Cable News Ratings Friday, November 12: New Day Beats Morning Joe in Demo

 

CNN's New Day hosted by John Berman and Brianna Keilar

CNN’s New Day beat its MSNBC rival Morning Joe in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demo on Friday.

New Day has had a tough time in the ratings lately, something we’ve documented here. But the news-heavy breakfast show, anchored by John Berman and Brianna Keilar, has beaten Morning Joe a few times in the demo, a sign that valuable younger viewers are still tuning in.

On Friday, New Day drew 81,000 viewers in the demo across the three hours its on air. During that same time, the Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski-hosted Morning Joe drew 77,000 viewers. Morning Joe still beat New Day in total viewers, drawing 820,000 viewers to CNN’s 376,000.

Fox & Friends took first place, as usual, beating both New Day and Morning Joe.

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:
959
NEW DAY:
292
MORNING JOE:
820
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
6
MURDER, SHE WROTE:
55
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1494
NEW DAY:
368
WAKE UP AMERICA:
130
MORNING IN AMERICA:
24
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1892
NEW DAY:
486
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2048
CNN NEWSROOM:
586
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
760
NATIONAL REPORT:
188
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1921
CNN NEWSROOM:
587
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
647
JAG:
87
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1867
AT THIS HOUR:
523
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
558
JAG:
99
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1899
INSIDE POLITICS:
576
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
613
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
138
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
169
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1769
CNN NEWSROOM:
601
MTP DAILY:
587
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
240
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1579
CNN NEWSROOM:
603
KATY TUR REPORTS:
607
AMERICAN AGENDA:
156
BLUE BLOODS:
208
3p STORY, THE:
1613
CNN NEWSROOM:
579
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
686
BLUE BLOODS:
240
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1588
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
731
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1323
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
207
BLUE BLOODS:
290
5p FIVE, THE:
3200
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
709
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
218
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
98
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2438
SITUATION ROOM:
595
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1144
SPICER & CO:
241
DONLON REPORT, THE:
54
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1864
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
621
REIDOUT:
989
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
342
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
38
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2875
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
754
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1203
STINCHFIELD:
196
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
58
9p HANNITY:
2615
CUOMO PRIME TIME:
668
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1715
CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
106
NEWSNATION PRIME:
70
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2139
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
497
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
989
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
94
BANFIELD:
45
11p GUTFELD!:
1877
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
424
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
918
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
110
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
16

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
140
NEW DAY:
62
MORNING JOE:
77
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
1
MURDER, SHE WROTE:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
219
NEW DAY:
84
WAKE UP AMERICA:
11
MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
276
NEW DAY:
97
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
320
CNN NEWSROOM:
130
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
101
NATIONAL REPORT:
24
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
319
CNN NEWSROOM:
137
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
92
JAG:
11
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
290
AT THIS HOUR:
109
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
87
JAG:
11
12p OUTNUMBERED:
306
INSIDE POLITICS:
108
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
74
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
19
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
29
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
280
CNN NEWSROOM:
134
MTP DAILY:
65
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
43
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
267
CNN NEWSROOM:
104
KATY TUR REPORTS:
62
AMERICAN AGENDA:
23
BLUE BLOODS:
49
3p STORY, THE:
246
CNN NEWSROOM:
104
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
68
BLUE BLOODS:
51
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
251
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
167
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
125
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
35
BLUE BLOODS:
51
5p FIVE, THE:
457
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
156
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
32
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
395
SITUATION ROOM:
160
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
122
SPICER & CO:
32
DONLON REPORT, THE:
10
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
285
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
138
REIDOUT:
94
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
54
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
425
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
126
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
115
STINCHFIELD:
40
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
10
9p HANNITY:
377
CUOMO PRIME TIME:
83
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
193
CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
31
NEWSNATION PRIME:
11
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
301
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
95
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
120
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
18
BANFIELD:
19
11p GUTFELD!:
314
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
106
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
93
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
14
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 538,000

Fox: 1.81 million

MSNBC: 845,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 111,000

Fox News: 284,000

MSNBC: 93,000

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: 640,000

Fox News: 2.54 million

MSNBC: 1.3 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 101,000

Fox News: 368,000

MSNBC: 143,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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