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

Mediaite StaffDec 13th, 2021, 5:06 pm
 

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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