		 NEW DAY:
49		 MORNING JOE:
68		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
0		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
242		 NEW DAY:
70		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
12		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
212		 NEW DAY:
102		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
247		 CNN NEWSROOM:
98		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
59		 NATIONAL REPORT:
18		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
257		 CNN NEWSROOM:
140		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
40		 — JAG:
1
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
283		 AT THIS HOUR:
114		 — — JAG:
6
12p OUTNUMBERED:
301		 INSIDE POLITICS:
106		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
66		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
27		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
28
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
287		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 MTP DAILY:
49		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
53
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
254		 CNN NEWSROOM:
135		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
46		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
36		 BLUE BLOODS:
35
3p STORY, THE:
227		 CNN NEWSROOM:
132		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
70		 — BLUE BLOODS:
52
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
240		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
137		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
105		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
34		 BLUE BLOODS:
42
5p FIVE, THE:
495		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
173		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
30		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
25
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
363		 SITUATION ROOM:
151		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
122		 SPICER & CO:
28		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
14
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
335		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
180		 REIDOUT:
154		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
43		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
516		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
155		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
143		 STINCHFIELD:
55		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
11
9p HANNITY:
433		 CNN TONIGHT:
176		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
245		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
36		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
8
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
396		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
162		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
124		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
41		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
356		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
110		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
150		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
18		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3

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: 521,000

Fox: 1.74 million

MSNBC: 887,00

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 122,000

Fox News: 292,000

MSNBC: 91,000

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: 670,000

Fox News: 2.79 million

MSNBC: 1.53 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 164,000

Fox News: 448,000

MSNBC: 170,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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