Cable News Ratings Tuesday March 28: Chris Hayes Leads MSNBC in the Demo

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes brought in a solid 192,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic on Tuesday, enough to lead his network.
Ari Melber came in second place on MSNBC in the demo with 185,000 viewers, which helped to propel the network ahead of CNN in the demo in both prime time and total day averages.
While CNN often tops MSNBC in the demo, neither network came close to Fox News, which won across all time slots in both the demo and total viewers on Tuesday.
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: 844 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 322 |
MORNING JOE: 888 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 43 |
EARLY MORNING: 22 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1231 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 388 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 68 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 40 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1511 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 461 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1630 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 547 |
MORNING JOE: 999 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 128 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1653 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 621 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 800 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 26 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1628 |
AT THIS HOUR: 630 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 701 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1696 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 638 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 728 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 90 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1560 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 738 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 709 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 99 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1381 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 691 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 84 |
BLUE BLOODS: 161 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1362 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 676 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 826 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 187 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1480 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 641 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1418 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 149 |
BLUE BLOODS: 215 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3087 |
SITUATION ROOM: 647 |
— | SPICER & CO: 147 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 98 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2255 |
SITUATION ROOM: 625 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1504 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 161 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 57 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2660 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 658 |
REIDOUT: 1220 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 232 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 42 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3329 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 672 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1391 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 154 |
CUOMO: 135 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2696 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 650 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1354 |
PRIME NEWS: 111 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 107 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2170 |
CNN TONIGHT: 540 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1596 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 143 |
BANFIELD: 115 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1913 |
CNN TONIGHT: 380 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1000 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 105 |
CUOMO: 93 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 120 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 62 |
MORNING JOE: 114 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 6 |
EARLY MORNING: 3 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 150 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 82 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 8 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 190 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 94 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 206 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 107 |
MORNING JOE: 117 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 15 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 199 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 100 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 101 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 4 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 173 |
AT THIS HOUR: 112 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 98 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 203 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 121 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 88 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 6 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 180 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 143 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 94 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 2 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 156 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 134 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 6 |
BLUE BLOODS: 9 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 187 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 148 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 114 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 11 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 170 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 150 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 166 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 18 |
BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 341 |
SITUATION ROOM: 125 |
— | SPICER & CO: 17 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 8 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 265 |
SITUATION ROOM: 158 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 185 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 4 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 4 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 268 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 162 |
REIDOUT: 162 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 7 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 8 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 381 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 166 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 192 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 8 |
CUOMO: 23 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 323 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 153 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 177 |
PRIME NEWS: 8 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 18 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 287 |
CNN TONIGHT: 133 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 182 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 12 |
BANFIELD: 33 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 310 |
CNN TONIGHT: 99 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 113 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 6 |
CUOMO: 23 |
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: 543,000
Fox News: 1.72 million
MSNBC: 966,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 118,000
Fox News: 212,000
MSNBC: 123,000
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: 621,000
Fox News: 2.73 million
MSNBC: 1.45 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 151,000
Fox News: 330,000
MSNBC: 184,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.