Cable News Ratings Friday September 23: The Five Tops the Charts in Both Demo and Total Viewers

Fox News’s top-rated show, The Five, landed in first place in both the key 25-54 age demographic and in the demo on Friday.
The Five brought in a total of 2.9 million viewers, besting its nearest competition Tucker Carlson Tonight, which brought in some 2.76 million total viewers.
In the demo, The Five scored 371,000 viewers, while Carlson brought in 310,000 demo viewers for second place.
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: 976 |
NEW DAY: 331 |
MORNING JOE: 877 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 30 |
EARLY MORNING: 11 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1415 |
NEW DAY: 421 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 114 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 24 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1671 |
NEW DAY: 495 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1636 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 620 |
MORNING JOE: 923 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 163 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1733 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 685 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 738 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 30 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1773 |
AT THIS HOUR: 692 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 691 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1853 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 747 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 769 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 181 |
BLUE BLOODS: 80 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1413 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 777 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 845 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 151 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1284 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 824 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 772 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 150 |
BLUE BLOODS: 196 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1435 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 745 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 791 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 228 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1475 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 749 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1608 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 232 |
BLUE BLOODS: 223 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2906 |
SITUATION ROOM: 731 |
— | SPICER & CO: 198 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 131 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2103 |
SITUATION ROOM: 645 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1563 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 205 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 82 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2317 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 722 |
REIDOUT: 1243 |
TRUMP RALLY PRE SHOW: 405 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 48 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2756 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 792 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1520 |
— | NEWSNATION PRIME: 30 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2284 |
CNN TONIGHT: 621 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1506 |
— | DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 39 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1802 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 757 |
FIELD REPORT/ PAOLA RAMOS: 602 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 261 |
BANFIELD: 33 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2012 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 553 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 787 |
SPICER & CO: 59 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 32 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 158 |
NEW DAY: 56 |
MORNING JOE: 95 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 2 |
EARLY MORNING: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 263 |
NEW DAY: 83 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 19 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 6 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 291 |
NEW DAY: 108 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 237 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 110 |
MORNING JOE: 79 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 12 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 267 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 107 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 58 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 5 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 254 |
AT THIS HOUR: 105 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 49 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 272 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 131 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 55 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 17 |
BLUE BLOODS: 5 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 210 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 144 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 77 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 15 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 221 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 131 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 62 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 20 |
BLUE BLOODS: 30 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 251 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 121 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 70 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 246 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 150 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 132 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 23 |
BLUE BLOODS: 17 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 371 |
SITUATION ROOM: 153 |
— | SPICER & CO: 26 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 8 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 289 |
SITUATION ROOM: 161 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 112 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 13 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 9 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 294 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 162 |
REIDOUT: 114 |
TRUMP RALLY PRE SHOW: 21 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 4 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 310 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 162 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 125 |
— | NEWSNATION PRIME: 5 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 241 |
CNN TONIGHT: 101 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 102 |
— | DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 5 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 195 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 119 |
FIELD REPORT/ PAOLA RAMOS: 55 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 19 |
BANFIELD: 3 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 352 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 103 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 80 |
SPICER & CO: 9 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 7 |
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: 617,000
Fox News: 1.67 million
MSNBC: 937,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 114,000
Fox News: 244,000
MSNBC: 82,000
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: 723,000
Fox News: 2.28 million
MSNBC: 1.21 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 128,000
Fox News: 249,000
MSNBC: 94,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.