Fox News Dominates Ratings on One Year Anniversary of Jan. 6, While MSNBC and CNN Trail

Mediaite StaffJan 7th, 2022, 4:57 pm
 

Fox News dominated the cable news ratings on Thursday, the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

That’s a stark contrast from last year, when January 2021 saw Fox News trailing both CNN and MSNBC in total viewers.

From January 4 to 14, 2021, Fox averaged around 780,000 fewer total day viewers than MSNBC and around 1 million fewer than CNN. In prime time, Fox trailed MSNBC by around 650,000 viewers and CNN by some 920,000 viewers during that same period.

Thursday saw Fox’s 1.77 million total average day viewers significantly beat CNN’s 845,000 and MSNBC’s 1.18 million.

During prime time, Fox’s average of 2.83 million total day viewers led CNN’s 1.14 million and MSNBC’s 1.92 million.

While this was the first time CNN broke a million average viewers in prime time for a while, none of the network’s shows managed to beat their Fox time-slot rivals.

MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, however, did manage did pull off a rare win – topping Fox’s Neil Cavuto at 4 p.m., although Cavuto won the key 25-54 age demographic.

Here is a full breakdown of Thursday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1050		 NEW DAY:
319		 MORNING JOE:
869		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
5		 ELEMENTARY:
42
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1412		 NEW DAY:
419		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
61		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
15
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1670		 NEW DAY:
541		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1638		 — STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
1142		 NATIONAL REPORT:
147		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1739		 — JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
948		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
71
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1741		 AT THIS HOUR:
1249		 — — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
87
12p SR/PELOSI JAN 6 REMARKS:
1745		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1159		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
1062		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
221		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
125
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1488		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1074		 MTP DAILY:
972		 — BLUE BLOODS:
140
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1496		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1111		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
1069		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
180		 BLUE BLOODS:
217
3p STORY, THE:
1500		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1067		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
292
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1454		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1026		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1630		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
218		 BLUE BLOODS:
316
5p FIVE, THE:
3576		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
921		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
246		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
162
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2521		 SITUATION ROOM:
777		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1553		 SPICER & CO:
287		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
51
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2049		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
844		 REIDOUT:
1404		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
410		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
35
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3515		 LIVE FROM THE CAPITOL:1/6:
1212		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1539		 STINCHFIELD:
194		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
44
9p HANNITY:
2822		 — RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2444		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
134		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
43
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2158		 — LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1791		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
135		 BANFIELD:
28
11p GUTFELD!:
1880		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
565		 11TH HOUR:
1036		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
75		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
9

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
203		 NEW DAY:
68		 MORNING JOE:
127		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
235		 NEW DAY:
85		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
6		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
253		 NEW DAY:
107		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
257		 — STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
147		 NATIONAL REPORT:
24		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
272		 — JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
126		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
271		 AT THIS HOUR:
228		 — — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
12p SR/PELOSI JAN 6 REMARKS:
264		 INSIDE POLITICS:
230		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
124		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
54		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
13
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
237		 INSIDE POLITICS:
204		 MTP DAILY:
127		 — BLUE BLOODS:
34
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
270		 CNN NEWSROOM:
218		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
144		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
30		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
3p STORY, THE:
255		 CNN NEWSROOM:
193		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
34
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
238		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
189		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
185		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
19		 BLUE BLOODS:
34
5p FIVE, THE:
443		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
190		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
20		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
30
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
341		 SITUATION ROOM:
175		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
225		 SPICER & CO:
28		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
10
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
349		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
175		 REIDOUT:
207		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
73		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
576		 LIVE FROM THE CAPITOL:1/6:
218		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
251		 STINCHFIELD:
31		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
2
9p HANNITY:
483		 — RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
359		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
38		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
3
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
359		 — LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
193		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
46		 BANFIELD:
2
11p GUTFELD!:
287		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
97		 11TH HOUR:
138		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
13		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 845,000

Fox: 1.77 million

MSNBC: 1.18 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 162,000

Fox News: 283,000

MSNBC: 159,000

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: 1.14 million

Fox News: 2.83 million

MSNBC: 1.92 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 214,000

Fox News: 473,000

MSNBC: 268,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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