Cable News Ratings Wednesday, December 15: Greg Gutfeld Scores Big in the Demo, Lands 4th in Cable News

Mediaite StaffDec 16th, 2021, 4:55 pm
 

Greg Gutfeld’s 11 p.m. show continues to draw a sizable audience on Fox News and dominate its time slot competition.

Gutfeld scored an impressive 447,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic on Wednesday night. That is more than double any other show on CNN or MSNBC, except for Rachel Maddow, who brought in 280,000 viewers in the demo.

Gutfeld’s impressive haul in the demo scored him fourth place among all cable news programs, behind Tucker Carlson Tonight, Sean Hannity, and The Five (on which he is a panelist). Tucker won the demo with a massive 616,000 viewers as Hannity toppled The Five to come in second with 516,000 to 416,000 — respectively.

In terms of overall total viewers, Gutfeld came in sixth place, with Tucker Carlson topping the charts followed by The Five, Sean Hannity, Bret Baier, and Laura Ingraham.

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:
970		 NEW DAY:
314		 MORNING JOE:
899		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
14		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
40
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1332		 NEW DAY:
436		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
91		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
36
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1514		 NEW DAY:
491		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1581		 CNN NEWSROOM:
552		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
836		 NATIONAL REPORT:
157		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1693		 CNN NEWSROOM:
744		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
678		 — JAG:
102
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1683		 AT THIS HOUR:
684		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
607		 — JAG:
127
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1738		 INSIDE POLITICS:
635		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
682		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
130		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
110
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1368		 CNN NEWSROOM:
648		 MTP DAILY:
734		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
136
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1247		 CNN NEWSROOM:
699		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
767		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
121		 BLUE BLOODS:
126
3p STORY, THE:
1363		 CNN NEWSROOM:
681		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
712		 — BLUE BLOODS:
182
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1489		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
780		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1400		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
216		 BLUE BLOODS:
220
5p FIVE, THE:
3259		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
751		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
223		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
119
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2349		 SITUATION ROOM:
694		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1237		 SPICER & CO:
248		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
42
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2068		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
743		 REIDOUT:
1212		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
322		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
35
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3457		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
912		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1682		 STINCHFIELD:
238		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
52
9p HANNITY:
3016		 CNN TONIGHT:
828		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2320		 MIKE HUCKABEE?S CHRISTMAS:
274		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
35
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2340		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
755		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1617		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
168		 BANFIELD:
60
11p GUTFELD!:
2111		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
506		 11TH HOUR:
1054		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
132		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
35

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
165		 NEW DAY:
36		 MORNING JOE:
106		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
1		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
11
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
201		 NEW DAY:
47		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
17		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
185		 NEW DAY:
72		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
236		 CNN NEWSROOM:
86		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
89		 NATIONAL REPORT:
18		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
285		 CNN NEWSROOM:
152		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
55		 — JAG:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
246		 AT THIS HOUR:
130		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
60		 — JAG:
9
12p OUTNUMBERED:
256		 INSIDE POLITICS:
134		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
74		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
28		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
14
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
162		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 MTP DAILY:
82		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
162		 CNN NEWSROOM:
111		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
90		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
22		 BLUE BLOODS:
9
3p STORY, THE:
187		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
77		 — BLUE BLOODS:
13
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
232		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
179		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
138		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
22
5p FIVE, THE:
461		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
152		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
26		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
17
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
357		 SITUATION ROOM:
149		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
130		 SPICER & CO:
41		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
4
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
361		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
153		 REIDOUT:
126		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
63		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
616		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
167		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
177		 STINCHFIELD:
54		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
9p HANNITY:
516		 CNN TONIGHT:
135		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
280		 MIKE HUCKABEE?S CHRISTMAS:
49		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
8
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
432		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
121		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
152		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
39		 BANFIELD:
7
11p GUTFELD!:
447		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
91		 11TH HOUR:
118		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
24		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 610,000

Fox: 1.74 million

MSNBC: 1.01 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 109,000

Fox News: 287,000

MSNBC: 110,000

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: 832,000

Fox News: 2.93 million

MSNBC: 1.87 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 141,000

Fox News: 521,000

MSNBC: 203,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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