Cable News Ratings Tuesday July 12: MSNBC Surges as Fox News Dips During Jan. 6 Hearing
MSNBC topped the ratings for the 7th straight Jan. 6 House select committee hearing on Tuesday.
In terms of total viewers, the initial 6 am to 3 am numbers show the network landing in first place in terms of overall viewers with 1.69 million total viewers. Fox News brought in an average of 1.607 million total viewers for the day, while CNN came in third place with 1.056 million total viewers.
Fox News led the day until the hour the hearings began, which saw the network’s viewership drop.
Outnumbered pulled in near two million viewers, while the hour following dropped down to 968,000 total viewers as the hearing began.
MSNBC, meanwhile, averaged over 3 million total viewers during the hearings, while CNN brought in some 2.6 million total viewers. Fox News still won the day overall in terms of the key 25-54 age demographic.
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: 1030 |
NEW DAY: 253 |
MORNING JOE: 872 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 17 |
EARLY MORNING: 9 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1386 |
NEW DAY: 394 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 76 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 34 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1499 |
NEW DAY: 454 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1603 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 557 |
MORNING JOE: 1046 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 113 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1544 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 748 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 927 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 113 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1588 |
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY: 1331 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 835 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 147 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1915 |
— | JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS: 1636 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 128 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 157 |
| 1p | JANUARY 6TH HEARING: 968 |
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY: 2607 |
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS: 3260 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 155 |
| 2p | JANUARY 6TH HEARING: 849 |
— | — | AMERICAN AGENDA: 213 |
BLUE BLOODS: 161 |
| 3p | JANUARY 6TH HEARING: 723 |
— | — | — | BLUE BLOODS: 211 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1049 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 1789 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 2317 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 278 |
BLUE BLOODS: 238 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3001 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 1377 |
— | SPICER & CO: 299 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 94 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2218 |
SITUATION ROOM: 947 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1769 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 270 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 34 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2528 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 944 |
REIDOUT: 1600 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 282 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 31 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3142 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 968 |
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS: 2773 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 204 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 24 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2504 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 878 |
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS: 2737 |
PRIME NEWS: 118 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 47 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2044 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 761 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 2015 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 167 |
BANFIELD: 41 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1894 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 620 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1198 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 95 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 34 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 175 |
NEW DAY: 66 |
MORNING JOE: 110 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 3 |
EARLY MORNING: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 222 |
NEW DAY: 95 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 14 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 219 |
NEW DAY: 85 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 249 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 118 |
MORNING JOE: 96 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 15 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 233 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 150 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 87 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 3 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 259 |
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY: 212 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 88 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 1 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 273 |
— | JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS: 181 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 16 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 3 |
| 1p | JANUARY 6TH HEARING: 158 |
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY: 432 |
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS: 439 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 9 |
| 2p | JANUARY 6TH HEARING: 120 |
— | — | AMERICAN AGENDA: 19 |
BLUE BLOODS: 22 |
| 3p | JANUARY 6TH HEARING: 103 |
— | — | — | BLUE BLOODS: 32 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 106 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 350 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 263 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 30 |
BLUE BLOODS: 28 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 336 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 279 |
— | SPICER & CO: 35 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 12 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 290 |
SITUATION ROOM: 197 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 216 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 21 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 2 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 332 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 176 |
REIDOUT: 198 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 21 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 1 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 535 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 206 |
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS: 331 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 25 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 1 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 385 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 243 |
JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS: 350 |
PRIME NEWS: 14 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 2 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 293 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 193 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 236 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 15 |
BANFIELD: 3 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 328 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 149 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 155 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 18 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 1 |
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: 1.06 million
Fox News: 1.62 million
MSNBC: 1.69 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 202,000
Fox News: 247,000
MSNBC: 211,000
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: 869,000
Fox News: 2.56 million
MSNBC: 2.51 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 214,000
Fox News: 404,000
MSNBC: 306,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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