Cable News Ratings Wednesday, December 22: John Berman Draws Most Viewers on CNN

John Berman, guest-hosting 8 p.m. show Anderson Cooper 360, earned the number 1 spot in CNN’s ratings on Wednesday.
Berman drew 734,000 total viewers and 184,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic on Wednesday. He placed behind his timeslot rivals Tucker Carlson and Chris Hayes in total viewers, but beat Hayes in the demo.
Anderson Cooper’s hour has emerged as the most-watched at CNN since Chris Cuomo, formerly the network’s 9 p.m. anchor and its top-rated host, found himself embroiled in a controversy that led to his firing earlier this month. For the month of November, Cooper had the most-watched show on CNN, averaging 786,000 viewers.
It appears that Berman – who anchors CNN morning show New Day – subbing in for Cooper kept those numbers up.
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: 948 |
NEW DAY: 311 |
MORNING JOE: 780 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 7 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 46 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1411 |
NEW DAY: 348 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 85 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 22 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1706 |
NEW DAY: 367 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1751 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 496 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 712 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 125 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1757 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 604 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 691 |
— | JAG: 109 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1639 |
AT THIS HOUR: 620 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 639 |
— | JAG: 150 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1820 |
AT THIS HOUR: 610 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 616 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 104 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 120 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1588 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 617 |
MTP DAILY: 679 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 182 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1354 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 576 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 727 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 115 |
BLUE BLOODS: 168 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1305 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 624 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 785 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 213 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1493 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 691 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1129 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 188 |
BLUE BLOODS: 233 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3312 |
SITUATION ROOM: 603 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 176 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 101 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2181 |
SITUATION ROOM: 609 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 941 |
SPICER & CO: 254 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 44 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 1852 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 640 |
REIDOUT: 976 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 375 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 34 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3042 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 734 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1289 |
STINCHFIELD: 229 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 26 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2523 |
CNN TONIGHT: 695 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2027 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 147 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 32 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2074 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 594 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1294 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 160 |
BANFIELD: 47 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1758 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 379 |
11TH HOUR: 872 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 104 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 25 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 150 |
NEW DAY: 65 |
MORNING JOE: 86 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 1 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 18 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 218 |
NEW DAY: 75 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 5 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 243 |
NEW DAY: 74 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 213 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 95 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 76 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 9 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 252 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 148 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 82 |
— | JAG: 7 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 266 |
AT THIS HOUR: 145 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 66 |
— | JAG: 20 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 278 |
AT THIS HOUR: 139 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 63 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 9 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 13 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 292 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 132 |
MTP DAILY: 89 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 19 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 219 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 103 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 104 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 8 |
BLUE BLOODS: 17 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 204 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 124 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 115 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 261 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 138 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 123 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 12 |
BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 476 |
SITUATION ROOM: 123 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 17 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 18 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 373 |
SITUATION ROOM: 137 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 134 |
SPICER & CO: 22 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 11 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 339 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 153 |
REIDOUT: 122 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 32 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 7 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 496 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 184 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 130 |
STINCHFIELD: 29 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 3 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 376 |
CNN TONIGHT: 150 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 215 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 21 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 5 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 358 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 142 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 131 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 21 |
BANFIELD: 13 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 341 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 88 |
11TH HOUR: 133 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 20 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 6 |
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: 523,000
Fox: 1.69 million
MSNBC: 866,00
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 116,000
Fox News: 284,000
MSNBC: 101,000
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: 674,000
Fox News: 2.54 million
MSNBC: 1.53 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 159,000
Fox News: 410,000
MSNBC: 159,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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