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

Mediaite StaffSep 1st, 2022, 4:24 pm
 

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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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