Cable News Ratings Tuesday November 15: Fox News and CNN Soar in Ratings During Trump’s Announcement

Fox News and CNN soared in the ratings during former President Donald Trump’s 2024 announcement speech on Tuesday night at 9 p.m.
Fox scored over 5.16 million total viewers and 929,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic during its 9 p.m. hour — massive numbers for the network.
CNN, which also carried part Trump’s speech, raked in 2.43 million total viewers and 656,000 demo viewers at 9 p.m.
MSNBC and the major broadcast networks skipped airing Trump’s speech live and stuck with their regularly scheduled programming.
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: 1079 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 366 |
MORNING JOE: 1006 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 33 |
EARLY MORNING: 11 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1483 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 471 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 117 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 24 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1847 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 620 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1979 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 677 |
MORNING JOE: 1059 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 138 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1891 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 858 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 858 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 16 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1937 |
AT THIS HOUR: 793 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 840 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1908 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 819 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 850 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 140 |
BLUE BLOODS: 85 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1760 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 793 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 898 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 134 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1789 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 964 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 1012 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 170 |
BLUE BLOODS: 208 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1962 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1019 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 1023 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 217 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 2075 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 1127 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1536 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 213 |
BLUE BLOODS: 267 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3869 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 1137 |
— | SPICER & CO: 260 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 142 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 3039 |
SITUATION ROOM: 1065 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1651 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 265 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 92 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 3098 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 1390 |
REIDOUT: 1470 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 381 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 64 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3662 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 1679 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1800 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 547 |
CUOMO: 193 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 5157 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 2430 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1833 |
PRESIDENT TRUMP?S ANNOUNC: 1127 |
NEWSNATION SPECIAL REPORT: 234 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 3531 |
CNN TONIGHT: 1249 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1987 |
— | NEWSNATION SPECIAL REPORT: 122 [10:09 PM-11:00 PM] |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2548 |
CNN TONIGHT: 745 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1218 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 211 |
BANFIELD: 85 [11:01 PM-11:59 PM] |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 177 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 68 |
MORNING JOE: 141 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 6 |
EARLY MORNING: 3 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 233 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 90 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 13 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 234 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 130 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 254 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 174 |
MORNING JOE: 91 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 13 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 235 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 168 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 76 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 2 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 250 |
AT THIS HOUR: 160 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 81 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 253 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 160 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 68 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 16 |
BLUE BLOODS: 6 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 213 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 149 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 78 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 16 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 226 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 198 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 122 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 13 |
BLUE BLOODS: 21 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 239 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 227 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 120 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 14 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 291 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 273 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 175 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 15 |
BLUE BLOODS: 21 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 546 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 278 |
— | SPICER & CO: 34 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 11 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 442 |
SITUATION ROOM: 274 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 169 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 42 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 4 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 433 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 341 |
REIDOUT: 199 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 44 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 4 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 573 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 416 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 223 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 84 |
CUOMO: 24 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 929 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 656 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 217 |
PRESIDENT TRUMP?S ANNOUNC: 195 |
NEWSNATION SPECIAL REPORT: 38 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 637 |
CNN TONIGHT: 358 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 224 |
— | NEWSNATION SPECIAL REPORT: 24 [10:09 PM-11:00 PM] |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 481 |
CNN TONIGHT: 209 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 178 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 29 |
BANFIELD: 22 [11:01 PM-11:59 PM] |
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: 930,000
Fox News: 2.25 million
MSNBC: 1.14 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 221,000
Fox News: 343,000
MSNBC: 138,000
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: 1.79 million
Fox News: 4.12 million
MSNBC: 1.87 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 477,000
Fox News: 713,000
MSNBC: 221,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.