Cable News Ratings Wednesday February 23: Fox News Still Beats CNN and MSNBC Combined – Despite CNN’s Strong Growth

MediaiteFeb 24th, 2022, 4:45 pm
 

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Fox News continued to beat MSNBC and CNN combined in terms of both overall viewers and in the key 25054 age demographic, despite surging viewership for CNN.

CNN, which has struggled to secure a million viewers for a program for several months, brought in a whopping 1.342 million average viewers during prime time – a significant bounce from the 831,000 average prime time viewers it had on Tuesday.

MSNBC brought in 1.496 million average prime time viewers. Fox, however, topped the charts with 3.36 million average viewers across prime, beating out CNN and MSNBC combined.

In the demo CNN brought in an average of 392,000 prime time viewers, while MSNBC had 193,000 average viewers. Fox raked in 602,000 average demo viewers, which again beat MSNBC and CNN combined.

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:
1035		 NEW DAY:
325		 MORNING JOE:
791		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
20		 ELEMENTARY:
16
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1442		 NEW DAY:
473		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
91		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
31
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1723		 NEW DAY:
626		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1792		 CNN NEWSROOM:
706		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
756		 NATIONAL REPORT:
196		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1748		 CNN NEWSROOM:
699		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
654		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
75
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1651		 AT THIS HOUR:
680		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
625		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
100
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1948		 INSIDE POLITICS:
740		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
700		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
163		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
185
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1702		 CNN NEWSROOM:
755		 MTP DAILY:
765		 — BLUE BLOODS:
150
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1714		 CNN NEWSROOM:
870		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
783		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
191		 BLUE BLOODS:
170
3p STORY, THE:
1773		 CNN NEWSROOM:
894		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
795		 — BLUE BLOODS:
224
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1866		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
949		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1312		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
255		 BLUE BLOODS:
255
5p FIVE, THE:
3603		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
915		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
242		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
108
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2808		 SITUATION ROOM:
851		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1238		 SPICER & CO:
281		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
46
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3145		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
999		 REIDOUT:
1197		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
328		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
42
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3663		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1278		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1282		 STINCHFIELD:
255		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
46
9p HANNITY:
3207		 CNN TONIGHT:
1111		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1619		 PRIME NEWS:
190		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
35
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
3211		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1636		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1587		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
201		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
35
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
2926		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1705		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
1644		 — NEWSNATION PRIME:
41

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
223		 NEW DAY:
45		 MORNING JOE:
87		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
3		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
282		 NEW DAY:
55		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
10		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
203		 NEW DAY:
110		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
234		 CNN NEWSROOM:
118		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
71		 NATIONAL REPORT:
32		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
208		 CNN NEWSROOM:
131		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
70		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
14
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
262		 AT THIS HOUR:
126		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
65		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
15
12p OUTNUMBERED:
314		 INSIDE POLITICS:
134		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
73		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
33		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
21
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
300		 CNN NEWSROOM:
119		 MTP DAILY:
92		 — BLUE BLOODS:
10
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
305		 CNN NEWSROOM:
197		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
106		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
31		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
3p STORY, THE:
291		 CNN NEWSROOM:
178		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
105		 — BLUE BLOODS:
38
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
299		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
159		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
110		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
32		 BLUE BLOODS:
39
5p FIVE, THE:
510		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
248		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
28		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
452		 SITUATION ROOM:
237		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
137		 SPICER & CO:
28		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
9
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
501		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
271		 REIDOUT:
180		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
50		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
661		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
339		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
161		 STINCHFIELD:
57		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
9p HANNITY:
541		 CNN TONIGHT:
316		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
190		 PRIME NEWS:
67		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
603		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
520		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
229		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
69		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
723		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
688		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
319		 — NEWSNATION PRIME:
7

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

Total viewers:

CNN: 923,000

Fox: 2.17 million

MSNBC: 1.03 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 165,000

Fox News: 350,000

MSNBC: 97,000

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: 1.32 million

Fox News: 3.36 million

MSNBC: 1.49 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 220,000

Fox News: 522,000

MSNBC: 139,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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