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

Mediaite StaffFeb 28th, 2022, 4:34 pm
 

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.

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