Cable News Ratings Friday, October 1: Ari Melber More Than Doubles Wolf Blitzer Overall, But Situation Room Takes Demo

MSNBC’s Ari Melber more than doubled the total viewer ratings of 6 p.m. CNN rival Wolf Blitzer on Friday.
Melber’s The Beat drew 1.16 million total viewers, while Blitzer’s Situation Room drew 567,000 viewers. Blitzer, however, triumphed in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic, with 154,000 to Melber’s 133,000.
Fox News host Bret Baier easily bested both of them, with 1.96 million viewers overall and 256,000 in the demo.
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: 958 |
NEW DAY: 235 |
MORNING JOE: 794 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 7 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 22 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1325 |
NEW DAY: 345 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 89 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 18 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1624 |
NEW DAY: 458 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1747 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 574 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 733 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 153 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1704 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 666 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 592 |
— | JAG: 129 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1707 |
AT THIS HOUR: 705 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 577 |
— | JAG: 139 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1764 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 638 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 742 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 148 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 225 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1615 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 662 |
MTP DAILY: 717 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 262 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1630 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 721 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 799 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 167 |
BLUE BLOODS: 263 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1844 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 748 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 846 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 310 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1706 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 731 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1266 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 210 |
BLUE BLOODS: 329 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2857 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 646 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 225 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 161 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 1963 |
SITUATION ROOM: 567 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1156 |
SPICER & CO: 275 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 70 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 1817 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 602 |
REIDOUT: 979 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 367 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 40 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2601 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 638 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1214 |
STINCHFIELD: 223 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 22 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2343 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 570 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 1507 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 145 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 19 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1915 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 528 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 830 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 151 |
BANFIELD: 14 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1878 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 400 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 815 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 183 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 12 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 148 |
NEW DAY: 43 |
MORNING JOE: 111 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 0 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 201 |
NEW DAY: 62 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 9 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 1 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 231 |
NEW DAY: 74 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 303 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 118 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 89 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 12 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 286 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 140 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 64 |
— | JAG: 5 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 262 |
AT THIS HOUR: 110 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 74 |
— | JAG: 12 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 249 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 129 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 88 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 11 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 6 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 243 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 143 |
MTP DAILY: 94 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 15 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 245 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 158 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 113 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 18 |
BLUE BLOODS: 16 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 272 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 164 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 119 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 28 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 253 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 157 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 127 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 22 |
BLUE BLOODS: 32 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 378 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 128 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 22 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 9 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 256 |
SITUATION ROOM: 154 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 133 |
SPICER & CO: 25 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 7 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 244 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 123 |
REIDOUT: 144 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 30 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 3 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 384 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 123 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 154 |
STINCHFIELD: 23 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 6 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 358 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 116 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 142 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 20 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 6 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 352 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 128 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 76 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 29 |
BANFIELD: 1 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 370 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 130 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 82 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 28 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 1 |
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: 535,000
Fox News: 1.67 million
MSNBC: 839,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 113,000
Fox News: 265,000
MSNBC: 101,000
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: 579,000
Fox News: 2.28 million
MSNBC: 1.18 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 122,000
Fox News: 365,000
MSNBC: 124,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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