Cable News Ratings Friday March 18: Tucker Carlson Tonight Crushes Competition in the Demo

Mediaite StaffMar 21st, 2022, 6:31 pm
 

Tucker Carlson Tonight cruised to a demo ratings victory on Friday, easily beating all other cable news shows among viewers aged 25 to 54.

Tucker Carlson drew 495,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted demo, comfortably ahead of second place The Five, which notched 399,000 viewers in the demo.

The Five took first among viewers of all ages with just more than 3 million. Carlson had just under that amount to land in second place in terms of 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:
1087		 NEW DAY:
368		 MORNING JOE:
814		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
24		 ELEMENTARY:
37
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1425		 NEW DAY:
528		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
90		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
33
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1735		 NEW DAY:
685		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2025		 CNN NEWSROOM:
846		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
725		 NATIONAL REPORT:
196		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1972		 CNN NEWSROOM:
894		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
632		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
102
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2012		 AT THIS HOUR:
1009		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
681		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
131
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2055		 INSIDE POLITICS:
925		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
729		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
191		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
166
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1736		 CNN NEWSROOM:
855		 MTP DAILY:
796		 — BLUE BLOODS:
170
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1574		 CNN NEWSROOM:
817		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
798		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
172		 BLUE BLOODS:
196
3p STORY, THE:
1757		 CNN NEWSROOM:
822		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
803		 — BLUE BLOODS:
233
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1645		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
878		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1089		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
208		 BLUE BLOODS:
303
5p FIVE, THE:
3048		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
951		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
199		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
179
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2209		 SITUATION ROOM:
859		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
938		 SPICER & CO:
264		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
85
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2396		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
919		 REIDOUT:
819		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
300		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
87
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2979		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
984		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1045		 STINCHFIELD:
209		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
60
9p HANNITY:
2328		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1038		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1115		 PRIME NEWS:
104		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
42
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2018		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
770		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1105		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
166		 BANFIELD:
35
11p GUTFELD!:
1771		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
597		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
728		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
112		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
36

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
221		 NEW DAY:
77		 MORNING JOE:
99		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
4		 ELEMENTARY:
10
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
284		 NEW DAY:
143		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
16		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
11
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
302		 NEW DAY:
191		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
335		 CNN NEWSROOM:
203		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
76		 NATIONAL REPORT:
18		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
352		 CNN NEWSROOM:
223		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
67		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
15
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
341		 AT THIS HOUR:
224		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
67		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
12p OUTNUMBERED:
338		 INSIDE POLITICS:
215		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
69		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
18		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
277		 CNN NEWSROOM:
220		 MTP DAILY:
85		 — BLUE BLOODS:
21
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
261		 CNN NEWSROOM:
207		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
99		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
22
3p STORY, THE:
270		 CNN NEWSROOM:
174		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
120		 — BLUE BLOODS:
20
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
225		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
176		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
122		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
19		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
5p FIVE, THE:
399		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
206		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
23		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
36
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
308		 SITUATION ROOM:
242		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
120		 SPICER & CO:
26		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
17
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
372		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
241		 REIDOUT:
106		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
39		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
495		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
241		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
105		 STINCHFIELD:
30		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
2
9p HANNITY:
324		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
265		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
131		 PRIME NEWS:
10		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
2
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
308		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
183		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
110		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
35		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
339		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
127		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
95		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
25		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
3

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: 761,000

Fox: 1.81 million

MSNBC: 790,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 184,000

Fox News: 302,000

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: 931,000

Fox News: 2.44 million

MSNBC: 1.09 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 230,000

Fox News: 376,000

MSNBC: 116,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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