Cable News Ratings Friday October 21: Ari Melber Leads MSNBC — Beating All of Prime Time

Mediaite StaffOct 24th, 2022, 4:48 pm
 

Ari Melber

MSNBC’s Ari Melber topped the network in total viewers on Friday as the 6 p.m. host beat out all of prime time.

Melber pulled in 1.415  million total viewers, just enough to beat Nicolle Wallace’s 1.391 million total viewers in the hours just before him.

Chris Hayes landed in third place on the network with 1.312 million total viewers at 8 p.m.

Melber came in second place during his time slot, as Fox News’s Bret Baier led the hour with 2.18 million total viewers. CNN came in third place with 575,000 total viewers at 6 p.m.

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:
1069		 NEW DAY:
292		 MORNING JOE:
865		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
13		 EARLY MORNING:
12
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1361		 NEW DAY:
372		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
99		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
25
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1658		 NEW DAY:
501		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1753		 CNN NEWSROOM:
542		 MORNING JOE:
892		 NATIONAL REPORT:
140		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1842		 CNN NEWSROOM:
657		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
736		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
24
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1896		 AT THIS HOUR:
638		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
692		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1804		 INSIDE POLITICS:
570		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
732		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
128		 BLUE BLOODS:
82
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1430		 CNN NEWSROOM:
648		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
652		 — BLUE BLOODS:
179
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1314		 CNN NEWSROOM:
647		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
731		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
150		 BLUE BLOODS:
227
3p STORY, THE:
1233		 CNN NEWSROOM:
604		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
771		 — BLUE BLOODS:
197
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1433		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
555		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1391		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
236		 BLUE BLOODS:
250
5p FIVE, THE:
3161		 SITUATION ROOM:
612		 — SPICER & CO:
168		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
117
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2177		 SITUATION ROOM:
575		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1415		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
185		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
84
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2458		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
580		 REIDOUT:
1184		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
197		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
45
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2870		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
587		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1312		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
145		 CUOMO:
110
9p HANNITY:
2327		 CNN TONIGHT:
514		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1270		 PRIME NEWS:
126		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
69
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1999		 CNN TONIGHT:
436		 KORNACKI COUNTDOWN, THE:
807		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
166		 BANFIELD:
43
11p GUTFELD!:
2086		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
358		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
718		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
119		 CUOMO:
70

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
190		 NEW DAY:
62		 MORNING JOE:
127		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
3		 EARLY MORNING:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
283		 NEW DAY:
60		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
12		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
314		 NEW DAY:
105		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
264		 CNN NEWSROOM:
122		 MORNING JOE:
111		 NATIONAL REPORT:
9		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
271		 CNN NEWSROOM:
151		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
106		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
273		 AT THIS HOUR:
150		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
81		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
234		 INSIDE POLITICS:
137		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
84		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
4		 BLUE BLOODS:
9
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
211		 CNN NEWSROOM:
129		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
81		 — BLUE BLOODS:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
201		 CNN NEWSROOM:
98		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
79		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
10		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
3p STORY, THE:
163		 CNN NEWSROOM:
109		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
84		 — BLUE BLOODS:
11
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
190		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
114		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
142		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
13		 BLUE BLOODS:
19
5p FIVE, THE:
394		 SITUATION ROOM:
104		 — SPICER & CO:
14		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
290		 SITUATION ROOM:
104		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
136		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
11		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
11
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
314		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
129		 REIDOUT:
124		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
8		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
348		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
108		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
116		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
11		 CUOMO:
8
9p HANNITY:
265		 CNN TONIGHT:
114		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
104		 PRIME NEWS:
7		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
237		 CNN TONIGHT:
97		 KORNACKI COUNTDOWN, THE:
78		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
11		 BANFIELD:
4
11p GUTFELD!:
305		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
83		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
83		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
14		 CUOMO:
12

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: 504,000

Fox News: 1.74 million

MSNBC: 870,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 101,000

Fox News: 250,000

MSNBC: 102,000

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: 512,000

Fox News: 2.34 million

MSNBC: 1.13 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 107,000

Fox News: 283,000

MSNBC: 99,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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