Cable News Ratings Friday May 27: Outnumbered Tops Jesse Watters in Total Viewers and Demo

Mediaite StaffMay 31st, 2022, 4:47 pm
 

Fox News’ midday panel show, Outnumbered, pulled in an impressive 1.84 million total viewers on Friday. The noon hour was dominated by Steven McCraw, the Texas Department of Public Safety director, holding a very contentious press briefing on the Uvalde, Texas school shooting.

Outnumbered beat the rest of the day time programming on Fox until 5 p.m.’s The Five came on and won the day as the most-watched show on all of cable.

Outnumbered’s total, however, was big enough to top some prime time programming on Fox including Jesse Watters Prime Time, which brought in 1.75 million total viewers.

Outnumbered also brought in a solid 307,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic. Watters brought in 287,000 viewers in the demo.

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:
1068		 NEW DAY:
302		 MORNING JOE:
724		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
15		 ELEMENTARY:
16
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1336		 NEW DAY:
415		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
77		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
10
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1528		 NEW DAY:
461		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1598		 CNN NEWSROOM:
503		 MORNING JOE:
801		 NATIONAL REPORT:
119		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1444		 CNN NEWSROOM:
562		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
579		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
97
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1456		 AT THIS HOUR:
615		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
518		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
152
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1843		 INSIDE POLITICS:
895		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
646		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
159		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
165
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1591		 CNN NEWSROOM:
877		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
711		 TROOPATHON 2022:
78		 BLUE BLOODS:
151
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1454		 CNN NEWSROOM:
797		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
731		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
87		 BLUE BLOODS:
222
3p STORY, THE:
1346		 CNN NEWSROOM:
799		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
858		 — BLUE BLOODS:
260
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1542		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
883		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1297		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
206		 BLUE BLOODS:
284
5p FIVE, THE:
3004		 SITUATION ROOM:
803		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
265		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
147
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1995		 SITUATION ROOM:
744		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1143		 SPICER & CO:
482		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
80
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
1750		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
739		 REIDOUT:
1056		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
318		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
55
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2314		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
703		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1160		 STINCHFIELD:
238		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
69
9p HANNITY:
1861		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
612		 MSNBC PRIME:
1078		 PRIME NEWS:
105		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
39
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1513		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
526		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
857		 AMERICA BURNING:
70		 BANFIELD:
30
11p GUTFELD!:
1854		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
413		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
577		 DAY OF OUTRAGE:
55		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
16

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
221		 NEW DAY:
41		 MORNING JOE:
92		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
2		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
256		 NEW DAY:
75		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
7		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
259		 NEW DAY:
73		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
266		 CNN NEWSROOM:
120		 MORNING JOE:
85		 NATIONAL REPORT:
11		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
251		 CNN NEWSROOM:
109		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
62		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
226		 AT THIS HOUR:
119		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
65		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
12p OUTNUMBERED:
307		 INSIDE POLITICS:
177		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
81		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
14		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
23
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
255		 CNN NEWSROOM:
175		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
82		 TROOPATHON 2022:
6		 BLUE BLOODS:
15
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
202		 CNN NEWSROOM:
187		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
73		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
4		 BLUE BLOODS:
28
3p STORY, THE:
214		 CNN NEWSROOM:
177		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
131		 — BLUE BLOODS:
27
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
249		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
218		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
173		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
7		 BLUE BLOODS:
45
5p FIVE, THE:
415		 SITUATION ROOM:
195		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
10		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
35
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
286		 SITUATION ROOM:
189		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
94		 SPICER & CO:
28		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
25
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
287		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
190		 REIDOUT:
128		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
21		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
29
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
328		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
185		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
120		 STINCHFIELD:
22		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
27
9p HANNITY:
284		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
145		 MSNBC PRIME:
115		 PRIME NEWS:
17		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
5
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
268		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
104		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
90		 AMERICA BURNING:
17		 BANFIELD:
2
11p GUTFELD!:
379		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
115		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
54		 DAY OF OUTRAGE:
13		 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: 595,000

Fox News: 1.56 million

MSNBC: 781,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 135,000

Fox News: 263,000

MSNBC: 90,000

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: 614,000

Fox News: 1.89 million

MSNBC: 1.03 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 145,000

Fox News: 294,000

MSNBC: 108,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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