Cable News Ratings Friday November 11: CNN Dominates MSNBC in Prime Time Demo

CNN’s prime time election coverage continued through Friday night and scored a decisive win over MSNBC’s prime time line-up in the key 25-54 age demographic.
Between 8 and 11 p.m. CNN averaged 312,000 demo viewers, while MSNBC brought in an average of 164,000 demo viewers.
While CNN’s showing almost doubled that of MSNBC, it still fell short of Fox News, which had 375,000 demo viewers across prime time.
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: 1090 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 348 |
MORNING JOE: 935 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 31 |
EARLY MORNING: 14 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1543 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 471 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 125 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 28 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1960 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 616 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 2115 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 690 |
MORNING JOE: 1093 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 203 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 2057 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 788 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 868 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 31 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1942 |
AT THIS HOUR: 805 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 783 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1975 |
AT THIS HOUR: 889 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 885 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 166 |
BLUE BLOODS: 70 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1713 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 838 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 918 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 147 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1620 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 793 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 963 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 160 |
BLUE BLOODS: 194 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1675 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 808 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 1053 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 222 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1845 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 867 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1563 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 195 |
BLUE BLOODS: 237 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3646 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 843 |
— | SPICER & CO: 214 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 114 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2633 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 825 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1630 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 221 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 58 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2473 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 1061 |
REIDOUT: 1377 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 315 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 46 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3055 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 1121 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1487 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 181 |
CUOMO: 105 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2606 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 1152 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1594 |
PRIME NEWS: 130 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 79 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2418 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 1316 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1793 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 232 |
BANFIELD: 26 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2331 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 928 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1413 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 108 |
CUOMO: 25 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 159 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 79 |
MORNING JOE: 113 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 11 |
EARLY MORNING: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 249 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 123 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 24 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 276 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 161 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 243 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 188 |
MORNING JOE: 133 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 12 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 254 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 198 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 117 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 6 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 285 |
AT THIS HOUR: 180 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 122 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 277 |
AT THIS HOUR: 221 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 103 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 15 |
BLUE BLOODS: 10 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 240 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 191 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 118 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 20 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 231 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 155 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 134 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 27 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 244 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 166 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 125 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 31 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 255 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 199 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 174 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 14 |
BLUE BLOODS: 33 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 411 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 220 |
— | SPICER & CO: 19 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 19 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 351 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 209 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 166 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 14 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 15 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 306 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 284 |
REIDOUT: 170 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 36 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 9 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 407 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 294 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 163 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 12 |
CUOMO: 24 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 351 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 300 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 144 |
PRIME NEWS: 17 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 15 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 368 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 343 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 186 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 28 |
BANFIELD: 4 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 442 |
ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA: 270 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 164 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 8 |
CUOMO: 4 |
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: 791,000
Fox News: 1.97 million
MSNBC: 1.11 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 196,000
Fox News: 281,000
MSNBC: 131,000
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: 1.20 million
Fox News: 2.69 million
MSNBC: 1.62 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 312,000
Fox News: 375,000
MSNBC: 164,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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