Cable News Ratings Friday, December 10: Fox & Friends Dominates Early Morning, Cable News Viewership Dips Overall

On Friday, cable news viewership overall dropped from the day before as former Senator Bob Dole’s funeral dominated almost three hours of coverage.
CNN’s total average viewers dropped to 494,000 from 533,000 the day before. Meanwhile, dominant Fox News dropped to 1.61 million average total viewers down from 1.85 million the day before.
MNSBC averaged 812,000 total viewers, down from 920,000 the day before.
In the early morning hours, Fox & Friends remained on top of the charts, outpacing its rivals three to one in the key 25-54 age demographic.
In the demo, Fox & Friends scored 265,000 viewers during its third hour, compared the CNN’s New Day, which only scored 81,000 in the same time slot. MSNBC’s Morning Joe scored 70,000 — which is an average of the three hours it airs.
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: 1034 |
NEW DAY: 290 |
MORNING JOE: 843 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 7 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 28 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1477 |
NEW DAY: 403 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 75 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 11 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1760 |
NEW DAY: 406 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1818 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 494 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 713 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 141 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1727 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 547 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 606 |
— | JAG: 85 |
| 11a | SR/BOB DOLE FUNERAL SRVCE: 1151 |
— | CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 588 |
— | JAG: 116 |
| 12p | SR/BOB DOLE FUNERAL SRVCE: 1074 |
— | ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 627 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 142 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 159 |
| 1p | SR/BOB DOLE FUNERAL SRVCE: 1104 |
— | MTP DAILY: 614 |
TROOPATHON 2021: 70 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 203 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1230 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 577 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 588 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 101 |
BLUE BLOODS: 210 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1372 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 563 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 643 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 271 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1450 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 643 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1234 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 212 |
BLUE BLOODS: 361 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3108 |
SITUATION ROOM: 652 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 207 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 134 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2070 |
SITUATION ROOM: 533 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1145 |
SPICER & CO: 247 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 46 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 1799 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 581 |
REIDOUT: 1009 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 371 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 23 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2850 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 676 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1305 |
STINCHFIELD: 214 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 29 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2323 |
CNN TONIGHT: 523 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2066 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 116 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 19 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2314 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 583 |
PAPER AND GLUE: 696 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 100 |
BANFIELD: 20 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1956 |
CNN SPECIAL REPORT: 383 |
— | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 87 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 15 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 183 |
NEW DAY: 44 |
MORNING JOE: 70 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 0 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 9 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 253 |
NEW DAY: 74 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 6 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 0 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 265 |
NEW DAY: 81 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 310 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 104 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 72 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 25 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 277 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 136 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 42 |
— | JAG: 6 |
| 11a | SR/BOB DOLE FUNERAL SRVCE: 192 |
— | CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 50 |
— | JAG: 7 |
| 12p | SR/BOB DOLE FUNERAL SRVCE: 167 |
— | ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 41 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 31 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 14 |
| 1p | SR/BOB DOLE FUNERAL SRVCE: 186 |
— | MTP DAILY: 45 |
TROOPATHON 2021: 23 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 30 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 236 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 112 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 58 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 22 |
BLUE BLOODS: 17 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 224 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 87 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 66 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 227 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 103 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 116 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 31 |
BLUE BLOODS: 41 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 344 |
SITUATION ROOM: 133 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 32 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 24 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 286 |
SITUATION ROOM: 109 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 125 |
SPICER & CO: 37 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 3 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 272 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 104 |
REIDOUT: 111 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 34 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 0 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 381 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 135 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 114 |
STINCHFIELD: 22 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 2 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 315 |
CNN TONIGHT: 86 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 251 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 15 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 1 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 316 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 94 |
PAPER AND GLUE: 66 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 24 |
BANFIELD: 1 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 323 |
CNN SPECIAL REPORT: 69 |
— | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 14 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 0 |
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: 494,000
Fox: 1.61 million
MSNBC: 812,00
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 94,000
Fox News: 253,000
MSNBC: 80,000
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: 594,000
Fox News: 2.49 million
MSNBC: 1.24 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 105,000
Fox News: 338,000
MSNBC: 131,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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