Cable News Ratings Wednesday October 26: Fox News Beats CNN and MSNBC Combined With Younger Viewers

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Fox News continued its dominance in the ratings on Wednesday, topping CNN and MSNBC in both total viewers and in the key 25-54 age demographic combined.
MSNBC and CNN all but tied in the demo with 102,000 and 101,000 viewers — respectively. Fox News brought in some 289,000 demo viewers, beating its competitors combined in the advertiser-coveted age group.
In terms of total viewers, Fox News brought in 2.04 million average total viewers. MSNBC dipped down to 889,000 average total viewers, while CNN struggled with 506,000 average total viewers.
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: 1182 |
NEW DAY: 296 |
MORNING JOE: 762 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 29 |
EARLY MORNING: 6 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1502 |
NEW DAY: 331 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 110 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 24 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1742 |
NEW DAY: 431 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1772 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 565 |
MORNING JOE: 924 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 144 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1786 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 664 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 734 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 27 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1865 |
AT THIS HOUR: 633 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 578 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1947 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 579 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 582 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 99 |
BLUE BLOODS: 80 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1564 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 522 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 714 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 112 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1450 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 554 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 795 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 115 |
BLUE BLOODS: 140 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1586 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 568 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 771 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 190 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1627 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 581 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1299 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 230 |
BLUE BLOODS: 191 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3697 |
SITUATION ROOM: 667 |
— | SPICER & CO: 237 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 59 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2599 |
SITUATION ROOM: 660 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1418 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 218 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 52 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 3142 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 677 |
REIDOUT: 1207 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 250 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 50 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3875 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 722 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1283 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 199 |
CUOMO: 181 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 3495 |
CNN TONIGHT: 608 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1280 |
PRIME NEWS: 125 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 121 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2757 |
CNN TONIGHT: 540 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1380 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 215 |
BANFIELD: 92 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2468 |
CNN TONIGHT: 337 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 858 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 115 |
CUOMO: 74 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 201 |
NEW DAY: 71 |
MORNING JOE: 119 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 6 |
EARLY MORNING: 1 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 234 |
NEW DAY: 87 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 11 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 248 |
NEW DAY: 102 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 201 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 96 |
MORNING JOE: 123 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 5 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 221 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 124 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 76 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 4 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 242 |
AT THIS HOUR: 107 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 62 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 237 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 94 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 66 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 6 |
BLUE BLOODS: 18 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 196 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 76 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 83 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 13 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 213 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 82 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 81 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 12 |
BLUE BLOODS: 21 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 212 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 86 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 81 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 26 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 214 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 117 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 123 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 19 |
BLUE BLOODS: 23 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 445 |
SITUATION ROOM: 123 |
— | SPICER & CO: 20 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 6 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 339 |
SITUATION ROOM: 155 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 133 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 24 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 7 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 397 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 155 |
REIDOUT: 156 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 16 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 5 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 556 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 144 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 126 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 11 |
CUOMO: 42 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 433 |
CNN TONIGHT: 157 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 136 |
PRIME NEWS: 7 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 23 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 384 |
CNN TONIGHT: 121 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 136 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 10 |
BANFIELD: 15 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 424 |
CNN TONIGHT: 80 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 68 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 9 |
CUOMO: 15 |
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: 506,000
Fox News: 2.04 million
MSNBC: 889,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 101,000
Fox News: 289,000
MSNBC: 102,000
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: 624,000
Fox News: 3.38 million
MSNBC: 1.31 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 141,000
Fox News: 457,000
MSNBC: 132,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.