Cable News Ratings Tuesday October 18: Tucker Carlson, Greg Gutfeld Crush Competition With Younger Viewers

Tucker Carlson outpaced his cable news competition on Tuesday in the key 25-54 age demographic.
Carlson dominated in the demo with 485,000 viewers. His closest competition was Fox News’s Gutfeld with 393,000 demo viewers. The Five landed in third place in the demo with 379,000 viewers.
The Five was in first place in total viewers with 3.48 million, while Carlson came in second place with 3.43 million total 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: 996 |
NEW DAY: 327 |
MORNING JOE: 859 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 51 |
EARLY MORNING: 5 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1305 |
NEW DAY: 367 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 106 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 36 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1626 |
NEW DAY: 464 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1665 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 475 |
MORNING JOE: 905 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 178 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1657 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 535 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 804 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 36 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1751 |
AT THIS HOUR: 556 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 683 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1863 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 602 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 782 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 159 |
BLUE BLOODS: 102 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1477 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 605 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 688 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 143 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1486 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 611 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 642 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 162 |
BLUE BLOODS: 203 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1305 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 593 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 695 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 240 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1410 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 630 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1215 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 236 |
BLUE BLOODS: 242 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3481 |
SITUATION ROOM: 676 |
— | SPICER & CO: 191 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 104 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2320 |
SITUATION ROOM: 647 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1261 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 147 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 62 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2951 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 743 |
REIDOUT: 1161 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 178 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 52 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3426 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 749 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1385 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 155 |
CUOMO: 119 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2981 |
CNN TONIGHT: 578 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1423 |
PRIME NEWS: 122 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 79 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2385 |
CNN TONIGHT: 474 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1256 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 167 |
BANFIELD: 65 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2287 |
CNN TONIGHT: 325 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 819 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 84 |
CUOMO: 43 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 165 |
NEW DAY: 55 |
MORNING JOE: 116 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 18 |
EARLY MORNING: 4 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 218 |
NEW DAY: 59 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 22 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 6 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 218 |
NEW DAY: 116 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 223 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 122 |
MORNING JOE: 115 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 16 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 213 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 109 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 91 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 8 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 233 |
AT THIS HOUR: 99 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 74 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 226 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 133 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 89 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 17 |
BLUE BLOODS: 28 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 184 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 128 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 94 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 33 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 223 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 129 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 93 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 18 |
BLUE BLOODS: 21 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 214 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 127 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 73 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 20 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 235 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 128 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 118 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 22 |
BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 379 |
SITUATION ROOM: 145 |
— | SPICER & CO: 20 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 12 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 297 |
SITUATION ROOM: 147 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 113 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 7 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 340 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 190 |
REIDOUT: 121 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 11 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 10 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 485 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 146 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 135 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 13 |
CUOMO: 14 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 374 |
CNN TONIGHT: 113 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 143 |
PRIME NEWS: 14 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 26 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 346 |
CNN TONIGHT: 101 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 103 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 18 |
BANFIELD: 14 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 393 |
CNN TONIGHT: 92 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 88 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 8 |
CUOMO: 10 |
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: 511,000
Fox News: 1.85 million
MSNBC: 895,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 108,000
Fox News: 259,000
MSNBC: 99,000
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: 600,000
Fox News: 2.93 million
MSNBC: 1.35 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 120,000
Fox News: 402,000
MSNBC: 127,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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