Cable News Ratings, Wednesday January 26: Greg Gutfeld Triples His 11 P.M. Competition in Demo

Fox News’ 11 p.m. talk show Gutfeld! tripled its time slot competitors on CNN and MSNBC in the key 25-54 age demographic on Wednesday.
The Greg Gutfeld hosted show pulled in 349,000 demo viewers compared to Don Lemon Tonight’s 101,000 and 11th Hour’s 122,000 demo viewers.
Gutfeld pulled in a total of 1.92 million average viewers, which was good enough to beat every CNN and MSNBC show except for Rachel Maddow — who brought in 2.3 million total average viewers.
Maddow pulled off a rare win over Laura Ingraham’s 2.28 million total average viewers, making her the most-watched female host on all of cable news Wednesday.
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: 1083 |
NEW DAY: 274 |
MORNING JOE: 772 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 9 |
ELEMENTARY: 26 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1446 |
NEW DAY: 375 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 95 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 17 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1864 |
NEW DAY: 440 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1917 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 554 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 656 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 180 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1826 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 579 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 499 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 70 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1852 |
AT THIS HOUR: 598 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 497 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 84 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 2074 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 603 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 656 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 147 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 174 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1565 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 666 |
MTP DAILY: 696 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 108 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1602 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 646 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 681 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 191 |
BLUE BLOODS: 188 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1568 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 640 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 745 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 202 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1727 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 621 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1274 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 220 |
BLUE BLOODS: 277 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3782 |
SITUATION ROOM: 599 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 219 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 129 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2679 |
SITUATION ROOM: 560 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1253 |
SPICER & CO: 248 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 58 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 3123 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 764 |
REIDOUT: 1307 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 317 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 77 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3700 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 861 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1431 |
STINCHFIELD: 269 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 44 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2988 |
DEMOCRACY IN PERIL: 659 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2300 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 106 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 43 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2284 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 628 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1361 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 123 |
BANFIELD: 68 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1922 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 348 |
11TH HOUR: 795 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 97 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 24 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 228 |
NEW DAY: 38 |
MORNING JOE: 86 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 3 |
ELEMENTARY: 1 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 278 |
NEW DAY: 63 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 6 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 313 |
NEW DAY: 96 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 333 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 137 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 50 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 28 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 358 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 110 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 34 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 11 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 361 |
AT THIS HOUR: 133 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 40 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 13 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 351 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 121 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 60 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 33 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 23 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 312 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 129 |
MTP DAILY: 76 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 17 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 278 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 152 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 78 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 33 |
BLUE BLOODS: 32 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 270 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 156 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 76 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 333 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 113 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 115 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 34 |
BLUE BLOODS: 20 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 559 |
SITUATION ROOM: 128 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 28 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 9 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 397 |
SITUATION ROOM: 141 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 170 |
SPICER & CO: 17 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 11 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 480 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 182 |
REIDOUT: 185 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 49 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 21 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 649 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 194 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 165 |
STINCHFIELD: 62 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 5 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 439 |
DEMOCRACY IN PERIL: 164 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 291 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 23 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 5 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 369 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 155 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 147 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 20 |
BANFIELD: 12 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 349 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 101 |
11TH HOUR: 122 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 18 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 2 |
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: 530,000
Fox: 1.96 million
MSNBC: 911,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 117,000
Fox News: 343,000
MSNBC: 104,000
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: 716,000
Fox News: 2.99 million
MSNBC: 1.69 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 171,000
Fox News: 486,000
MSNBC: 201,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.