Cable News Ratings Friday November 25: Nicolle Wallace Leads MSNBC in the Ratings

Nicolle Wallace led MSNBC on the Friday after Thanksgiving with 890,000 total viewers.
Wallace’s Deadline: White House was the highest-rated non-Fox News show on Friday as The Five and Tucker Carlson Tonight topped the charts. Many cable news programs on Friday were specials looking back at old interviews and highlighting past segments.
The Beat with Ari Melber landed in second place on MSNBC, followed by the Reid Out.
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 SPECIAL: 784 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 267 |
DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL: 360 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 14 |
EARLY MORNING: 16 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 1056 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 386 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 69 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 27 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 1430 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 447 |
MORNING JOE-SPC: 579 |
— | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM SPCL: 1647 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 540 |
MORNING JOE-SPC: 565 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 150 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM SPCL: 1693 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 655 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 510 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 32 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS SPECIAL: 1486 |
AT THIS HOUR: 647 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 528 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED SPECIAL: 1451 |
AT THIS HOUR: 616 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 530 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 120 |
BLUE BLOODS: 110 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS SPECIAL: 1129 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 571 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 554 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 175 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS SPECIAL: 984 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 537 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 529 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 107 |
BLUE BLOODS: 196 |
| 3p | STORY SPECIAL, THE: 896 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 505 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 544 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 233 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/CAVUTO SPCL: 1089 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 597 |
DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL: 890 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 137 |
BLUE BLOODS: 296 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE SPCL: 2275 |
SITUATION ROOM: 720 |
— | SPICER & CO: 122 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 141 |
| 6p | SPCL RPT W/BRET BAIER SPC: 1550 |
SITUATION ROOM: 595 |
BEAT W/ ARI MELBER SPEC: 827 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 103 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 111 |
| 7p | J. WATTERS PRIMETIME SPCL: 1528 |
PARTS UNKNOWN: 365 |
REIDOUT SPECIAL: 791 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 137 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 66 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL: 1890 |
PARTS UNKNOWN: 291 |
DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL: 631 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 113 |
CUOMO: 68 |
| 9p | HANNITY SPECIAL: 1443 |
CNN FILMS: 318 |
— | PRIME NEWS: 99 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 67 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL: 1153 |
— | BEAT W/ ARI MELBER SPEC: 524 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 99 |
BANFIELD: 84 |
| 11p | GUTFELD SPECIAL: 1382 |
PARTS UNKNOWN: 167 |
REIDOUT SPECIAL: 341 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 57 |
CUOMO: 58 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 105 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 44 |
DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL: 30 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 0 |
EARLY MORNING: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 150 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 57 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 2 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 6 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 230 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 81 |
MORNING JOE-SPC: 44 |
— | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM SPCL: 216 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 112 |
MORNING JOE-SPC: 61 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 3 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM SPCL: 194 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 131 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 50 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 3 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS SPECIAL: 195 |
AT THIS HOUR: 141 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 60 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED SPECIAL: 163 |
AT THIS HOUR: 144 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 45 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 4 |
BLUE BLOODS: 22 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS SPECIAL: 137 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 154 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 35 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 48 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS SPECIAL: 137 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 140 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 48 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 9 |
BLUE BLOODS: 37 |
| 3p | STORY SPECIAL, THE: 105 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 134 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 38 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 43 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/CAVUTO SPCL: 123 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 120 |
DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL: 75 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 60 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE SPCL: 231 |
SITUATION ROOM: 129 |
— | SPICER & CO: 16 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 22 |
| 6p | SPCL RPT W/BRET BAIER SPC: 122 |
SITUATION ROOM: 115 |
BEAT W/ ARI MELBER SPEC: 64 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 14 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 8 |
| 7p | J. WATTERS PRIMETIME SPCL: 131 |
PARTS UNKNOWN: 105 |
REIDOUT SPECIAL: 52 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 10 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 2 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL: 201 |
PARTS UNKNOWN: 70 |
DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL: 45 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 12 |
CUOMO: 8 |
| 9p | HANNITY SPECIAL: 124 |
CNN FILMS: 70 |
— | PRIME NEWS: 19 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 18 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL: 122 |
— | BEAT W/ ARI MELBER SPEC: 35 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 11 |
BANFIELD: 9 |
| 11p | GUTFELD SPECIAL: 183 |
PARTS UNKNOWN: 63 |
REIDOUT SPECIAL: 39 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 3 |
CUOMO: 9 |
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: 425,000
Fox News: 1.27 million
MSNBC: 538,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 98,000
Fox News: 151,000
MSNBC: 46,000
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: 309,000
Fox News: 1.49 million
MSNBC: 596,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 70,000
Fox News: 149,000
MSNBC: 42,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.