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

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.