Cable News Ratings Tuesday, October 12: Fox News More Than Triples CNN in Primetime Viewers

Mediaite StaffOct 13th, 2021, 4:40 pm
 

Tucker Carlson

Fox News continued to dominate the cable news ratings race on Tuesday night, more than tripling CNN’s numbers in every primetime hour.

At 8:00 pm, Tucker Carlson Tonight won with 3.34 million total viewers and 544,000 in the demo. All In with Chris Hayes was second with 1.22 million (153,000 in the demo), while Anderson Cooper 360 was a distant third with 793,000 (though it beat MSNBC in the demo with 184,000).

An hour later, Hannity (2.93 million; 522,000) handily beat The Rachel Maddow Show (2.09 million; 231,000) and Cuomo Prime Time (881,000; 206,000).

And at 10, The Ingraham Angle (2.34 million; 433,000) was far ahead of The Last Word (1.4 million; 117,000) and Don Lemon Tonight (719,000; 203,000).

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:
916		 NEW DAY:
281		 MORNING JOE:
828		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
19		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
30
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1323		 NEW DAY:
383		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
99		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
10
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1601		 NEW DAY:
443		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1710		 CNN NEWSROOM:
539		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
713		 NATIONAL REPORT:
157		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1558		 CNN NEWSROOM:
568		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
570		 — JAG:
73
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1580		 AT THIS HOUR:
536		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
581		 — JAG:
127
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1661		 INSIDE POLITICS:
495		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
649		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
135		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
231
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1663		 CNN NEWSROOM:
576		 MTP DAILY:
589		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
285
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1675		 CNN NEWSROOM:
649		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
644		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
140		 BLUE BLOODS:
212
3p STORY, THE:
1644		 CNN NEWSROOM:
619		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
755		 — BLUE BLOODS:
215
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1637		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
667		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1274		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
248		 BLUE BLOODS:
285
5p FIVE, THE:
3036		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
672		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
250		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
84
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2260		 SITUATION ROOM:
667		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1117		 SPICER & CO:
295		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
27
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2407		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
681		 REIDOUT:
1087		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
389		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
25
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3338		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
793		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1224		 NJ GOVERNOR DEBATE:
225		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
60
9p HANNITY:
2925		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
881		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2086		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
159		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
70
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2336		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
719		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1404		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
160		 BANFIELD:
68
11p GUTFELD!:
1820		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
490		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
964		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
93		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
43

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
148		 NEW DAY:
44		 MORNING JOE:
70		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
0		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
236		 NEW DAY:
83		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
9		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
252		 NEW DAY:
79		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
260		 CNN NEWSROOM:
88		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
61		 NATIONAL REPORT:
8		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
246		 CNN NEWSROOM:
108		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
57		 — JAG:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
238		 AT THIS HOUR:
108		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
64		 — JAG:
10
12p OUTNUMBERED:
262		 INSIDE POLITICS:
89		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
83		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
19		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
269		 CNN NEWSROOM:
132		 MTP DAILY:
83		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
29
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
278		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
91		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
22		 BLUE BLOODS:
25
3p STORY, THE:
270		 CNN NEWSROOM:
142		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
93		 — BLUE BLOODS:
18
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
302		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
152		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
133		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
24		 BLUE BLOODS:
21
5p FIVE, THE:
436		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
153		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
26		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
361		 SITUATION ROOM:
166		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
126		 SPICER & CO:
32		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
2
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
378		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
172		 REIDOUT:
137		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
35		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
544		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
184		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
153		 NJ GOVERNOR DEBATE:
26		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
9p HANNITY:
522		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
206		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
231		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
21		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
7
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
433		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
203		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
117		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
24		 BANFIELD:
13
11p GUTFELD!:
329		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
143		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
80		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
16		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 554,000

Fox News: 1.78 million

MSNBC: 893,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 127,000

Fox News: 301,000

MSNBC: 93,000

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: 797,000

Fox News: 2.87 million

MSNBC: 1.57 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 198,000

Fox News: 500,000

MSNBC: 167,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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