Cable News Ratings Wednesday, December 8th: Tucker Carlson and The Five Tie For Most-Watched Show on Cable News

On Wednesday, Fox News had two programs tied for the most-watched show in cable news, in terms of total viewers.
The Five and Tucker Carlson Tonight both secured 3.427 million total average viewers, an oddity in the cable ratings.
While the two shows came in at the same figure for total viewers, in the key 25-54 age demographic Tucker Carlson dominated with 613,000 viewers, compared to The Five’s 513,000.
Carlon’s demo figure is particularly impressive as shows rarely crack the 500,000 ceiling in the demo, let alone reach over 600,000.
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: 1028 |
NEW DAY: 302 |
MORNING JOE: 792 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 12 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 15 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1511 |
NEW DAY: 352 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 95 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 8 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1841 |
NEW DAY: 457 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1898 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 552 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 708 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 138 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1835 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 684 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 537 |
— | JAG: 81 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1821 |
AT THIS HOUR: 640 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 542 |
— | JAG: 116 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1899 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 647 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 582 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 145 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 213 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1690 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 540 |
MTP DAILY: 651 |
TROOPATHON 2021: 84 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 257 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1483 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 552 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 628 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 113 |
BLUE BLOODS: 164 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1508 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 538 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 716 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 207 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1652 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 695 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1244 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 187 |
BLUE BLOODS: 261 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3427 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 672 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 177 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 121 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2673 |
SITUATION ROOM: 605 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1214 |
SPICER & CO: 267 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 47 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 2082 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 584 |
REIDOUT: 1210 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 314 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 44 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3427 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 717 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1159 |
STINCHFIELD: 243 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 28 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2907 |
CNN TONIGHT: 674 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2104 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 151 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 42 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2469 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 619 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1331 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 138 |
BANFIELD: 38 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2053 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 454 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 1046 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 89 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 13 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 188 |
NEW DAY: 68 |
MORNING JOE: 89 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 2 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 231 |
NEW DAY: 75 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 10 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 1 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 239 |
NEW DAY: 93 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 246 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 114 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 73 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 12 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 282 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 175 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 56 |
— | JAG: 5 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 321 |
AT THIS HOUR: 156 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 65 |
— | JAG: 8 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 386 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 162 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 72 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 29 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 29 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 386 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 132 |
MTP DAILY: 75 |
TROOPATHON 2021: 21 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 42 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 314 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 125 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 80 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 20 |
BLUE BLOODS: 16 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 293 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 127 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 103 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 33 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 310 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 165 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 128 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 27 |
BLUE BLOODS: 42 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 516 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 158 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 23 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 15 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 433 |
SITUATION ROOM: 153 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 165 |
SPICER & CO: 31 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 4 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 407 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 142 |
REIDOUT: 208 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 43 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 4 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 613 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 162 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 140 |
STINCHFIELD: 51 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 10 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 460 |
CNN TONIGHT: 184 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 263 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 42 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 8 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 455 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 183 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 123 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 32 |
BANFIELD: 7 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 390 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 126 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 131 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 27 |
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: 529,000
Fox: 1.88 million
MSNBC: 890,00
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 126,000
Fox News: 332,000
MSNBC: 108,000
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: 670,000
Fox News: 2.93 million
MSNBC: 1.53 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 177,000
Fox News: 509,000
MSNBC: 176,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.