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

Mediaite StaffOct 4th, 2021, 5:30 pm
 

Ari Melber on MSNBC's The Beat

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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