Cable News Ratings Friday March 11: CNN Drops Below 1 Million Viewer Average Across Prime Time

Mediaite StaffMar 14th, 2022, 4:30 pm
 

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CNN’s prime time average of total viewers dropped back under 1 million on Friday.

The network had struggled to cross the million viewer threshold in recent months, but saw its viewership rebound during the first two weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On Thursday, CNN averaged 1.18 million total viewers across prime time, but on Friday was down to 973,000 average viewers.

Anderson Cooper’s 8 p.m. hour crossed the million viewer mark, bringing in 1.14 million total viewers. No other prime time CNN show brought in more than 1 million viewers.

During the daytime, however, six CNN shows brought in over 1 million total average viewers. CNN’s Inside Politics with John King led the daytime with 1.102 million viewers. CNN’s average total viewership for day time was 860,000 viewers, however.

Fox News, meanwhile, averaged 2.78 million viewers in prime time.

Here is a full breakdown of Thursday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1065		 NEW DAY:
463		 MORNING JOE:
880		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
22		 ELEMENTARY:
28
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1516		 NEW DAY:
592		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
92		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
27
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1739		 NEW DAY:
776		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2002		 CNN NEWSROOM:
860		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
746		 NATIONAL REPORT:
199		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2182		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1141		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
706		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
81
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2235		 AT THIS HOUR:
1084		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
728		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
105
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1990		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1102		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
812		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
171		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
174
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1892		 CNN NEWSROOM:
985		 MTP DAILY:
840		 — BLUE BLOODS:
218
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1765		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1063		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
173		 BLUE BLOODS:
267
3p STORY, THE:
1739		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1070		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
793		 — BLUE BLOODS:
331
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1783		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1082		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1246		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
220		 BLUE BLOODS:
303
5p FIVE, THE:
3517		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
976		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
261		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
144
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2615		 SITUATION ROOM:
880		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1243		 SPICER & CO:
274		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
58
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2651		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
978		 REIDOUT:
956		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
351		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
46
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3374		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1140		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1192		 STINCHFIELD:
220		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
36
9p HANNITY:
2746		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
922		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1345		 PRIME NEWS:
109		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
51
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2216		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
857		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1033		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
144		 BANFIELD:
48
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
1474		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
674		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
776		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
112		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
36

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
194		 NEW DAY:
121		 MORNING JOE:
128		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
7
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
277		 NEW DAY:
172		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
10		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
288		 NEW DAY:
245		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
304		 CNN NEWSROOM:
261		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
110		 NATIONAL REPORT:
33		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
373		 CNN NEWSROOM:
278		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
104		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
368		 AT THIS HOUR:
288		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
105		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
15
12p OUTNUMBERED:
339		 INSIDE POLITICS:
278		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
87		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
41		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
29
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
323		 CNN NEWSROOM:
220		 MTP DAILY:
101		 — BLUE BLOODS:
44
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
373		 CNN NEWSROOM:
235		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
35		 BLUE BLOODS:
55
3p STORY, THE:
312		 CNN NEWSROOM:
262		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
118		 — BLUE BLOODS:
57
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
346		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
215		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
127		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
24		 BLUE BLOODS:
57
5p FIVE, THE:
506		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
238		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
49		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
18
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
407		 SITUATION ROOM:
213		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
130		 SPICER & CO:
33		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
10
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
429		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
253		 REIDOUT:
163		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
44		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
573		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
280		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
150		 STINCHFIELD:
34		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
6
9p HANNITY:
469		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
244		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
172		 PRIME NEWS:
14		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
5
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
418		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
290		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
128		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
27		 BANFIELD:
8
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
382		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
203		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
127		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
8		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
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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 Demo.

Total viewers:

CNN: 860,000

Fox: 1.93 million

MSNBC: 876,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 228,000

Fox News: 343,000

MSNBC: 118,000

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: 973,000

Fox News: 2.78 million

MSNBC: 1.19 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 271,000

Fox News: 487,000

MSNBC: 150,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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