Cable News Ratings Wednesday, November 18: Bill Maher Interview Boosts Chris Cuomo to Over 1M Viewers for the First Time in Weeks

Mediaite StaffNov 18th, 2021, 5:29 pm
 

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Chris Cuomo’s CNN show, Cuomo Prime Time, got a boost from a one-on-one sit down with HBO’s Bill Maher on Wednesday night, surging CNN past 1 million viewers at 9 pm for the first time since election night on November 2nd.

Cuomo earned the top spot on CNN Wednesday night, in both total viewers and the demo.

However, Cuomo — with 1.06 million total viewers — still lagged far behind Fox News’ Sean Hannity, with 3.45 million total viewers and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, who had 2.16 million total viewers.

In the key 25-54 demographic, Hannity more than doubled both Cuomo and Maddow’s viewership with 668,000 viewers to their 245,000 and 281,000 viewers, respectively.

Fox News’ juggernaut The Five yet again dominated the cable ratings race with 3.73 million total viewers, beating out both Hannity and Tucker Carlson.

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:
1146		 NEW DAY:
345		 MORNING JOE:
895		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
16		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
20
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1604		 NEW DAY:
408		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
132		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
16
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1795		 NEW DAY:
488		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1923		 CNN NEWSROOM:
628		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
760		 NATIONAL REPORT:
191		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1934		 CNN NEWSROOM:
725		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
650		 — JAG:
84
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1908		 AT THIS HOUR:
659		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
531		 — JAG:
113
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2606		 INSIDE POLITICS:
740		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
653		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
215		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
127
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2509		 CNN NEWSROOM:
650		 MTP DAILY:
744		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
153
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1783		 CNN NEWSROOM:
698		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
243		 BLUE BLOODS:
118
3p STORY, THE:
1785		 CNN NEWSROOM:
843		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
173
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1710		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
949		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1385		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
368		 BLUE BLOODS:
212
5p FIVE, THE:
3727		 SITUATION ROOM:
872		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
329		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
97
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2851		 SITUATION ROOM:
866		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1275		 SPICER & CO:
355		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
40
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2845		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
880		 REIDOUT:
1271		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
398		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
25
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3630		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
995		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1428		 STINCHFIELD:
233		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
34
9p HANNITY:
3446		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
1055		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2163		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
167		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
47
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2872		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
699		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1611		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
221		 BANFIELD:
58
11p GUTFELD!:
2116		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
477		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1041		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
183		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
34

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
171		 NEW DAY:
59		 MORNING JOE:
101		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
3		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
262		 NEW DAY:
83		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
7		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
272		 NEW DAY:
114		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
341		 CNN NEWSROOM:
137		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
80		 NATIONAL REPORT:
20		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
329		 CNN NEWSROOM:
176		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
62		 — JAG:
11
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
353		 AT THIS HOUR:
179		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
61		 — JAG:
16
12p OUTNUMBERED:
497		 INSIDE POLITICS:
185		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
82		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
38		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
532		 CNN NEWSROOM:
150		 MTP DAILY:
101		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
408		 CNN NEWSROOM:
166		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
49		 BLUE BLOODS:
7
3p STORY, THE:
365		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
21
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
325		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
186		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
156		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
50		 BLUE BLOODS:
26
5p FIVE, THE:
620		 SITUATION ROOM:
183		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
40		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
21
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
539		 SITUATION ROOM:
187		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
168		 SPICER & CO:
37		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
14
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
532		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
207		 REIDOUT:
191		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
42		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
681		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
218		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
222		 STINCHFIELD:
25		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
6
9p HANNITY:
668		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
245		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
281		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
20		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
2
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
590		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
181		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
189		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
37		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
446		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
133		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
124		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
27		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3

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: 667,000

Fox: 2.12 million

MSNBC: 973,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 153,000

Fox News: 404,000

MSNBC: 121,000

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: 916,000

Fox News: 3.32 million

MSNBC: 1.73 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 215,000

Fox News: 647,000

MSNBC: 230,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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