Cable News Ratings Friday February 11: Chris Hayes Ties For First in the Demo on MSNBC

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes tied guest host Ali Velshi for the number one watched show on MSNBC on Friday in the key 25-54 age demographic.
Hayes pulled in 150,000 demo viewers, which was the exact same figure as The Rachel Maddow Show, which was being guest hosted by Velshi.
Joy Reid landed in third place on the network with 148,000 demo viewers.
Overall in prime time, MSNBC landed in second place, beating out CNN, but falling far behind Fox News. CNN edged out MSNBC for second place during day time programming, bumping the network down to third. Fox led day time programming in the demo.
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: 1008 |
NEW DAY: 199 |
MORNING JOE: 813 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 4 |
ELEMENTARY: 22 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1416 |
NEW DAY: 333 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 93 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 27 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1674 |
NEW DAY: 454 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1765 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 545 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 735 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 188 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1756 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 530 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 523 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 94 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1655 |
AT THIS HOUR: 509 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 484 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 103 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1680 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 457 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 605 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 196 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 164 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1466 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 458 |
MTP DAILY: 562 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 181 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1351 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 574 |
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 693 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 181 |
BLUE BLOODS: 269 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1430 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 563 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 678 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 313 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1547 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 627 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 917 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 216 |
BLUE BLOODS: 325 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3382 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 714 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 205 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 143 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2394 |
SITUATION ROOM: 577 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 884 |
SPICER & CO: 230 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 47 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2822 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 570 |
REIDOUT: 1037 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 368 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 31 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3336 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 599 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1082 |
STINCHFIELD: 307 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 41 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2753 |
CNN TONIGHT: 432 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 1395 |
PRIME NEWS: 134 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 48 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2139 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 537 |
LOVE AND THE CONSTITUTION: 579 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 121 |
BANFIELD: 46 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1802 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 447 |
— | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 100 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 23 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 188 |
NEW DAY: 23 |
MORNING JOE: 97 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 0 |
ELEMENTARY: 6 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 230 |
NEW DAY: 40 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 13 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 8 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 262 |
NEW DAY: 71 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 339 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 94 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 64 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 39 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 327 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 103 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 46 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 11 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 285 |
AT THIS HOUR: 90 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 46 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 10 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 271 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 93 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 46 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 42 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 16 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 212 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 86 |
MTP DAILY: 46 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 7 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 245 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 131 |
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 52 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 25 |
BLUE BLOODS: 27 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 265 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 127 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 52 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 39 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 302 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 146 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 63 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 17 |
BLUE BLOODS: 47 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 457 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 154 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 23 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 11 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 391 |
SITUATION ROOM: 163 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 70 |
SPICER & CO: 35 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 2 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 410 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 123 |
REIDOUT: 148 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 40 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 2 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 461 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 120 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 150 |
STINCHFIELD: 43 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 5 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 352 |
CNN TONIGHT: 69 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 150 |
PRIME NEWS: 16 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 4 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 348 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 98 |
LOVE AND THE CONSTITUTION: 65 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 16 |
BANFIELD: 2 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 322 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 113 |
— | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 11 |
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: 475,000
Fox: 1.78 million
MSNBC: 709,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 96,000
Fox News: 291,000
MSNBC: 71,000
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: 523,000
Fox News: 2.74 million
MSNBC: 909,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 96,000
Fox News: 387,000
MSNBC: 107,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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