Cable News Ratings Friday August 12: Guest Host John Heilemann Tops MSNBC, Beats Out Prime Time Line-Up

Mediaite StaffAug 15th, 2022, 4:36 pm
 

John Heilemann

John Heilemann, guest hosting for Nicolle Wallace, posted very strong numbers for a Friday afternoon, raking in more than 2 million average viewers for both hours of Wallace’s show, Deadline: White House. 

Heilemann not only scored above average viewership for MSNBC during the time slot, but he also beat all of the rest of the network’s line-up. Lawrence O’Donnell at 10 p.m. came in second place with 1.95 million total viewers, while Ari Melber at 6 p.m. scored 1.9 million.

Heilemann crushed his CNN time slot competition but lost out to Fox News, which yet again scored the highest-rated show on cable news with The Five at 5 p.m.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1114		 NEW DAY:
414		 MORNING JOE:
1136		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
18		 EARLY MORNING:
5
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1434		 NEW DAY:
435		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
105		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
29
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1779		 NEW DAY:
535		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1838		 CNN NEWSROOM:
707		 MORNING JOE:
1282		 NATIONAL REPORT:
160		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1728		 CNN NEWSROOM:
823		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
896		 — BLUE BLOODS:
70
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1828		 AT THIS HOUR:
795		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
812		 — BLUE BLOODS:
72
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2018		 INSIDE POLITICS:
904		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
877		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
180		 BLUE BLOODS:
110
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1734		 CNN NEWSROOM:
867		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
972		 — BLUE BLOODS:
150
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1968		 CNN NEWSROOM:
929		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
1194		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
176		 BLUE BLOODS:
198
3p STORY, THE:
2167		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1193		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
1636		 — BLUE BLOODS:
199
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2249		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1318		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
2002		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
333		 BLUE BLOODS:
249
5p FIVE, THE:
3644		 SITUATION ROOM:
1344		 — SPICER & CO:
284		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
148
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2291		 SITUATION ROOM:
1063		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1902		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
234		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
56
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2759		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1164		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1701		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
197		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
39
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2923		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1299		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1524		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
242		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
48
9p HANNITY:
2761		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
918		 MSNBC PRIME:
1794		 PRIME NEWS:
145		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
61
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2171		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
803		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1948		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
136		 BANFIELD:
59
11p GUTFELD!:
2231		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
640		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1294		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
81		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
36

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
234		 NEW DAY:
81		 MORNING JOE:
124		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
7		 EARLY MORNING:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
266		 NEW DAY:
93		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
15		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
281		 NEW DAY:
104		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
242		 CNN NEWSROOM:
134		 MORNING JOE:
129		 NATIONAL REPORT:
22		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
230		 CNN NEWSROOM:
173		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
95		 — BLUE BLOODS:
12
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
241		 AT THIS HOUR:
146		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
76		 — BLUE BLOODS:
4
12p OUTNUMBERED:
269		 INSIDE POLITICS:
179		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
75		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
16		 BLUE BLOODS:
5
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
260		 CNN NEWSROOM:
178		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
98		 — BLUE BLOODS:
9
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
316		 CNN NEWSROOM:
188		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
109		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
14		 BLUE BLOODS:
12
3p STORY, THE:
294		 CNN NEWSROOM:
225		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
163		 — BLUE BLOODS:
24
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
296		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
278		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
182		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
37
5p FIVE, THE:
471		 SITUATION ROOM:
268		 — SPICER & CO:
24		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
19
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
313		 SITUATION ROOM:
252		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
182		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
18		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
9
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
294		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
251		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
143		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
20		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
375		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
248		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
161		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
8		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1
9p HANNITY:
327		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
194		 MSNBC PRIME:
205		 PRIME NEWS:
15		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
280		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
172		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
178		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
9		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
384		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
145		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
136		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
13		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1

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: 829,000

Fox News: 1.95 million

MSNBC: 1.30 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 169,000

Fox News: 282,000

MSNBC: 131,000

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: 1.01 million

Fox News: 2.62 million

MSNBC: 1.75 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 205,000

Fox News: 327,000

MSNBC: 181,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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