Cable News Ratings Friday, October 15: The Five More Than DOUBLES Lead-In Neil Cavuto

Mediaite StaffOct 18th, 2021, 4:53 pm
 

The Five on Friday

Viewers flocked to Fox News to watch The Five on Friday, making the 5 p.m. show the most-watched in all of cable news.

What is so remarkable about the high ratings of The Five is that the show’s lead-in, Your World with Neil Cavuto, was one of the worst-performing hours of Fox’s daytime lineup (though he still handily beat the competition on MSNBC and CNN).

Cavuto drew 1.39 million in the 4 p.m. hour. The Five more than doubled his audience, for a total of 2.9 million viewers. Those numbers were even bigger than those of Tucker Carlson, typically the highest-rated host on cable news — though we should note that lately, The Five has been challenging his ratings dominance.

There was a similar story in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic. Cavuto drew a sizable 251,000 viewers in the demo, but The Five drew an even larger 427,000 demo viewers.

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:
761		 NEW DAY:
356		 MORNING JOE:
751		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
10		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
20
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1242		 NEW DAY:
388		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
90		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
24
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1567		 NEW DAY:
437		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1668		 CNN NEWSROOM:
493		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
733		 NATIONAL REPORT:
196		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1585		 CNN NEWSROOM:
567		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
647		 — JAG:
91
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1609		 AT THIS HOUR:
639		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
568		 — JAG:
98
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1653		 INSIDE POLITICS:
640		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
626		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
190		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
227
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1516		 CNN NEWSROOM:
637		 MTP DAILY:
626		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
214
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1338		 CNN NEWSROOM:
701		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
114		 BLUE BLOODS:
205
3p STORY, THE:
1355		 CNN NEWSROOM:
627		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
662		 — BLUE BLOODS:
256
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1396		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
643		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1191		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
191		 BLUE BLOODS:
268
5p FIVE, THE:
2907		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
568		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
231		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
116
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2037		 SITUATION ROOM:
483		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1080		 SPICER & CO:
228		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
66
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1935		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
597		 REIDOUT:
1129		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
320		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
36
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2754		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
739		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1249		 STINCHFIELD:
208		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
38
9p HANNITY:
2263		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
837		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1760		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
123		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
42
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2027		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
553		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1057		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
87		 BANFIELD:
44
11p GUTFELD!:
1858		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
379		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
725		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
82		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
18

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
122		 NEW DAY:
65		 MORNING JOE:
80		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
2		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
197		 NEW DAY:
74		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
6		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
225		 NEW DAY:
98		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
229		 CNN NEWSROOM:
101		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
90		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
243		 CNN NEWSROOM:
96		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
91		 — JAG:
13
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
257		 AT THIS HOUR:
139		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
88		 — JAG:
11
12p OUTNUMBERED:
255		 INSIDE POLITICS:
144		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
95		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
38		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
248		 CNN NEWSROOM:
160		 MTP DAILY:
73		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
21
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
220		 CNN NEWSROOM:
157		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
28		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
3p STORY, THE:
203		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
65		 — BLUE BLOODS:
25
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
251		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
148		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
91		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
19
5p FIVE, THE:
427		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
152		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
24		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
276		 SITUATION ROOM:
111		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
107		 SPICER & CO:
17		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
4
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
311		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
126		 REIDOUT:
141		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
22		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
439		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
128		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
153		 STINCHFIELD:
47		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
5
9p HANNITY:
384		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
167		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
195		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
23		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
8
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
349		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
92		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
117		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
11		 BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
335		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
72		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
79		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
15		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3

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: 527,000

Fox News: 1.61 million

MSNBC: 824,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 111,000

Fox News: 264,000

MSNBC: 92,000

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: 710,000

Fox News: 2.34 million

MSNBC: 1.35 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 129,000

Fox News: 391,000

MSNBC: 155,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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