Cable News Ratings Friday, September 10: Tucker Carlson Tonight Wins at 8 PM — Even With Lara Logan Guest Hosting

Mediaite StaffSep 13th, 2021, 5:02 pm
 

Lara Logan hosts Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News

Tucker Carlson is regularly the most-watched host in cable news. Even when he isn’t hosting his 8 p.m. show on Fox News, it can still beat the competition. Such was the case on Friday, when Lara Logan guest-hosted and drew the most viewers in prime time.

Logan — who took heat last week after once again falling for a hoax report — drew a sizable 2.51 million viewers overall on Friday night, as well as 398,000 in the demo. That was enough to beat out the competition: On CNN, Anderson Cooper drew just 648,000 total viewers and 143,000 in the demo, while at MSNBC Chris Hayes drew 1.27 million overall and 127,000 in the demo.

Logan was not the most-watched show in all of cable news, however. That distinction went to another Fox News show: The Five, which pulled in 2.93 million total viewers and 411,000 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:
842		 NEW DAY:
310		 MORNING JOE:
815		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
21		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1318		 NEW DAY:
398		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
90		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1672		 NEW DAY:
485		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1707		 CNN NEWSROOM:
532		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
668		 NATIONAL REPORT:
184		 JAG:
104
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1566		 CNN NEWSROOM:
646		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
629		 — JAG:
108
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1512		 AT THIS HOUR:
643		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
504		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
116
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1633		 INSIDE POLITICS:
738		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
512		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
175		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
209
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1419		 CNN NEWSROOM:
627		 MTP DAILY:
598		 TROOPATHON 2021:
131		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
244
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1385		 CNN NEWSROOM:
673		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
649		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
153		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
250
3p STORY, THE:
1432		 CNN NEWSROOM:
642		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
674		 — BLUE BLOODS:
193
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1296		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
637		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1122		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
238		 BLUE BLOODS:
285
5p FIVE, THE:
2938		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
659		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
269		 BLUE BLOODS:
289
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2096		 SITUATION ROOM:
589		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1178		 SPICER & CO:
237		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
87
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1829		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
672		 REIDOUT:
1153		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
295		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
48
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2516		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
648		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1273		 STINCHFIELD:
196		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
22
9p HANNITY:
2344		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
697		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2100		 9/11: THE DAY THAT SHOOK:
127		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
20
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2153		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
635		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1075		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
104		 BANFIELD:
13
11p GUTFELD!:
1993		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
483		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
777		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
120		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
187		 NEW DAY:
54		 MORNING JOE:
92		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
2		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
256		 NEW DAY:
61		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
7		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
266		 NEW DAY:
95		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
213		 CNN NEWSROOM:
112		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
87		 NATIONAL REPORT:
36		 JAG:
7
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
221		 CNN NEWSROOM:
136		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
78		 — JAG:
7
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
211		 AT THIS HOUR:
135		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
67		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
10
12p OUTNUMBERED:
230		 INSIDE POLITICS:
155		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
64		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
29		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
217		 CNN NEWSROOM:
163		 MTP DAILY:
79		 TROOPATHON 2021:
37		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
202		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
75		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
16		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
3p STORY, THE:
216		 CNN NEWSROOM:
132		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
68		 — BLUE BLOODS:
16
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
207		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
136		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
95		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
22		 BLUE BLOODS:
14
5p FIVE, THE:
411		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
131		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
32		 BLUE BLOODS:
18
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
318		 SITUATION ROOM:
145		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
128		 SPICER & CO:
11		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
276		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
147		 REIDOUT:
127		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
15		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
398		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
143		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
127		 STINCHFIELD:
22		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
9p HANNITY:
371		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
143		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
249		 9/11: THE DAY THAT SHOOK:
19		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
392		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
147		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
147		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
10		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
403		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
148		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
83		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
9		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
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: 557,000

Fox News: 1.6 million

MSNBC: 847,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 124,000

Fox News: 263,000

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: 660,000

Fox News: 2.33 million

MSNBC: 1.48 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 144,000

Fox News: 387,000

MSNBC: 174,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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