Cable News Ratings Tuesday October 25: Fox News Scores 4 Shows With More Than 3 Million Viewers

Fox News’s regularly scheduled programming soared on Tuesday as four shows scored more than 3 million total viewers, led by The Five’s 3.65 million total viewers.
Tucker Carlson came in second with 3.47 million total viewers, while Jesse Watters raked in 3.23 million. Sean Hannity landed in fourth place overall with 3.03 million total viewers.
Across prime time, Fox News averaged 3.13 million total viewers far surpassing CNN and MSNBC combined, which averaged 674,000 and 1.29 million viewers — respectively.
Notably, NewsNation saw a spike in the ratings as Tuesday night’s debate between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz brought in 470,000 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: 1102 |
NEW DAY: 228 |
MORNING JOE: 837 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 26 |
EARLY MORNING: 11 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1427 |
NEW DAY: 292 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 86 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 46 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1754 |
NEW DAY: 421 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1800 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 526 |
MORNING JOE: 942 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 153 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1815 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 609 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 700 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 26 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1946 |
AT THIS HOUR: 620 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 527 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1987 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 627 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 597 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 152 |
BLUE BLOODS: 64 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1587 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 629 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 629 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 121 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1401 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 590 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 719 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 145 |
BLUE BLOODS: 182 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1555 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 635 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 765 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 222 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1589 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 635 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1340 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 217 |
BLUE BLOODS: 249 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3651 |
SITUATION ROOM: 669 |
— | SPICER & CO: 194 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 81 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2691 |
SITUATION ROOM: 680 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1294 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 185 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 59 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 3231 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 791 |
REIDOUT: 1034 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 243 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 83 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3474 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 764 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1214 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 162 |
DEBATE NIGHT:FETTERMAN/OZ: 470 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 3034 |
CNN TONIGHT: 724 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1286 |
PRIME NEWS: 201 |
CUOMO: 214 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2880 |
CNN TONIGHT: 534 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1369 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 252 |
BANFIELD: 94 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2494 |
CNN TONIGHT: 412 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 953 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 113 |
DEBATE NIGHT:FETTERMAN/OZ: 93 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 205 |
NEW DAY: 43 |
MORNING JOE: 106 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 4 |
EARLY MORNING: 4 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 232 |
NEW DAY: 50 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 9 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 273 |
NEW DAY: 76 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 271 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 125 |
MORNING JOE: 106 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 18 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 215 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 142 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 72 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 2 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 242 |
AT THIS HOUR: 130 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 53 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 261 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 122 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 73 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 27 |
BLUE BLOODS: 9 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 210 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 125 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 68 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 211 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 117 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 76 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 16 |
BLUE BLOODS: 17 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 228 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 130 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 68 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 216 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 115 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 114 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 21 |
BLUE BLOODS: 28 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 410 |
SITUATION ROOM: 122 |
— | SPICER & CO: 10 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 11 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 309 |
SITUATION ROOM: 127 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 141 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 8 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 415 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 177 |
REIDOUT: 125 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 13 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 17 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 519 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 137 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 143 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 10 |
DEBATE NIGHT:FETTERMAN/OZ: 86 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 397 |
CNN TONIGHT: 137 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 145 |
PRIME NEWS: 9 |
CUOMO: 35 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 362 |
CNN TONIGHT: 115 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 134 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 11 |
BANFIELD: 15 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 396 |
CNN TONIGHT: 101 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 94 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 15 |
DEBATE NIGHT:FETTERMAN/OZ: 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: 527,000
Fox News: 2.014 million
MSNBC: 877,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 106,000
Fox News: 283,000
MSNBC: 95,000
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: 674,000
Fox News: 3.13 million
MSNBC: 1.29 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 130,000
Fox News: 426,000
MSNBC: 141,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.