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

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.