Cable News Ratings Tuesday February 22: Three CNN Shows Cross the Million Viewer Mark

Mediaite StaffFeb 24th, 2022, 11:32 am
 

CNN crossed the one million viewer mark in three different hours on Tuesday, a rare occurrence for the network in the past many months.

The 1 p.m. hour of CNN Newsroom scored 1.042 million total average viewers, while CNN Newsroom at 2 p.m. raked in 1.27 million total viewers.

The Lead with Jake Tapper at 5 p.m. also brought in some 1.047 million total viewers.

On Monday, Anderson Cooper came close to topping a million viewers but fell just shy with 975,000 total viewers.

Overall, despite CNN’s uptick in recent days as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to dominate coverage, the network’s day time and prime time averages remain well below a million. CNN averages 717,000 total viewers during day time programming and an average of 831,000 total viewers during 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:
1059		 NEW DAY:
300		 MORNING JOE:
778		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
23		 ELEMENTARY:
25
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1571		 NEW DAY:
398		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
110		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
25
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1914		 NEW DAY:
473		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1880		 CNN NEWSROOM:
606		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
777		 NATIONAL REPORT:
187		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1856		 CNN NEWSROOM:
817		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
715		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
108
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1852		 AT THIS HOUR:
758		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
631		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
119
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1977		 INSIDE POLITICS:
802		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
721		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
171		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
208
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2136		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1042		 MTP DAILY:
834		 — BLUE BLOODS:
158
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2569		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1267		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
1010		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
203		 BLUE BLOODS:
237
3p STORY, THE:
2208		 CNN NEWSROOM:
930		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
964		 — BLUE BLOODS:
366
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2095		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
969		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1346		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
269		 BLUE BLOODS:
464
5p FIVE, THE:
3674		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1047		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
263		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
155
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2778		 SITUATION ROOM:
872		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1248		 SPICER & CO:
348		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
64
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3092		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
884		 REIDOUT:
1149		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
404		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
44
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3625		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
967		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1181		 STINCHFIELD:
229		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
54
9p HANNITY:
3089		 CNN TONIGHT:
832		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1519		 PRIME NEWS:
147		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
56
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2452		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
693		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1350		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
231		 BANFIELD:
56
11p GUTFELD!:
2064		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
498		 11TH HOUR:
935		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
190		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
35

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
185		 NEW DAY:
48		 MORNING JOE:
97		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
10		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
334		 NEW DAY:
66		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
20		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
336		 NEW DAY:
98		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
322		 CNN NEWSROOM:
119		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
79		 NATIONAL REPORT:
38		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
327		 CNN NEWSROOM:
162		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
63		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
23
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
308		 AT THIS HOUR:
160		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
69		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
32
12p OUTNUMBERED:
306		 INSIDE POLITICS:
178		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
68		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
55		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
34
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
338		 CNN NEWSROOM:
201		 MTP DAILY:
74		 — BLUE BLOODS:
16
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
401		 CNN NEWSROOM:
259		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
72		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
52		 BLUE BLOODS:
10
3p STORY, THE:
337		 CNN NEWSROOM:
202		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
74		 — BLUE BLOODS:
26
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
322		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
214		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
109		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
51		 BLUE BLOODS:
42
5p FIVE, THE:
528		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
254		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
50		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
420		 SITUATION ROOM:
207		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
133		 SPICER & CO:
46		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
4
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
511		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
237		 REIDOUT:
142		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
63		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
646		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
247		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
126		 STINCHFIELD:
41		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
9p HANNITY:
497		 CNN TONIGHT:
214		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
169		 PRIME NEWS:
41		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
11
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
422		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
200		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
122		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
62		 BANFIELD:
13
11p GUTFELD!:
341		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
134		 11TH HOUR:
125		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
50		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.25-54 Demo (thousands)

Total viewers:

CNN: 717,000

Fox: 2.11 million

MSNBC: 929,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 165,000

Fox News: 350,000

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: 831,000

Fox News: 3,05 million

MSNBC: 1.35 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 220,000

Fox News: 522,000

MSNBC: 139,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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