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

Mediaite StaffDec 9th, 2021, 4:56 pm
 

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.

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