Cable News Ratings Wednesday August 10: Lawrence O’Donnell Leads MSNBC in Total Viewers, Ari Melber Tops the Demo

Mediaite StaffAug 11th, 2022, 4:45 pm
 

Lawrence O’Donnell led MSNBC on Wednesday in terms of total viewers with his 10 p.m. show.

O’Donnell scored 1.68 million total viewers, topping the rest of the network’s line-up. Ari Melber won in the key 25-54 age demographic on the network with 1740,000 viewers.

MSNBC landed in third place overall, however, in the demo behind both Fox News and CNN.

Fox’s Laura Ingraham won the 10 p.m. time slot overall with her 2.7 million total viewers and 382,000 demo viewers.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1162		 NEW DAY:
250		 MORNING JOE:
954		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
37		 EARLY MORNING:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1526		 NEW DAY:
367		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
98		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
37
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1798		 NEW DAY:
526		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1958		 CNN NEWSROOM:
585		 MORNING JOE:
973		 NATIONAL REPORT:
173		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1989		 CNN NEWSROOM:
782		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
735		 — BLUE BLOODS:
65
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1895		 AT THIS HOUR:
800		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
707		 — BLUE BLOODS:
92
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1989		 INSIDE POLITICS:
840		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
745		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
208		 BLUE BLOODS:
79
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1610		 CNN NEWSROOM:
843		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
770		 — BLUE BLOODS:
83
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1561		 CNN NEWSROOM:
722		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
820		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
165		 BLUE BLOODS:
107
3p STORY, THE:
1639		 CNN NEWSROOM:
768		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
837		 — BLUE BLOODS:
151
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1728		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
802		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1391		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
234		 BLUE BLOODS:
190
5p FIVE, THE:
3742		 SITUATION ROOM:
799		 — SPICER & CO:
232		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
98
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2691		 SITUATION ROOM:
750		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1505		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
252		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
43
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3346		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
926		 REIDOUT:
1271		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
308		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
43
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3357		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
990		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1314		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
328		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
50
9p HANNITY:
3340		 CNN TONIGHT:
772		 MSNBC PRIME:
1612		 PRIME NEWS:
211		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
74
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2703		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
740		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1683		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
232		 BANFIELD:
52
11p GUTFELD!:
2408		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
571		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1149		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
122		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
28

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
217		 NEW DAY:
72		 MORNING JOE:
118		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
13		 EARLY MORNING:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
261		 NEW DAY:
97		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
257		 NEW DAY:
138		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
275		 CNN NEWSROOM:
139		 MORNING JOE:
116		 NATIONAL REPORT:
15		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
309		 CNN NEWSROOM:
151		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
77		 — BLUE BLOODS:
12
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
296		 AT THIS HOUR:
157		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
103		 — BLUE BLOODS:
19
12p OUTNUMBERED:
292		 INSIDE POLITICS:
154		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
113		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
13		 BLUE BLOODS:
10
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
225		 CNN NEWSROOM:
138		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
95		 — BLUE BLOODS:
12
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
206		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
87		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
15		 BLUE BLOODS:
16
3p STORY, THE:
225		 CNN NEWSROOM:
154		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
100		 — BLUE BLOODS:
18
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
206		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
153		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
142		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
30		 BLUE BLOODS:
21
5p FIVE, THE:
547		 SITUATION ROOM:
154		 — SPICER & CO:
26		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
12
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
409		 SITUATION ROOM:
154		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
174		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
25		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
464		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
170		 REIDOUT:
157		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
32		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
12
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
423		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
176		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
136		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
49		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
12
9p HANNITY:
421		 CNN TONIGHT:
170		 MSNBC PRIME:
147		 PRIME NEWS:
38		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
14
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
382		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
153		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
151		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
34		 BANFIELD:
7
11p GUTFELD!:
424		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
109		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
118		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
20		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1

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: 665,000

Fox News: 2.05 million

MSNBC: 1.02 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 134,000

Fox News: 309,000

MSNBC: 116,000

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: 834,000

Fox News: 3.13 million

MSNBC: 1.54 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 166,000

Fox News: 409,000

MSNBC: 145,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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