Cable News Ratings Friday, October 22: Fox News’ The Five Scores a Commanding First-Place Win

Mediaite StaffOct 25th, 2021, 5:12 pm
 

 

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Fox News’ The Five dominated in the cable news ratings Friday, with a comfortable lead on the network’s primetime programming.

The 5 pm show — co-hosted by Dagen McDowell, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Watters, Kennedy, and Greg Gutfeld — scored 3.16 million viewers. Tucker Carlson Tonight came in second with 2.88 million, followed by Hannity with 2.7 million.

Tucker Carlson Tonight won overall in the 25-54 viewer demographic. Watters guest-hosted the show and got 434,000 viewers in the demo, followed by Hannity’s 414,000 and The Five’s 395,000.

Here is a full breakdown of Friday cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
918		 NEW DAY:
352		 MORNING JOE:
751		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
9		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
23
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1374		 NEW DAY:
456		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
83		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
15
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1688		 NEW DAY:
482		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1816		 CNN NEWSROOM:
575		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
798		 NATIONAL REPORT:
159		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1892		 CNN NEWSROOM:
638		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
644		 — JAG:
64
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1754		 AT THIS HOUR:
667		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
553		 — JAG:
97
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1777		 INSIDE POLITICS:
629		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
624		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
170		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
203
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1585		 CNN NEWSROOM:
696		 MTP DAILY:
623		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
234
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1502		 CNN NEWSROOM:
741		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
577		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
153		 BLUE BLOODS:
217
3p STORY, THE:
1576		 CNN NEWSROOM:
759		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
646		 — BLUE BLOODS:
254
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1519		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
782		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1238		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
216		 BLUE BLOODS:
274
5p FIVE, THE:
3158		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
776		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
206		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
130
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2355		 SITUATION ROOM:
632		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1093		 SPICER & CO:
284		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
67
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2050		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
872		 REIDOUT:
844		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
340		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
36
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2883		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
782		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1175		 STINCHFIELD:
232		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
22
9p HANNITY:
2702		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
858		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2053		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
181		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
32
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1891		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
595		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
958		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
178		 BANFIELD:
46
11p GUTFELD!:
1800		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
428		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
920		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
125		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
12

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
136		 NEW DAY:
87		 MORNING JOE:
84		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
5		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
208		 NEW DAY:
109		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
293		 NEW DAY:
85		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
291		 CNN NEWSROOM:
115		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
112		 NATIONAL REPORT:
10		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
257		 CNN NEWSROOM:
147		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
89		 — JAG:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
244		 AT THIS HOUR:
170		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
65		 — JAG:
5
12p OUTNUMBERED:
263		 INSIDE POLITICS:
149		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
61		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
13		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
265		 CNN NEWSROOM:
148		 MTP DAILY:
88		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
18
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
265		 CNN NEWSROOM:
148		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
78		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
13		 BLUE BLOODS:
12
3p STORY, THE:
271		 CNN NEWSROOM:
150		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
82		 — BLUE BLOODS:
17
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
220		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
168		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
138		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
11		 BLUE BLOODS:
31
5p FIVE, THE:
395		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
146		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
6		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
12
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
326		 SITUATION ROOM:
133		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
143		 SPICER & CO:
18		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
352		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
166		 REIDOUT:
111		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
27		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
434		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
123		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
124		 STINCHFIELD:
19		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
2
9p HANNITY:
414		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
157		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
250		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
39		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
12
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
272		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
111		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
103		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
38		 BANFIELD:
14
11p GUTFELD!:
345		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
117		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
121		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
11		 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: 602,000

Fox 1.74 million

MSNBC: 835,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 125,000

Fox News: 278,000

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: 745,000

Fox News: 2.49 million

MSNBC: 1.4 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 130,000

Fox News: 373,000

MSNBC: 159,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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