Cable News Ratings Friday, October 29: Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell Draw Biggest Audience at CNN

Mediaite StaffNov 1st, 2021, 4:43 pm
 

CNN's Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell

CNN Newsroom, the 3 p.m. show anchored by Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell, drew the biggest audience for CNN on Friday.

The show, which featured analysis of the day’s top stories and reporting from Wolf Blitzer in Rome, drew 684,000 total viewers and 166,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic, placing first on CNN in both categories.

In an era when daytime shows are occasionally out-rating the prime time hosts — see: The Five regularly overtaking Tucker Carlson — the CNN afternoon program pulled ahead of the network’s traditional ratings winner, Chris Cuomo, whose show airs at 9 p.m.

Despite the win, CNN’s ratings troubles continued on Friday. No show on the network drew more than 700,000 viewers. Compare that to Fox News, which drew more than 3 million viewers for The Five, and MSNBC, which broke 2 million thanks to Rachel Maddow.

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:
997		 NEW DAY:
279		 MORNING JOE:
841		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
18		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
19
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1317		 NEW DAY:
301		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
121		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
10
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1650		 NEW DAY:
377		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1769		 CNN NEWSROOM:
457		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
704		 NATIONAL REPORT:
189		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1674		 CNN NEWSROOM:
496		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
583		 — JAG:
77
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1743		 AT THIS HOUR:
570		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
541		 — JAG:
114
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1800		 INSIDE POLITICS:
594		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
612		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
162		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
235
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1572		 CNN NEWSROOM:
618		 MTP DAILY:
618		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
217
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1496		 CNN NEWSROOM:
619		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
669		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
157		 BLUE BLOODS:
198
3p STORY, THE:
1581		 CNN NEWSROOM:
684		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
696		 — BLUE BLOODS:
228
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1730		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
660		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1236		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
217		 BLUE BLOODS:
317
5p FIVE, THE:
3193		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
581		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
232		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
121
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2350		 SITUATION ROOM:
519		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1234		 SPICER & CO:
294		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
32
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1920		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
494		 REIDOUT:
1106		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
340		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
52
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2796		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
562		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1265		 STINCHFIELD:
186		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
38
9p HANNITY:
2184		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
670		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2011		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
126		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
16
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1851		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
545		 CIVIL WAR:
672		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
132		 BANFIELD:
42
11p GUTFELD!:
1561		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
468		 — GREG KELLY REPORTS:
102		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
14

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
196		 NEW DAY:
62		 MORNING JOE:
83		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
0		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
221		 NEW DAY:
59		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
18		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
255		 NEW DAY:
76		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
254		 CNN NEWSROOM:
78		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
76		 NATIONAL REPORT:
13		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
295		 CNN NEWSROOM:
98		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
87		 — JAG:
1
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
296		 AT THIS HOUR:
128		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
75		 — JAG:
2
12p OUTNUMBERED:
290		 INSIDE POLITICS:
113		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
72		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
20		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
23
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
276		 CNN NEWSROOM:
108		 MTP DAILY:
88		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
35
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
269		 CNN NEWSROOM:
139		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
95		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
28		 BLUE BLOODS:
19
3p STORY, THE:
256		 CNN NEWSROOM:
166		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
99		 — BLUE BLOODS:
23
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
278		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
165		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
142		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
39		 BLUE BLOODS:
40
5p FIVE, THE:
398		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
146		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
46		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
17
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
317		 SITUATION ROOM:
121		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
149		 SPICER & CO:
40		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
3
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
254		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
108		 REIDOUT:
148		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
26		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
363		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
102		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
139		 STINCHFIELD:
15		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
5
9p HANNITY:
262		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
107		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
238		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
17		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
3
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
220		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
93		 CIVIL WAR:
96		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
13		 BANFIELD:
2
11p GUTFELD!:
215		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
96		 — GREG KELLY REPORTS:
17		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
0

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: 497,000

Fox 1.68 million

MSNBC: 823,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 102,000

Fox News: 252,000

MSNBC: 100,000

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: 593,000

Fox News: 2.27 million

MSNBC: 1.12 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 101,000

Fox News: 282,000

MSNBC: 140,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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