Cable News Ratings Tuesday March 29: Stephanie Ruhle Has Strong Demo Performance in New Hour

Mediaite StaffMar 30th, 2022, 4:40 pm
 

MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle landed in a solid second place behind Fox News’s Greg Gutfeld at 11 p.m. in both the key 25-54 age demographic and terms of total average viewers.

Ruhle beat her CNN time slot competition Don Lemon with 1.03 million total viewers on Tuesday night, compared to his 546,000 viewers. The host, who took over The 11th Hour from Brian Williams in March, also beat Lemon in the demo with 162,000 viewers compared to his to 136,000 demo viewers.

Ruhle was one of the only MSNBC hosts to beat their CNN time slot rival in the demo.

MSNBC’s Morning Joe also beat CNN’s New Day in the demo when averaging across the three hours both shows are on-air. Morning Joe averaged 110,000 demo viewers, while New Day averaged 97,000 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:
1109		 NEW DAY:
317		 MORNING JOE:
880		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
18		 ELEMENTARY:
13
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1477		 NEW DAY:
386		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
92		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
27
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1733		 NEW DAY:
592		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1859		 CNN NEWSROOM:
759		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
826		 NATIONAL REPORT:
190		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1917		 CNN NEWSROOM:
789		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
692		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
107
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1831		 AT THIS HOUR:
807		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
638		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
131
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1936		 INSIDE POLITICS:
817		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
733		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
129		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
233
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1619		 CNN NEWSROOM:
806		 MTP DAILY:
792		 — BLUE BLOODS:
205
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1526		 CNN NEWSROOM:
723		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
820		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
179		 BLUE BLOODS:
238
3p STORY, THE:
1620		 CNN NEWSROOM:
807		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
784		 — BLUE BLOODS:
244
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1784		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
819		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1127		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
259		 BLUE BLOODS:
284
5p FIVE, THE:
3651		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
771		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
204		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
115
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2626		 SITUATION ROOM:
767		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1264		 SPICER & CO:
238		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
98
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2915		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
954		 REIDOUT:
1113		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
349		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
74
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3477		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
921		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1345		 STINCHFIELD:
231		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
57
9p HANNITY:
2948		 CNN TONIGHT:
776		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1543		 PRIME NEWS:
116		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
58
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2451		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
756		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1452		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
147		 BANFIELD:
42
11p GUTFELD!:
2222		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
546		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1025		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
129		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
30

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
237		 NEW DAY:
59		 MORNING JOE:
110		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
1		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
283		 NEW DAY:
95		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
12		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
289		 NEW DAY:
137		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
291		 CNN NEWSROOM:
160		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
81		 NATIONAL REPORT:
40		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
297		 CNN NEWSROOM:
150		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
74		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
271		 AT THIS HOUR:
143		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
73		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
12p OUTNUMBERED:
337		 INSIDE POLITICS:
152		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
82		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
26		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
37
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
289		 CNN NEWSROOM:
165		 MTP DAILY:
89		 — BLUE BLOODS:
29
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
256		 CNN NEWSROOM:
133		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
94		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
23		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
3p STORY, THE:
283		 CNN NEWSROOM:
153		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
97		 — BLUE BLOODS:
19
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
310		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
185		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
94		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
5p FIVE, THE:
582		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
224		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
18		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
8
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
380		 SITUATION ROOM:
257		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
137		 SPICER & CO:
22		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
424		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
265		 REIDOUT:
158		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
30		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
13
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
550		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
244		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
181		 STINCHFIELD:
29		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
9p HANNITY:
468		 CNN TONIGHT:
210		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
209		 PRIME NEWS:
19		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
8
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
373		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
183		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
180		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
17		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
376		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
136		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
162		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
6		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
2

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: 675,000

Fox: 1.97 million

MSNBC: 910,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 158,000

Fox News: 331,000

MSNBC: 114,000

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: 818,000

Fox News: 2.96 million

MSNBC: 1.45 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 212,000

Fox News: 464,000

MSNBC: 190,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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