Cable News Ratings Wednesday September 7: Tucker Carlson Edges Out The Five to Place First in Total Viewers and Demo

Mediaite StaffSep 8th, 2022, 5:05 pm
 

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Fox News’s Tucker Carlson just edged out the network’s number one show The Five to win the day in both total viewers and the key 25-54 age demographic on Wednesday.

The Five brought in 3.3 million total viewers, which was just shy of Carlson’s 3.331 million total viewers.

In the demo, Carlson dominate with 519,000 viewers, while The Five brought in 429,000.

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:
926		 NEW DAY:
259		 MORNING JOE:
909		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
27		 EARLY MORNING:
9
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1289		 NEW DAY:
396		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
102		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
41
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1632		 NEW DAY:
518		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1622		 CNN NEWSROOM:
556		 MORNING JOE:
1008		 NATIONAL REPORT:
150		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1660		 CNN NEWSROOM:
619		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
700		 — BLUE BLOODS:
64
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1629		 AT THIS HOUR:
650		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
658		 — BLUE BLOODS:
88
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1711		 INSIDE POLITICS:
656		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
778		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
132		 BLUE BLOODS:
98
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1494		 CNN NEWSROOM:
712		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
756		 — BLUE BLOODS:
152
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1396		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1016		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
1035		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
148		 BLUE BLOODS:
175
3p STORY, THE:
1447		 CNN NEWSROOM:
769		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
872		 — BLUE BLOODS:
213
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1476		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
758		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1416		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
206		 BLUE BLOODS:
215
5p FIVE, THE:
3300		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
762		 — SPICER & CO:
235		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
103
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2369		 SITUATION ROOM:
724		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1321		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
243		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
61
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2941		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
724		 REIDOUT:
1210		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
233		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
32
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3331		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
891		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1337		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
195		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
52
9p HANNITY:
2859		 CNN TONIGHT:
720		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1563		 PRIME NEWS:
166		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
59
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2417		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
644		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1662		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
243		 BANFIELD:
52
11p GUTFELD!:
2289		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
515		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1132		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
115		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
39

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
154		 NEW DAY:
45		 MORNING JOE:
105		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
6		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
223		 NEW DAY:
71		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
254		 NEW DAY:
99		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
242		 CNN NEWSROOM:
111		 MORNING JOE:
97		 NATIONAL REPORT:
12		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
225		 CNN NEWSROOM:
125		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
79		 — BLUE BLOODS:
7
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
217		 AT THIS HOUR:
117		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
97		 — BLUE BLOODS:
15
12p OUTNUMBERED:
232		 INSIDE POLITICS:
130		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
84		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
12		 BLUE BLOODS:
19
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
231		 CNN NEWSROOM:
146		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
86		 — BLUE BLOODS:
29
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
204		 CNN NEWSROOM:
203		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
124		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
21		 BLUE BLOODS:
29
3p STORY, THE:
199		 CNN NEWSROOM:
135		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
102		 — BLUE BLOODS:
26
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
225		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
121		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
123		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
22		 BLUE BLOODS:
27
5p FIVE, THE:
429		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
141		 — SPICER & CO:
19		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
12
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
327		 SITUATION ROOM:
167		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
115		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
19		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
379		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
180		 REIDOUT:
108		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
34		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
9
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
519		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
166		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
136		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
40		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
11
9p HANNITY:
416		 CNN TONIGHT:
126		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
158		 PRIME NEWS:
25		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
394		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
119		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
175		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
35		 BANFIELD:
7
11p GUTFELD!:
325		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
111		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
130		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
17		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5

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: 607,000

Fox News: 1.82 million

MSNBC: 1.01 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 119,000

Fox News: 265,000

MSNBC: 110,000

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: 752,000

Fox News: 2.87 million

MSNBC: 1.52 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 137,000

Fox News: 443,000

MSNBC: 157,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

 

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