Cable News Ratings Tuesday October 4: Laura Ingraham Crushes MSNBC and CNN Competition

Fox News’s Laura Ingraham remained the most-watched female host on cable news on Tuesday night, crushing her time slot competition.
Ingraham brought in 2.34 million total viewers at 10 p.m., handle beating MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell who came in second place with 1.63 million total viewers.
Ingraham more than tripled CNN’s Don Lemon, who is going to the network’s revamped morning show, with 644,000 total viewers. The ratings news wasn’t all bad for Lemon, who beat both O’Donnell at 10 and Stephanie Ruhle at 11 in the advertiser-coveted demo.
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: 1026 |
NEW DAY: 356 |
MORNING JOE: 884 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 23 |
EARLY MORNING: 4 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1306 |
NEW DAY: 419 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 86 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 39 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1582 |
NEW DAY: 554 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1713 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 658 |
MORNING JOE: 979 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 120 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1834 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 729 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 690 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 33 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1691 |
AT THIS HOUR: 696 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 623 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1758 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 808 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 732 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 122 |
BLUE BLOODS: 104 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1505 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 860 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 796 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 158 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1488 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 766 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 874 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 138 |
BLUE BLOODS: 225 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1549 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 740 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 819 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 292 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1575 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 809 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1518 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 203 |
BLUE BLOODS: 275 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3463 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 909 |
— | SPICER & CO: 197 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 160 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2509 |
SITUATION ROOM: 725 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1577 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 187 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 66 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2826 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 936 |
REIDOUT: 1401 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 269 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 59 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3456 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 857 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1521 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 191 |
CUOMO: 193 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2908 |
CNN TONIGHT: 690 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1639 |
PRIME NEWS: 122 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 94 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2339 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 644 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1633 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 219 |
BANFIELD: 71 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2245 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 408 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 984 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 101 |
CUOMO: 73 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 178 |
NEW DAY: 74 |
MORNING JOE: 99 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 1 |
EARLY MORNING: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 180 |
NEW DAY: 82 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 21 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 200 |
NEW DAY: 101 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 190 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 143 |
MORNING JOE: 85 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 20 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 250 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 137 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 70 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 1 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 265 |
AT THIS HOUR: 136 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 72 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 243 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 179 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 88 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 20 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 187 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 171 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 80 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 16 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 189 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 151 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 90 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 18 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 213 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 123 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 74 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 187 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 145 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 107 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 17 |
BLUE BLOODS: 17 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 418 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 192 |
— | SPICER & CO: 22 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 16 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 351 |
SITUATION ROOM: 182 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 119 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 23 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 8 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 403 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 243 |
REIDOUT: 145 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 34 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 11 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 480 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 244 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 153 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 31 |
CUOMO: 21 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 321 |
CNN TONIGHT: 186 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 149 |
PRIME NEWS: 19 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 18 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 326 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 155 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 143 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 24 |
BANFIELD: 4 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 386 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 113 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 94 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 20 |
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: 645,000
Fox News: 1.86 million
MSNBC: 1.02 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 141,000
Fox News: 257,000
MSNBC: 96,000
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: 731,000
Fox News: 2.90 million
MSNBC: 1.60 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 195,000
Fox News: 376,000
MSNBC: 148,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.