Cable News Ratings Wednesday September 21: Sean Hannity’s Trump Interview Lands Him at Number One in the Demo

Mediaite StaffSep 22nd, 2022, 5:11 pm
 

Trump on Hannity

Sean Hannity‘s interview with former President Donald Trump on Wednesday night boosted to veteran host’s 9 p.m. show into first place on all of cable news in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Hannity scored 476,000 demo viewers, which put him just ahead of Tucker Carlson, his lead-in who regularly lands at number one in the demo.

Carlson brought in 457,000 demo viewers putting him in third place for the day, while The Five landed in second with 467,000 demo viewers.

The interview and news of New York suing Trump also appeared to boost MSNBC in prime time as the network averaged 2.1 million total viewers. Fox News won prime time with 2.87 million total viewers and CNN was in third place with 805,000 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:
1093		 NEW DAY:
324		 MORNING JOE:
936		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
43		 EARLY MORNING:
18
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1307		 NEW DAY:
398		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
118		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
41
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1669		 NEW DAY:
505		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1687		 CNN NEWSROOM:
625		 MORNING JOE:
983		 NATIONAL REPORT:
157		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1715		 CNN NEWSROOM:
687		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
922		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
27
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1873		 AT THIS HOUR:
980		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
820		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1793		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1037		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
1412		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
150		 BLUE BLOODS:
74
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1590		 CNN NEWSROOM:
749		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
1342		 — BLUE BLOODS:
146
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1563		 CNN NEWSROOM:
784		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
1211		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
160		 BLUE BLOODS:
198
3p STORY, THE:
1492		 CNN NEWSROOM:
812		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
1072		 — BLUE BLOODS:
187
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1493		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
837		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1775		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
237		 BLUE BLOODS:
225
5p FIVE, THE:
3348		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
848		 — SPICER & CO:
214		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
118
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2416		 SITUATION ROOM:
815		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1814		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
194		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
77
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2722		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
984		 REIDOUT:
1530		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
241		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
42
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3076		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
912		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
2070		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
228		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
52
9p HANNITY:
3226		 CNN TONIGHT:
764		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1995		 PRIME NEWS:
125		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
51
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2321		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
738		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
2276		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
173		 BANFIELD:
39
11p GUTFELD!:
2180		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
541		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1456		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
110		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
23

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
174		 NEW DAY:
67		 MORNING JOE:
117		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
3		 EARLY MORNING:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
191		 NEW DAY:
78		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
251		 NEW DAY:
109		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
254		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 MORNING JOE:
86		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
277		 CNN NEWSROOM:
111		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
91		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
0
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
306		 AT THIS HOUR:
185		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
92		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
277		 INSIDE POLITICS:
184		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
132		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
15		 BLUE BLOODS:
4
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
273		 CNN NEWSROOM:
144		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
127		 — BLUE BLOODS:
26
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
237		 CNN NEWSROOM:
136		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
116		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
28		 BLUE BLOODS:
29
3p STORY, THE:
240		 CNN NEWSROOM:
139		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
98		 — BLUE BLOODS:
27
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
250		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
133		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
166		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
32		 BLUE BLOODS:
29
5p FIVE, THE:
467		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
138		 — SPICER & CO:
27		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
17
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
348		 SITUATION ROOM:
170		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
173		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
20		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
387		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
206		 REIDOUT:
184		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
24		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
457		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
198		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
226		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
28		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
8
9p HANNITY:
476		 CNN TONIGHT:
172		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
187		 PRIME NEWS:
13		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
12
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
386		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
179		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
202		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
8		 BANFIELD:
7
11p GUTFELD!:
342		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
124		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
168		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
8		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
6

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: 685,000

Fox News: 1.85 million

MSNBC: 1.30 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 137,000

Fox News: 286,000

MSNBC: 134,000

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: 805,000

Fox News: 2.87 million

MSNBC: 2.11 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 183,000

Fox News: 440,000

MSNBC: 204,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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