Cable News Ratings Tuesday Sept. 13: Tucker Carlson Leads Demo as Fox News Crushes Competition

Mediaite StaffSep 14th, 2022, 4:31 pm
 

Tucker Carlson Tonight

Tucker Carlson led cable news on Tuesday night in the key 25-54 age demographic with 481,000 viewers.

Fox’s The Five and Hannity came in second and third place in the demo — respectively.

Overall, in prime time, Fox News crushed its competition in the demo, beating CNN and MSNBC combined.

Fox News averaged 416,000 demo viewers across prime time, while CNN brought in 151,000 demo viewers and MSNBC had 145,000 demo viewers.

Here is a full breakdown of Friday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
987		 NEW DAY:
317		 MORNING JOE:
974		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
17		 EARLY MORNING:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1288		 NEW DAY:
398		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
108		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
38
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1468		 NEW DAY:
443		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1524		 CNN NEWSROOM:
549		 MORNING JOE:
1006		 NATIONAL REPORT:
129		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1607		 CNN NEWSROOM:
730		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
683		 — BLUE BLOODS:
96
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1768		 AT THIS HOUR:
779		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
656		 — BLUE BLOODS:
160
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1782		 INSIDE POLITICS:
822		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
819		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
146		 BLUE BLOODS:
172
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1548		 CNN NEWSROOM:
759		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
750		 — BLUE BLOODS:
220
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1554		 CNN NEWSROOM:
926		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
822		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
139		 BLUE BLOODS:
217
3p STORY, THE:
1504		 CNN NEWSROOM:
905		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
902		 — BLUE BLOODS:
221
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1625		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
778		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1671		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
213		 BLUE BLOODS:
270
5p FIVE, THE:
3420		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
843		 — SPICER & CO:
226		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
123
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2669		 SITUATION ROOM:
809		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1498		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
201		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
73
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2844		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
785		 REIDOUT:
1306		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
241		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
69
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3260		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
812		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1616		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
218		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
37
9p HANNITY:
2814		 CNN TONIGHT:
763		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1617		 PRIME NEWS:
145		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
47
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2248		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
656		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1596		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
238		 BANFIELD:
45
11p GUTFELD!:
2212		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
480		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1071		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
126		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
20

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
126		 NEW DAY:
56		 MORNING JOE:
115		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
1		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
169		 NEW DAY:
73		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
16		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
197		 NEW DAY:
99		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
180		 CNN NEWSROOM:
104		 MORNING JOE:
101		 NATIONAL REPORT:
10		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
198		 CNN NEWSROOM:
121		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
74		 — BLUE BLOODS:
21
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
204		 AT THIS HOUR:
119		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
71		 — BLUE BLOODS:
28
12p OUTNUMBERED:
220		 INSIDE POLITICS:
155		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
99		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
15		 BLUE BLOODS:
34
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
213		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
83		 — BLUE BLOODS:
41
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
202		 CNN NEWSROOM:
150		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
84		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
16		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
3p STORY, THE:
212		 CNN NEWSROOM:
156		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
89		 — BLUE BLOODS:
45
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
204		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
141		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
149		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
23		 BLUE BLOODS:
42
5p FIVE, THE:
446		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
156		 — SPICER & CO:
20		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
26
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
360		 SITUATION ROOM:
177		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
128		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
13		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
25
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
380		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
128		 REIDOUT:
150		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
34		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
28
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
481		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
138		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
161		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
41		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
16
9p HANNITY:
409		 CNN TONIGHT:
174		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
141		 PRIME NEWS:
23		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
14
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
359		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
141		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
133		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
21		 BANFIELD:
11
11p GUTFELD!:
380		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
102		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
108		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
15		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5

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: 637,000

Fox News: 1.83 million

MSNBC: 1.05 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 118,000

Fox News: 259,000

MSNBC: 107,000

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: 744,000

Fox News: 2.77 million

MSNBC: 1.61 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 151,000

Fox News: 416,000

MSNBC: 145,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

Tags: