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

 

The Five

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.

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