Cable News Ratings Friday February 4: Tucker Wins the Demo as The Five Pulls in the Most Total Viewers

Mediaite StaffFeb 7th, 2022, 5:25 pm
 

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight won the key 25-54 age demographic on Friday, while The Five topped the charts in terms of total viewers.

Tucker Carlson brought in 527,000 viewers in the demo, beating out The Five’s 504,000 and Jess Watters’ 404,000. Fox had 12 of the top 16 shows in the demo.

The Five was the highest-rated show on cable news in terms of total viewers with 3.56 million people tuning in.

Tucker Carlson Tonight and Jesse Watters Prime Time ranked two and three, with 3.33 million and 2.85 million viewers – respectively.

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:
908		 NEW DAY:
306		 MORNING JOE:
729		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
1		 ELEMENTARY:
40
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1344		 NEW DAY:
394		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
84		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
15
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1716		 NEW DAY:
469		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1694		 CNN NEWSROOM:
528		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
678		 NATIONAL REPORT:
184		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1698		 CNN NEWSROOM:
615		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
569		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
95
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1776		 AT THIS HOUR:
600		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
530		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
150
12p — INSIDE POLITICS:
615		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
621		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
158		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
254
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1520		 CNN NEWSROOM:
622		 MTP DAILY:
613		 — BLUE BLOODS:
231
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1430		 CNN NEWSROOM:
666		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
645		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
165		 BLUE BLOODS:
307
3p STORY, THE:
1532		 CNN NEWSROOM:
673		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
695		 — BLUE BLOODS:
458
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1404		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
644		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1274		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
241		 BLUE BLOODS:
530
5p FIVE, THE:
3561		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
624		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
201		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
166
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2264		 SITUATION ROOM:
661		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1059		 SPICER & CO:
203		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
87
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2850		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
664		 REIDOUT:
1019		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
283		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
55
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3333		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
648		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1222		 STINCHFIELD:
243		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
63
9p HANNITY:
2593		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
541		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1479		 PRIME NEWS:
119		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
47
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2086		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
505		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
985		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
110		 BANFIELD:
49
11p GUTFELD!:
2007		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
340		 11TH HOUR:
803		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
94		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
36

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
189		 NEW DAY:
36		 MORNING JOE:
97		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
245		 NEW DAY:
55		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
9		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
272		 NEW DAY:
86		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
242		 CNN NEWSROOM:
116		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
105		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
268		 CNN NEWSROOM:
153		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
78		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
265		 AT THIS HOUR:
145		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
73		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
14
12p — INSIDE POLITICS:
127		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
76		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
20		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
283		 CNN NEWSROOM:
130		 MTP DAILY:
80		 — BLUE BLOODS:
38
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
274		 CNN NEWSROOM:
151		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
89		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
31		 BLUE BLOODS:
47
3p STORY, THE:
260		 CNN NEWSROOM:
134		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
74		 — BLUE BLOODS:
64
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
227		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
130		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
134		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
29		 BLUE BLOODS:
83
5p FIVE, THE:
504		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
122		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
24		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
347		 SITUATION ROOM:
157		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
116		 SPICER & CO:
16		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
9
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
404		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
177		 REIDOUT:
117		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
22		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
527		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
130		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
125		 STINCHFIELD:
28		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
6
9p HANNITY:
401		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
119		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
145		 PRIME NEWS:
10		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
8
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
288		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
113		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
95		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
10		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
315		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
78		 11TH HOUR:
93		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
15		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3

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: 518,000

Fox: 1.80 million

MSNBC: 806,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 110,000

Fox News: 291,000

MSNBC: 94,000

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: 565,000

Fox News: 2.67 million

MSNBC: 1.23 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 121,000

Fox News: 405,000

MSNBC: 122,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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