Cable News Ratings Tuesday June 28: MSNBC Scores Big Audience For January 6 Hearings

Mediaite StaffJun 29th, 2022, 4:40 pm
 

Ratings 6-28-22 Hutchison Testimony January 6 Hearings

MSNBC notched a rare win over Fox News on Tuesday in early ratings as the network received a major boost from the January 6 hearings.

MSNBC raked in 1.734 million total viewers on Tuesday, just enough to beat Fox News’s 1.715 million total viewers in the 6 am to 3 am early ratings.

CNN came in third place with 1.079 million total viewers.

MSNBC averaged some 3.52 million total viewers between 1 and 3 p.m. during the hearings. CNN averaged 2.647 million total viewers during that time period, while Fox News brought in an average of 979,000 viewers — a significant drop from the network’s regular programming.

Update: As full 6 am to 6 am numbers came in for Tuesday, Fox News just edged MSNBC out for the full day with 1.57 million total viewers to 1.56 million 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:
1057		 NEW DAY:
288		 MORNING JOE:
883		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
30		 EARLY MORNING:
14
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1329		 NEW DAY:
350		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
78		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
35
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1597		 NEW DAY:
436		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1603		 CNN NEWSROOM:
525		 MORNING JOE:
1017		 NATIONAL REPORT:
108		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1546		 CNN NEWSROOM:
645		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
792		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
97
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1524		 AT THIS HOUR:
656		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
829		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
120
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1670		 ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
1224		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
1555		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
174		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
161
1p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
1059		 ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
2647		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
3518		 — BLUE BLOODS:
166
2p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
900		 — — AMERICAN AGENDA:
152		 BLUE BLOODS:
226
3p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
1077		 ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
2319		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
2640		 — BLUE BLOODS:
247
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1295		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1599		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
2212		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
190		 BLUE BLOODS:
267
5p FIVE, THE:
3119		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1258		 — SPICER & CO:
219		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
106
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2430		 SITUATION ROOM:
1067		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1944		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
251		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
28
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2833		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1235		 REIDOUT:
1695		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
279		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
20
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3133		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1240		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
2773		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
206		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
28
9p HANNITY:
2577		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1172		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
3041		 PRIME NEWS:
111		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
40
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2303		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1169		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
2448		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
209		 BANFIELD:
28
11p GUTFELD!:
2170		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
815		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1612		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
113		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
27

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
168		 NEW DAY:
48		 MORNING JOE:
113		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
4		 EARLY MORNING:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
206		 NEW DAY:
78		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
10		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
8
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
218		 NEW DAY:
89		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
218		 CNN NEWSROOM:
108		 MORNING JOE:
113		 NATIONAL REPORT:
11		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
201		 CNN NEWSROOM:
165		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
100		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
204		 AT THIS HOUR:
158		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
111		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
9
12p OUTNUMBERED:
210		 ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
266		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
167		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
21		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
23
1p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
121		 ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
577		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
449		 — BLUE BLOODS:
18
2p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
143		 — — AMERICAN AGENDA:
15		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
3p JANUARY 6TH HEARING:
168		 ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY:
476		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
378		 — BLUE BLOODS:
33
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
164		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
346		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
290		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
16		 BLUE BLOODS:
36
5p FIVE, THE:
368		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
329		 — SPICER & CO:
15		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
334		 SITUATION ROOM:
302		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
272		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
23		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
5
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
392		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
335		 REIDOUT:
250		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
39		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
574		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
300		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
378		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
17		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
9p HANNITY:
403		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
275		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
410		 PRIME NEWS:
6		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
8
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
346		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
289		 JANUARY 6TH HEARINGS:
290		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
31		 BANFIELD:
1
11p GUTFELD!:
381		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
218		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
224		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
29		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
5

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: 1.08 million

Fox News: 1.71 million

MSNBC: 1.73 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 252,000

Fox News: 253,000

MSNBC: 231,000

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: 1.20 million

Fox News: 2.67 million

MSNBC: 2.70 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 288,000

Fox News: 441,000

MSNBC: 352,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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