Cable News Ratings Wednesday September 28: CNN Jumps Into Second Place, Fox News Dominates Ratings During Hurricane Ian

Mediaite StaffSep 29th, 2022, 4:32 pm
 

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Breaking news coverage of hurricane Ian making landfall on Wednesday boosted the ratings for all three major cable news outlets as CNN just barely jumped ahead of MSNBC in total day viewers, while Fox News remained on top.

Fox News averaged 2 million total average viewers for the day and just over 3 million during prime time. Fox won every time slot in both the key 25-54 age demographic and in terms of total viewers.

CNN, meanwhile, brought in 1.04 million total average viewers for the day and averaged 1.33 million prime time viewers — a significant boost for the ratings-beleaguered network.

MSNBC finished the day in a close third place with 1.01 million total average viewers and 1.33 million average prime time 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:
984		 NEW DAY:
339		 MORNING JOE:
880		 BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE:
26		 EARLY MORNING:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1425		 NEW DAY:
561		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
89		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
41
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1791		 NEW DAY:
688		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1839		 CNN NEWSROOM:
832		 MORNING JOE:
996		 NATIONAL REPORT:
124		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1907		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1081		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
840		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
51
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1896		 AT THIS HOUR:
1143		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
768		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2003		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1218		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
946		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
128		 NEWSNATION BREAKING:
53
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2022		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1297		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
937		 — NEWSNATION BREAKING:
86
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2204		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1394		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
1068		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
134		 NEWSNATION BREAKING:
72
3p STORY, THE:
2172		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1437		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
1214		 — NEWSNATION BREAKING:
87
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2246		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1500		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1483		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
245		 NEWSNATION BREAKING:
107
5p FIVE, THE:
3344		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1515		 — SPICER & CO:
215		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
67
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2725		 SITUATION ROOM:
1221		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1299		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
164		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
53
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3003		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1372		 REIDOUT:
1293		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
275		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
55
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3530		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1535		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1416		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
213		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
86
9p HANNITY:
3028		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1370		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1326		 PRIME NEWS:
152		 NEWSNATION BREAKING:
64
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2449		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1086		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1249		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
165		 BANFIELD:
39
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
1515		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
759		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
943		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
104		 —

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
180		 NEW DAY:
74		 MORNING JOE:
93		 BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE:
4		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
253		 NEW DAY:
121		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
291		 NEW DAY:
161		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
274		 CNN NEWSROOM:
194		 MORNING JOE:
84		 NATIONAL REPORT:
10		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
296		 CNN NEWSROOM:
225		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
82		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
8
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
289		 AT THIS HOUR:
254		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
65		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
300		 INSIDE POLITICS:
288		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
90		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
11		 NEWSNATION BREAKING:
15
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
328		 CNN NEWSROOM:
311		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
85		 — NEWSNATION BREAKING:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
346		 CNN NEWSROOM:
289		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
121		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
18		 NEWSNATION BREAKING:
15
3p STORY, THE:
347		 CNN NEWSROOM:
281		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
154		 — NEWSNATION BREAKING:
17
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
388		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
294		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
176		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
27		 NEWSNATION BREAKING:
14
5p FIVE, THE:
483		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
349		 — SPICER & CO:
25		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
12
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
426		 SITUATION ROOM:
329		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
172		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
17		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
529		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
391		 REIDOUT:
200		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
32		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
15
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
637		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
456		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
159		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
30		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
17
9p HANNITY:
505		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
396		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
135		 PRIME NEWS:
29		 NEWSNATION BREAKING:
15
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
410		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
300		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
159		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
38		 BANFIELD:
14
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
280		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
227		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
107		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
20		 —

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: 1.04 million

Fox News: 2.01 million

MSNBC: 1.01 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 255,000

Fox News: 331,000

MSNBC: 116,000

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: 1.33 million

Fox News: 3.00 million

MSNBC: 1.33 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 384,000

Fox News: 517,000

MSNBC: 151,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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