Cable News Ratings Wednesday June 1: CNN Doubles MSNBC in Prime Time Demo

CNN on Wednesday doubled MSNBC in the key 25-54 age demographic across prime time.
CNN averaged 212,000 prime time demo viewers on between 8 and 11 p.m. on Wednesday, while MNSBC only averaged 100,000 demo viewers — continuing a slump for the network.
Fox News led across the board on Wednesday, winning both day time and prime time in terms of both the demo and total viewers.
Fox brought in an impressive 374,000 demo viewers across prime time.
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: 984 |
NEW DAY: 255 |
MORNING JOE: 702 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 12 |
ELEMENTARY: 18 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1326 |
NEW DAY: 294 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 78 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 24 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1532 |
NEW DAY: 377 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1545 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 401 |
MORNING JOE: 690 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 135 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1430 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 442 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 527 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 91 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1402 |
AT THIS HOUR: 473 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 451 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 94 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1602 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 463 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 480 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 176 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 171 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1469 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 457 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 441 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 136 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1579 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 586 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 495 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 165 |
BLUE BLOODS: 163 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 2219 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1178 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 713 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 189 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1661 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 810 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 902 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 200 |
BLUE BLOODS: 228 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3326 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 625 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 183 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 91 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2373 |
SITUATION ROOM: 540 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1060 |
SPICER & CO: 207 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 41 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2629 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 622 |
REIDOUT: 995 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 289 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 55 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3050 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 893 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1220 |
STINCHFIELD: 203 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 65 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2474 |
CNN TONIGHT: 857 |
MSNBC PRIME: 1193 |
PRIME NEWS: 107 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 43 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2082 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 820 |
FIELD REPORT/ PAOLA RAMOS: 675 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 92 |
BANFIELD: 45 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1923 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 570 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 620 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 109 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 27 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 194 |
NEW DAY: 68 |
MORNING JOE: 101 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 4 |
ELEMENTARY: 5 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 231 |
NEW DAY: 88 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 7 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 1 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 228 |
NEW DAY: 103 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 202 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 92 |
MORNING JOE: 68 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 15 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 176 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 109 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 58 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 9 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 212 |
AT THIS HOUR: 119 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 78 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 10 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 246 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 121 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 59 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 42 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 15 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 253 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 97 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 40 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 9 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 323 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 143 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 59 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 49 |
BLUE BLOODS: 20 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 436 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 314 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 72 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 28 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 270 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 187 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 85 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 37 |
BLUE BLOODS: 45 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 548 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 142 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 49 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 13 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 413 |
SITUATION ROOM: 140 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 92 |
SPICER & CO: 49 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 4 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 413 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 140 |
REIDOUT: 89 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 59 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 19 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 455 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 209 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 100 |
STINCHFIELD: 40 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 11 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 325 |
CNN TONIGHT: 211 |
MSNBC PRIME: 107 |
PRIME NEWS: 25 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 9 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 341 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 215 |
FIELD REPORT/ PAOLA RAMOS: 92 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 7 |
BANFIELD: 18 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 320 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 145 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 77 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 10 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 4 |
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: 561,000
Fox News: 1.75 million
MSNBC: 682,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 136,000
Fox News: 286,000
MSNBC: 76,000
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: 856,000
Fox News: 2.53 million
MSNBC: 1.03 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 212,000
Fox News: 374,000
MSNBC: 100,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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