Cable News Ratings Friday, December 3rd: Greg Gutfeld Closes in on Sean Hannity in the Demo, Beats All CNN and MSNBC Shows

Mediaite StaffDec 6th, 2021, 5:01 pm
 

Fox News’ late-night program Gutfeld! continues to grow its audience, scoring a very solid 373,000 viewers Friday night in the key 25-54 age demographic.

The Greg Gutfeld-hosted show not only blew away its 11 p.m. time slot competition on MSNBC and CNN, it beat out every show on those networks in the demo.

CNN’s Don Lemon Tonight attracted 131,000 demo viewers at 11 p.m., while 11th Hour With Brian Williams only scored 126,000 viewers in the demo. Meanwhile, Rachel Maddow had the highest-rated show in the demo on MSNBC or CNN with 213,000 viewers.

Gutfeld’s 373,000 demo viewers put him very close behind Sean Hannity, who regularly has Fox News’ third-highest rated show. Hannity pulled in 380,000 viewers in the demo Friday.

The Five won the day with 461,000 demo viewers, while Tucker Carlson secured second place with 398,000 demo 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:
1001		 NEW DAY:
320		 MORNING JOE:
776		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
3		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
18
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1373		 NEW DAY:
404		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
96		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
21
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1607		 NEW DAY:
455		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1730		 CNN NEWSROOM:
485		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
787		 NATIONAL REPORT:
158		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1713		 CNN NEWSROOM:
600		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
590		 — JAG:
81
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1685		 AT THIS HOUR:
582		 — — JAG:
104
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1846		 INSIDE POLITICS:
632		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
801		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
170		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
143
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1644		 CNN NEWSROOM:
620		 MTP DAILY:
754		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
166
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1478		 CNN NEWSROOM:
608		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
779		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
148		 BLUE BLOODS:
212
3p STORY, THE:
1596		 CNN NEWSROOM:
733		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
853		 — BLUE BLOODS:
239
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1576		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
738		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1416		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
233		 BLUE BLOODS:
265
5p FIVE, THE:
3276		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
692		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
208		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
111
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2316		 SITUATION ROOM:
655		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1265		 SPICER & CO:
239		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
62
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1958		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
604		 REIDOUT:
1275		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
265		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
31
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2907		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
822		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1339		 STINCHFIELD:
144		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
39
9p HANNITY:
2681		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
600		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2118		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
89		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
46
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2037		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
578		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1409		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
107		 BANFIELD:
36
11p GUTFELD!:
1878		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
489		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1034		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
93		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
14

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
155		 NEW DAY:
51		 MORNING JOE:
93		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
2		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
205		 NEW DAY:
71		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
9		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
208		 NEW DAY:
89		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
222		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
81		 NATIONAL REPORT:
15		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
235		 CNN NEWSROOM:
118		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
58		 — JAG:
10
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
314		 AT THIS HOUR:
110		 — — JAG:
19
12p OUTNUMBERED:
343		 INSIDE POLITICS:
134		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
93		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
19		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
18
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
298		 CNN NEWSROOM:
153		 MTP DAILY:
85		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
31
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
301		 CNN NEWSROOM:
161		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
104		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
28
3p STORY, THE:
320		 CNN NEWSROOM:
152		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
97		 — BLUE BLOODS:
38
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
341		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
153		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
127		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
35		 BLUE BLOODS:
32
5p FIVE, THE:
461		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
132		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
35		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
354		 SITUATION ROOM:
123		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
121		 SPICER & CO:
25		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
365		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
141		 REIDOUT:
152		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
18		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
398		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
175		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
133		 STINCHFIELD:
15		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
9p HANNITY:
380		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
127		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
213		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
12		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
266		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
132		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
131		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
12		 BANFIELD:
4
11p GUTFELD!:
373		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
131		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
126		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
1		 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: 558,000

Fox: 1.74 million

MSNBC: 953,00

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 122,000

Fox News: 289,000

MSNBC: 103,000

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: 667,000

Fox News: 2.54 million

MSNBC: 1.62 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 145,000

Fox News: 348,000

MSNBC: 159,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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