Cable News Ratings Wednesday October 19: Fox News’s ‘Outnumbered’ Beats CNN and MSNBC Combined

Fox News’s midday panel show, Outnumbered, nearly brought in 2 million total viewers on Wednesday, an impressive haul for a daytime show.
Outnumbered’s 1.96 million total viewers far outpaced CNN and MSNBC, which brought in 638,000 and 685,000 viewers during the same time slot — respectively.
Outnumbered also far outperformed its competition in the key 25-54 age demographic, bringing in 256,000 demo viewers. CNN brought in 111,000 and MSNBC scored 83,000 demo viewers during the same hour.
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: 1045 |
NEW DAY: 277 |
MORNING JOE: 922 |
TRUMP WARS; THE: 15 |
EARLY MORNING: 9 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1275 |
NEW DAY: 375 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 89 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 29 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1623 |
NEW DAY: 455 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1813 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 589 |
MORNING JOE: 898 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 145 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1765 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 626 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 751 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 22 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1842 |
AT THIS HOUR: 621 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 695 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1958 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 638 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 685 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 121 |
BLUE BLOODS: 46 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1673 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 655 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 664 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 110 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1581 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 617 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 736 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 127 |
BLUE BLOODS: 141 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1495 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 613 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 778 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 170 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1505 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 683 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1353 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 180 |
BLUE BLOODS: 192 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3334 |
SITUATION ROOM: 730 |
— | SPICER & CO: 158 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 95 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2423 |
SITUATION ROOM: 633 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1315 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 194 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 76 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2841 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 542 |
REIDOUT: 1284 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 216 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 45 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3258 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 667 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1362 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 156 |
CUOMO: 114 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2862 |
CNN TONIGHT: 613 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1539 |
PRIME NEWS: 124 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 71 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2358 |
CNN TONIGHT: 491 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1637 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 128 |
BANFIELD: 64 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2242 |
CNN TONIGHT: 371 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1107 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 90 |
CUOMO: 75 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 148 |
NEW DAY: 48 |
MORNING JOE: 96 |
TRUMP WARS; THE: 3 |
EARLY MORNING: 4 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 207 |
NEW DAY: 76 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 7 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 187 |
NEW DAY: 93 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 213 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 108 |
MORNING JOE: 70 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 14 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 244 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 93 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 74 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 3 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 279 |
AT THIS HOUR: 107 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 87 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 256 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 111 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 83 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 6 |
BLUE BLOODS: 3 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 233 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 134 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 84 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 4 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 231 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 123 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 92 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 12 |
BLUE BLOODS: 8 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 227 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 130 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 76 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 5 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 220 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 129 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 128 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 15 |
BLUE BLOODS: 8 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 422 |
SITUATION ROOM: 137 |
— | SPICER & CO: 21 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 7 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 333 |
SITUATION ROOM: 129 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 140 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 25 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 410 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 101 |
REIDOUT: 172 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 30 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 10 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 544 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 133 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 160 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 17 |
CUOMO: 15 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 398 |
CNN TONIGHT: 141 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 153 |
PRIME NEWS: 13 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 6 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 343 |
CNN TONIGHT: 101 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 169 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 9 |
BANFIELD: 10 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 350 |
CNN TONIGHT: 94 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 127 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 5 |
CUOMO: 19 |
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: 523,000
Fox News: 1.87 million
MSNBC: 978,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 99,000
Fox News: 272,000
MSNBC: 107,000
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: 590,000
Fox News: 2.83 million
MSNBC: 1.51 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 125,000
Fox News: 429,000
MSNBC: 161,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.