Cable News Ratings Friday March 4: The Five Dominates Demo — Quadrupling Nicolle Wallace

The Five continued its strong ratings showing on Friday, landing first in all of cable news in both total viewers and the demo.
The Five drew a big 3.77 million total viewers and 647,000 in the demo — enough to beat out prime time stars Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham.
But The Five’s lead over the competition where things get stunning. Nicolle Wallace-hosted Deadline: White House on MSNBC drew 1.45 million total viewers and 154,000 in the demo across two hours (the show airs from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
That means that in the demo, The Five drew more than four times what Deadline pulled in.
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: 1372 |
NEW DAY: 594 |
MORNING JOE: 954 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 28 |
ELEMENTARY: 35 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1866 |
NEW DAY: 729 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 115 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 51 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 2099 |
NEW DAY: 957 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 2269 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1113 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 926 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 202 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 2324 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1153 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 794 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 101 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 2223 |
AT THIS HOUR: 1179 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 778 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 129 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 2274 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 1173 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 920 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 211 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 149 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 2207 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1255 |
MTP DAILY: 943 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 156 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 2364 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1426 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 899 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 184 |
BLUE BLOODS: 188 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 2150 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1365 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 972 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 268 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 2071 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 1408 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1457 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 221 |
BLUE BLOODS: 290 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3778 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 1365 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 245 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 169 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2912 |
SITUATION ROOM: 1194 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1584 |
SPICER & CO: 314 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 94 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2925 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 1333 |
REIDOUT: 1185 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 375 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 71 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3213 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 1402 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1436 |
STINCHFIELD: 265 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 59 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 3115 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 1285 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 1686 |
PRIME NEWS: 130 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 75 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2326 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 1071 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1462 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 170 |
BANFIELD: 62 |
| 11p | FOX NEWS AT NIGHT: 1664 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 1017 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1078 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 162 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 30 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 337 |
NEW DAY: 122 |
MORNING JOE: 134 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 12 |
ELEMENTARY: 1 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 432 |
NEW DAY: 160 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 22 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 6 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 443 |
NEW DAY: 206 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 424 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 320 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 90 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 25 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 428 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 281 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 86 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 9 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 440 |
AT THIS HOUR: 282 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 101 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 13 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 437 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 283 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 116 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 33 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 22 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 444 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 297 |
MTP DAILY: 92 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 14 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 452 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 327 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 84 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 36 |
BLUE BLOODS: 21 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 406 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 327 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 109 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 37 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 378 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 346 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 154 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 38 |
BLUE BLOODS: 38 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 647 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 368 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 48 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 27 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 557 |
SITUATION ROOM: 341 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 194 |
SPICER & CO: 66 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 31 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 497 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 385 |
REIDOUT: 161 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 66 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 13 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 491 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 387 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 170 |
STINCHFIELD: 28 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 12 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 556 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 365 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 221 |
PRIME NEWS: 21 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 13 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 448 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 314 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 193 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 36 |
BANFIELD: 4 |
| 11p | FOX NEWS AT NIGHT: 406 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 308 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 159 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 21 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 2 |
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: 1.09 million
Fox: 2.2 million
MSNBC: 1.06 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 291,000
Fox News: 436,000
MSNBC: 136,000
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: 1.25 million
Fox News: 2.88 million
MSNBC: 1.52 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 355,000
Fox News: 498,000
MSNBC: 195,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.