Cable News Ratings Wednesday January 18: Erin Burnett Tops CNN in Total Viewers and Demo

Mediaite StaffJan 19th, 2023, 4:29 pm
 

Erin Burnett

CNN’s Erin Burnett topped the network on Wednesday in both terms of total viewers and in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic.

Burnett brought in 649,000 total average viewers at 7 p.m., putting her in third place behind Jesse Watters’s 2.77 million viewers on Fox News and Joy Reid’s 1.09 million viewers on MSNBC.

In the demo, Burnett scored 186,000 viewers, which put her in second place ahead of Reid, but still behind Watters.

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:
891		 CNN THIS MORNING:
257		 MORNING JOE:
786		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
20		 EARLY MORNING:
10
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1329		 CNN THIS MORNING:
315		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
117		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
32
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1679		 CNN THIS MORNING:
423		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1747		 CNN NEWSROOM:
516		 MORNING JOE:
730		 NATIONAL REPORT:
134		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1642		 CNN NEWSROOM:
619		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
559		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
40
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1595		 AT THIS HOUR:
531		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
495		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1645		 INSIDE POLITICS:
516		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
525		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
137		 BLUE BLOODS:
91
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1507		 CNN NEWSROOM:
494		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
582		 — BLUE BLOODS:
143
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1454		 CNN NEWSROOM:
507		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
676		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
134		 BLUE BLOODS:
178
3p STORY, THE:
1486		 CNN NEWSROOM:
541		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
647		 — BLUE BLOODS:
200
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1604		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
555		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1097		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
174		 BLUE BLOODS:
252
5p FIVE, THE:
3293		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
632		 — SPICER & CO:
160		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
137
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2381		 SITUATION ROOM:
499		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1255		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
168		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
68
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2773		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
649		 REIDOUT:
1091		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
201		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
53
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3175		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
636		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1292		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
145		 CUOMO:
149
9p HANNITY:
2537		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
594		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1111		 PRIME NEWS:
90		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
84
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2019		 CNN TONIGHT:
482		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1233		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
139		 BANFIELD:
94
11p GUTFELD!:
2104		 CNN TONIGHT:
276		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
839		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
77		 CUOMO:
82

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
130		 CNN THIS MORNING:
39		 MORNING JOE:
109		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
0		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
159		 CNN THIS MORNING:
55		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
9		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
224		 CNN THIS MORNING:
89		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
176		 CNN NEWSROOM:
78		 MORNING JOE:
79		 NATIONAL REPORT:
10		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
169		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
65		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
204		 AT THIS HOUR:
111		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
58		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
204		 INSIDE POLITICS:
120		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
53		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
7		 BLUE BLOODS:
13
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
179		 CNN NEWSROOM:
123		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
62		 — BLUE BLOODS:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
156		 CNN NEWSROOM:
96		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
64		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
13		 BLUE BLOODS:
25
3p STORY, THE:
160		 CNN NEWSROOM:
86		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
52		 — BLUE BLOODS:
27
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
195		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
82		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
89		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
11		 BLUE BLOODS:
35
5p FIVE, THE:
390		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
99		 — SPICER & CO:
10		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
246		 SITUATION ROOM:
123		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
108		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
16		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
20
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
286		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
186		 REIDOUT:
124		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
17		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
15
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
406		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
149		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
126		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
10		 CUOMO:
20
9p HANNITY:
285		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
123		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
124		 PRIME NEWS:
9		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
257		 CNN TONIGHT:
87		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
130		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
10		 BANFIELD:
14
11p GUTFELD!:
289		 CNN TONIGHT:
46		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
99		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
10		 CUOMO:
18

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

Total viewers:

CNN: 462,000

Fox News: 1.76 million

MSNBC: 804,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 92,000

Fox News: 212,000

MSNBC: 88,000

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: 571,000

Fox News: 2.58 million

MSNBC: 1.21 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 120,000

Fox News: 316,000

MSNBC: 127,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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