Cable News Ratings Friday August 5: In Battle of Guest Hosts, Steele and Brown Tie as Payne Wins the 4 P.M. Demo

Mediaite StaffAug 8th, 2022, 5:05 pm
 

Charles Payne

MSNBC’s Michael Steele, who was in for Nicolle Wallace, and CNN’s Pamela Brown, who was in for Jake Tapper, tied on Friday in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Steele and Brown both brought in 116,000 demo viewers at 4 p.m. — although Steele’s figure is an average of his two hours from 4 to 6 p.m.

Fox News’s Charles Payne, who was guest hosting for Neil Cavuto, won the 4 p.m. hour in the demo with 245,000 viewers.

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:
876		 NEW DAY:
260		 MORNING JOE:
839		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
17		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1232		 NEW DAY:
323		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
82		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
29
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1457		 NEW DAY:
438		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1422		 CNN NEWSROOM:
527		 MORNING JOE:
908		 NATIONAL REPORT:
152		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1526		 CNN NEWSROOM:
688		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
545		 — BLUE BLOODS:
79
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1501		 AT THIS HOUR:
666		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
459		 — BLUE BLOODS:
138
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1786		 INSIDE POLITICS:
724		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
519		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
163		 BLUE BLOODS:
158
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1502		 CNN NEWSROOM:
718		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
537		 — BLUE BLOODS:
221
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1472		 CNN NEWSROOM:
628		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
626		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
137		 BLUE BLOODS:
209
3p STORY, THE:
1496		 CNN NEWSROOM:
598		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
664		 — BLUE BLOODS:
271
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1514		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
658		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1166		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
181		 BLUE BLOODS:
351
5p FIVE, THE:
2892		 SITUATION ROOM:
695		 — SPICER & CO:
192		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
147
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1990		 SITUATION ROOM:
566		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1163		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
191		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
83
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2304		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
583		 REIDOUT:
948		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
260		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
47
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2137		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
603		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1097		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
443		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
58
9p HANNITY:
1598		 CNN TONIGHT:
500		 MSNBC PRIME:
1226		 PRIME NEWS:
651		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
78
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1561		 CNN TONIGHT:
469		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
898		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
650		 BANFIELD:
83
11p GUTFELD!:
1951		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
456		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
831		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
199		 NEWSNATION TONIGHT:
68

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
128		 NEW DAY:
45		 MORNING JOE:
93		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
1		 EARLY MORNING:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
187		 NEW DAY:
55		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
185		 NEW DAY:
91		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
239		 CNN NEWSROOM:
111		 MORNING JOE:
86		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
254		 CNN NEWSROOM:
123		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
46		 — BLUE BLOODS:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
223		 AT THIS HOUR:
130		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
31		 — BLUE BLOODS:
18
12p OUTNUMBERED:
287		 INSIDE POLITICS:
125		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
40		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
26		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
266		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
68		 — BLUE BLOODS:
24
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
256		 CNN NEWSROOM:
103		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
59		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
24		 BLUE BLOODS:
18
3p STORY, THE:
275		 CNN NEWSROOM:
96		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
59		 — BLUE BLOODS:
26
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
245		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
116		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
116		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
26		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
5p FIVE, THE:
374		 SITUATION ROOM:
123		 — SPICER & CO:
43		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
254		 SITUATION ROOM:
105		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
126		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
27		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
279		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
116		 REIDOUT:
107		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
43		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
294		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
108		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
104		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
48		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
6
9p HANNITY:
197		 CNN TONIGHT:
93		 MSNBC PRIME:
122		 PRIME NEWS:
71		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
166		 CNN TONIGHT:
66		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
88		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
78		 BANFIELD:
4
11p GUTFELD!:
283		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
73		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
119		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
32		 NEWSNATION TONIGHT:
3

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: 518,000

Fox News: 1.54 million

MSNBC: 788,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 93,000

Fox News: 231,000

MSNBC: 83,000

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: 524,000

Fox News: 1.76 million

MSNBC: 1.07 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 89,000

Fox News: 219,000

MSNBC: 105,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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