Cable News Ratings Friday February 25: Jesse Watters Scores Top Show on Cable in the Demo

Fox News underwent a bit of a shake-up on Friday in the cable news ratings as Jesse Watters led the network in the key 25-54 age demographic.
The ratings came back down to earth a bit on Friday, from Thursday’s huge numbers, which saw Fox score three shows over 1 million viewers in the demo.
Watters led the network with 876,000 demo viewers. Tucker Carlson, who regularly leads the network, came in second place with 870,000 demo viewers and The Five landed in third with 857,000 viewers in the demo.
In terms of overall viewers, The Five landed in first place with 4.4 million total average viewers. Tucker came in second with 3.99 million and Watters landed in third with 3.82 million total average 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: 1430 |
NEW DAY: 640 |
MORNING JOE: 1061 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 37 |
ELEMENTARY: 20 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1951 |
NEW DAY: 812 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 111 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 28 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 2392 |
NEW DAY: 1103 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 2702 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1422 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 1054 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 240 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 2927 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1531 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 1004 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 60 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 2733 |
AT THIS HOUR: 1549 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 979 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 98 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 2628 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 1447 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 1088 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 248 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 182 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 2625 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1449 |
MTP DAILY: 1145 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 151 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 2358 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1586 |
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 1251 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 224 |
BLUE BLOODS: 224 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 2683 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1640 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 1237 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 307 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 2769 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 1671 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1728 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 268 |
BLUE BLOODS: 335 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 4481 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 1629 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 239 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 137 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 3554 |
SITUATION ROOM: 1552 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1557 |
SPICER & CO: 326 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 70 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 3818 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 1664 |
REIDOUT: 1427 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 348 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 66 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3994 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 2066 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1504 |
STINCHFIELD: 268 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 55 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 3651 |
CNN TONIGHT: 1908 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2251 |
PRIME NEWS: 197 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 78 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2882 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 1845 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1590 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 205 |
BANFIELD: 84 |
| 11p | FOX NEWS AT NIGHT: 2530 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 1541 |
11TH HOUR: 1029 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 182 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 87 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 322 |
NEW DAY: 187 |
MORNING JOE: 160 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 10 |
ELEMENTARY: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 426 |
NEW DAY: 254 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 22 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 473 |
NEW DAY: 383 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 613 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 439 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 172 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 40 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 642 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 464 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 151 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 7 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 599 |
AT THIS HOUR: 455 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 126 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 23 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 609 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 401 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 174 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 46 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 24 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 622 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 389 |
MTP DAILY: 201 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 18 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 572 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 444 |
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 228 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 29 |
BLUE BLOODS: 27 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 663 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 494 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 216 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 47 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 644 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 467 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 236 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 18 |
BLUE BLOODS: 48 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 857 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 534 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 23 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 14 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 769 |
SITUATION ROOM: 551 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 251 |
SPICER & CO: 39 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 2 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 876 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 514 |
REIDOUT: 219 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 56 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 2 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 870 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 630 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 193 |
STINCHFIELD: 64 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 3 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 810 |
CNN TONIGHT: 609 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 323 |
PRIME NEWS: 43 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 11 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 654 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 653 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 198 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 36 |
BANFIELD: 28 |
| 11p | FOX NEWS AT NIGHT: 664 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 567 |
11TH HOUR: 162 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 20 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 19 |
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: 1.43 million
Fox: 2.67 million
MSNBC: 1.23 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 455,000
Fox News: 614,000
MSNBC: 189,000
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: 1.94 million
Fox News: 3.51 million
MSNBC: 1.78 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 631,000
Fox News: 778,000
MSNBC: 238,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.