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

Mediaite StaffOct 19th, 2022, 4:41 pm
 

Tucker Carlson

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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