Cable News Ratings Wednesday August 31: Lawrence O’Donnell Cracks 2 Million Viewers to Lead MSNBC

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell cracked 2 million total viewers on Wednesday night as he led the network.
Alex Wagner came in second MSNBC with 1.88 million total viewers, followed by Chris Hayes with 1.71 million viewers.
O’Donnell, Wagner, and Hayes leading the network breaks a recent trend of non-prime time hosts dominating the rankings as of late.
Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle, which was guest hosted by Pete Hegseth, beat O’Donnell at the 10 p.m. hour with 2.21 million total viewers, while CNN’s Don Lemon landed in a distant third place with 706,000 total 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: 1055 |
NEW DAY: 290 |
MORNING JOE: 1052 |
RETURN: TRUMP?S BIG 2024: 13 |
EARLY MORNING: 9 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1299 |
NEW DAY: 378 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 89 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 39 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1680 |
NEW DAY: 480 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1689 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 526 |
MORNING JOE: 993 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 170 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1644 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 596 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 861 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 54 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1668 |
AT THIS HOUR: 701 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 834 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 86 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1776 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 799 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 807 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 139 |
BLUE BLOODS: 116 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1551 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 765 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 795 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 124 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1428 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 763 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 935 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 147 |
BLUE BLOODS: 142 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1472 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 678 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 996 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 191 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1470 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 696 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1644 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 262 |
BLUE BLOODS: 309 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3404 |
SITUATION ROOM: 682 |
— | SPICER & CO: 228 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 69 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2329 |
SITUATION ROOM: 696 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1388 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 224 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 48 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2415 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 811 |
REIDOUT: 1396 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 256 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 21 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2984 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 1034 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1712 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 192 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 56 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2632 |
CNN TONIGHT: 822 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1884 |
PRIME NEWS: 117 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 89 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2212 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 706 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 2034 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 223 |
BANFIELD: 68 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2098 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 525 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1400 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 113 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 71 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 238 |
NEW DAY: 42 |
MORNING JOE: 125 |
RETURN: TRUMP?S BIG 2024: 7 |
EARLY MORNING: 5 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 257 |
NEW DAY: 74 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 14 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 6 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 263 |
NEW DAY: 109 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 236 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 101 |
MORNING JOE: 105 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 17 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 224 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 122 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 85 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 11 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 200 |
AT THIS HOUR: 118 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 92 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 23 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 239 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 135 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 71 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 18 |
BLUE BLOODS: 35 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 222 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 139 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 68 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 191 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 106 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 93 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 39 |
BLUE BLOODS: 26 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 196 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 123 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 119 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 32 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 177 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 144 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 155 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 52 |
BLUE BLOODS: 48 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 424 |
SITUATION ROOM: 133 |
— | SPICER & CO: 42 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 320 |
SITUATION ROOM: 146 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 133 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 31 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 8 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 308 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 186 |
REIDOUT: 166 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 44 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 2 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 433 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 223 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 189 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 30 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 9 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 359 |
CNN TONIGHT: 185 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 191 |
PRIME NEWS: 18 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 15 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 376 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 149 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 158 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 26 |
BANFIELD: 7 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 348 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 113 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 153 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 21 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 6 |
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: 614,000
Fox News: 1.77 million
MSNBC: 1.54 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 119,000
Fox News: 264,000
MSNBC: 121,000
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: 854,000
Fox News: 2.61 million
MSNBC: 1.88 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 186,000
Fox News: 389,000
MSNBC: 179,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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