Cable News Ratings Friday, November 5: Hannity Edges Out Tucker Carlson Tonight

Mediaite StaffNov 8th, 2021, 5:44 pm
 

Sean Hannity on Fox News

Sean Hannity edged out Tucker Carlson Tonight — which was guest-hosted by Will Cain — in total viewers in the Friday night ratings race.

Hannity drew 3.02 million viewers at 9 p.m. on Friday night, coming out ahead of Cain, who drew 2.94 million in the 8 p.m. hour.

Cain still managed to best Hannity in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic, with 456,000 to Hannity’s 417,000.

The Five placed first in cable news, with 3.29 million viewers and 504,000 in the demo, continuing a strong run at the top of cable news.

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:
1071		 NEW DAY:
240		 MORNING JOE:
678		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
10		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
29
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1399		 NEW DAY:
304		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
139		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
9
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1699		 NEW DAY:
410		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1835		 CNN NEWSROOM:
524		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
647		 NATIONAL REPORT:
209		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1862		 CNN NEWSROOM:
645		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
533		 — JAG:
57
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1862		 CNN NEWSROOM:
636		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
527		 — JAG:
106
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2082		 — — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
179		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
194
1p — — — — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
193
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1409		 — — AMERICAN AGENDA:
190		 BLUE BLOODS:
192
3p STORY, THE:
1689		 CNN NEWSROOM:
601		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
784		 — BLUE BLOODS:
295
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1694		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
700		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1141		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
226		 BLUE BLOODS:
287
5p FIVE, THE:
3298		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
627		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
236		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
130
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2476		 SITUATION ROOM:
610		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1097		 SPICER & CO:
275		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
44
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2045		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
700		 REIDOUT:
1029		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
346		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
21
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2947		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
807		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1099		 STINCHFIELD:
220		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
30
9p HANNITY:
3020		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
944		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1927		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
168		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
26
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2479		 — LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1295		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
139		 BANFIELD:
26
11p GUTFELD!:
2017		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
586		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1034		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
106		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
24

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
182		 NEW DAY:
54		 MORNING JOE:
71		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
4		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
276		 NEW DAY:
81		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
36		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
285		 NEW DAY:
103		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
320		 CNN NEWSROOM:
131		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
71		 NATIONAL REPORT:
38		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
345		 CNN NEWSROOM:
188		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
50		 — JAG:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
358		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
59		 — JAG:
7
12p OUTNUMBERED:
403		 — — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
24		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
8
1p — — — — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
8
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
216		 — — AMERICAN AGENDA:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
21
3p STORY, THE:
262		 CNN NEWSROOM:
134		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
99		 — BLUE BLOODS:
47
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
273		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
171		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
108		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
39
5p FIVE, THE:
504		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
155		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
30		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
24
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
400		 SITUATION ROOM:
178		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
99		 SPICER & CO:
28		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
15
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
376		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
162		 REIDOUT:
134		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
41		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
456		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
171		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
133		 STINCHFIELD:
22		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
2
9p HANNITY:
417		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
204		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
244		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
32		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
361		 — LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
147		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
21		 BANFIELD:
1
11p GUTFELD!:
365		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
116		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
112		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
8		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5

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: 613,000

Fox 1.8 million

MSNBC: 840,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 134,000

Fox News: 305,000

MSNBC: 91,000

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: 898,000

Fox News: 2.81 million

MSNBC: 1.44 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 193,000

Fox News: 411,000

MSNBC: 175,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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