Cable News Ratings Friday February 18: Wolf Blitzer Leads CNN in Viewers As Russia-Ukraine Dominates Headlines

Mediaite StaffFeb 22nd, 2022, 5:28 pm
 

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer led the network on Friday in terms of overall viewers.

Blitzer hosted two hours of his show, Situation Room, as tensions between Russia and Ukraine continued to mount.

Blitzer came in second place to CNN’s Newsroom in terms of the key 25-54 age demographic. Newsroom’s two hours of coverage between 2 and 3 p.m. led the network with 200,000 and 197,000 demo viewers – respectively.

Meanwhile, Blitzer’s Situation Room was close behind with 190,000 demo viewers.

In terms of overall viewers, Blitzer’s 834,000 person audience was enough to top Jake Tapper’s 800,000 total viewers and land in first place on the network.

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:
993		 NEW DAY:
273		 MORNING JOE:
779		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
18		 ELEMENTARY:
33
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1379		 NEW DAY:
376		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
76		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
18
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1653		 NEW DAY:
461		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1813		 CNN NEWSROOM:
548		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
652		 NATIONAL REPORT:
187		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1899		 CNN NEWSROOM:
538		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
547		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
87
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1771		 AT THIS HOUR:
600		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
556		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
115
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1796		 INSIDE POLITICS:
662		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
677		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
148		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
175
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1473		 CNN NEWSROOM:
664		 MTP DAILY:
670		 — BLUE BLOODS:
206
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1461		 CNN NEWSROOM:
633		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
692		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
141		 BLUE BLOODS:
286
3p STORY, THE:
1589		 CNN NEWSROOM:
708		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
737		 — BLUE BLOODS:
358
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1902		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
800		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1252		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
245		 BLUE BLOODS:
407
5p FIVE, THE:
3623		 SITUATION ROOM:
834		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
220		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
186
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2334		 SITUATION ROOM:
632		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1145		 SPICER & CO:
285		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
113
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2702		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
625		 REIDOUT:
1083		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
290		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
51
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3062		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
649		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1168		 STINCHFIELD:
270		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
72
9p HANNITY:
2391		 CNN TONIGHT:
518		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1428		 PRIME NEWS:
119		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
25
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2037		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
461		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
971		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
98		 BANFIELD:
32
11p GUTFELD!:
1777		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
405		 11TH HOUR:
647		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
80		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
29

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
217		 NEW DAY:
37		 MORNING JOE:
80		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
8		 ELEMENTARY:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
268		 NEW DAY:
60		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
18		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
6
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
231		 NEW DAY:
69		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
269		 CNN NEWSROOM:
92		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
53		 NATIONAL REPORT:
37		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
284		 CNN NEWSROOM:
101		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
65		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
261		 AT THIS HOUR:
125		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
72		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
11
12p OUTNUMBERED:
287		 INSIDE POLITICS:
149		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
79		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
21		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
17
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
259		 CNN NEWSROOM:
167		 MTP DAILY:
95		 — BLUE BLOODS:
12
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
265		 CNN NEWSROOM:
200		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
117		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
22
3p STORY, THE:
275		 CNN NEWSROOM:
197		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
104		 — BLUE BLOODS:
29
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
315		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
186		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
117		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
22		 BLUE BLOODS:
36
5p FIVE, THE:
511		 SITUATION ROOM:
190		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
27		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
34
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
329		 SITUATION ROOM:
178		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
125		 SPICER & CO:
56		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
36
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
425		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
141		 REIDOUT:
144		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
51		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
9
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
495		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
130		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
119		 STINCHFIELD:
52		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
15
9p HANNITY:
353		 CNN TONIGHT:
85		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
166		 PRIME NEWS:
43		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
2
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
266		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
83		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
95		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
43		 BANFIELD:
2
11p GUTFELD!:
331		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
73		 11TH HOUR:
64		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
23		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
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As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.25-54 Demo (thousands)

Total viewers:

CNN: 534,000

Fox: 1.80 million

MSNBC: 802,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 113,000

Fox News: 293,000

MSNBC: 91,000

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: 543,000

Fox News: 2.49 million

MSNBC: 1.18 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 99,000

Fox News: 371,000

MSNBC: 127,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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