Cable News Ratings Tuesday October 11: Despite Interviews With Biden and The Rock, Jake Tapper’s 9 P.M. Debut Still Lands Distant 3rd

Mediaite StaffOct 12th, 2022, 4:25 pm
 

Jake Tapper

Jake Tapper kicked off his temporary hosting gig at 9 p.m. with marquee interviews with both President Joe Biden and actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Despite the impressive line-up and a major ad campaign, Tapper still came in a distant third in the ratings during the time slot — with only 854,000 total viewers.

Fox News’s Sean Hannity won the hour with 2.63 million total viewers and MSNBC’s Alex Wagner landed in second place with 1.59 million total viewers — respectively tripling and doubling CNN.

In the key 25 to 54 age demographic, Tapper did beat Wagner by a wide margin, but still fell far short of Hannity.

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:
1035		 NEW DAY:
310		 MORNING JOE:
867		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
20		 EARLY MORNING:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1313		 NEW DAY:
409		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
110		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
27
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1603		 NEW DAY:
468		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1618		 CNN NEWSROOM:
561		 MORNING JOE:
918		 NATIONAL REPORT:
135		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1653		 CNN NEWSROOM:
640		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
670		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
29
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1773		 AT THIS HOUR:
619		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
585		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1843		 INSIDE POLITICS:
639		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
605		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
123		 BLUE BLOODS:
64
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1442		 CNN NEWSROOM:
546		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
613		 — BLUE BLOODS:
124
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1346		 CNN NEWSROOM:
521		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
627		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
147		 BLUE BLOODS:
180
3p STORY, THE:
1298		 CNN NEWSROOM:
545		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
675		 — BLUE BLOODS:
225
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1255		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
611		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1249		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
197		 BLUE BLOODS:
258
5p FIVE, THE:
3221		 SITUATION ROOM:
617		 — SPICER & CO:
187		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
115
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2233		 SITUATION ROOM:
608		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1397		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
168		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
57
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2700		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
763		 REIDOUT:
1287		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
222		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
43
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3417		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
850		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1371		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
143		 CUOMO:
133
9p HANNITY:
2629		 CNN TONIGHT:
854		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1586		 PRIME NEWS:
102		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
94
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2118		 CNN TONIGHT:
618		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1569		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
157		 BANFIELD:
71
11p GUTFELD!:
2150		 CNN TONIGHT:
430		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1015		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
74		 CUOMO:
78

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
136		 NEW DAY:
57		 MORNING JOE:
112		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
3		 EARLY MORNING:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
188		 NEW DAY:
71		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
18		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
184		 NEW DAY:
89		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
198		 CNN NEWSROOM:
91		 MORNING JOE:
78		 NATIONAL REPORT:
13		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
203		 CNN NEWSROOM:
102		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
70		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
232		 AT THIS HOUR:
105		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
57		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
267		 INSIDE POLITICS:
124		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
71		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
12		 BLUE BLOODS:
9
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
211		 CNN NEWSROOM:
111		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
69		 — BLUE BLOODS:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
196		 CNN NEWSROOM:
117		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
70		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
14		 BLUE BLOODS:
26
3p STORY, THE:
207		 CNN NEWSROOM:
89		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
74		 — BLUE BLOODS:
25
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
188		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
92		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
101		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
18		 BLUE BLOODS:
29
5p FIVE, THE:
368		 SITUATION ROOM:
117		 — SPICER & CO:
15		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
279		 SITUATION ROOM:
111		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
134		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
17		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
15
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
335		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
184		 REIDOUT:
142		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
20		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
492		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
201		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
151		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
16		 CUOMO:
17
9p HANNITY:
323		 CNN TONIGHT:
211		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
144		 PRIME NEWS:
5		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
20
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
280		 CNN TONIGHT:
152		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
138		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
5		 BANFIELD:
8
11p GUTFELD!:
374		 CNN TONIGHT:
97		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
117		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
11		 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: 549,000

Fox News: 1.77 million

MSNBC: 934,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 109,000

Fox News: 244,000

MSNBC: 98,000

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: 774,000

Fox News: 2.72 million

MSNBC: 1.51 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 188,000

Fox News: 365,000

MSNBC: 144,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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