Cable News Ratings Friday, September 3: Fox News Has Top 14 Most Watched Shows on Cable News

Mediaite StaffSep 7th, 2021, 5:05 pm
 

Tucker Carlson on Fox News

Cable news ratings were low going into Labor Day weekend — for every network aside from one that rhymes with Nox Fews.

At MSNBC and CNN, the numbers were soft across the board. CNN did not have a single show pull in more than 1 million viewers. Its most-watched program was The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer at 5 p.m. (787,000 in total viewers, 175,000 in the advertiser-coveted A25-54 demographic).

MSNBC managed to break 1 million, but only twice: Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace drew 1 million in total viewers and 99,000 in the demo, while All In with Chris Hayes drew 1.16 million total viewers and 98,000 in the demo. You’ll notice that there is no data for Rachel Maddow in the charts below — she was off for the holiday, and her show was replaced by a two-hour Chris Hayes special.

Fox News had soft-ish numbers, softer than usual at least, but still pulled in a sizable audience. As usual, Tucker Carlson was first in cable news, pulling in 2.89 million viewers overall and 504,000 in the demo.

Otherwise, Fox News totally dominated the charts. The network held the top 14 most watched shows in total viewers, and the top 15 most watched shows 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:
850		 NEW DAY:
330		 MORNING JOE:
833		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
20		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1283		 NEW DAY:
411		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
116		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1679		 NEW DAY:
498		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1739		 CNN NEWSROOM:
638		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
760		 NATIONAL REPORT:
174
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1710		 CNN NEWSROOM:
689		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
682		 —
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1499		 AT THIS HOUR:
770		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
628		 —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1586		 AT THIS HOUR:
761		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
657		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
170
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1431		 CNN NEWSROOM:
759		 MTP DAILY:
701		 —
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1474		 CNN NEWSROOM:
710		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
679		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
175
3p STORY, THE:
1323		 CNN NEWSROOM:
683		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
743		 —
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1396		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
782		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1006		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
293
5p FIVE, THE:
2560		 SITUATION ROOM:
787		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
290
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1994		 SITUATION ROOM:
675		 REIDOUT SPECIAL:
912		 SPICER & CO:
248		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
107
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1844		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
681		 — GREG KELLY REPORTS:
255		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
45
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2899		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
782		 ALL IN W. C HAYES SPEC:
1169		 STINCHFIELD:
191		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
37
9p HANNITY:
2296		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
688		 — CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
160		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
36
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1925		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
581		 REIDOUT SPECIAL:
728		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
148		 BANFIELD:
14
11p GUTFELD!:
1669		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
481		 ALL IN W. C HAYES SPEC:
525		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
118		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
22

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
139		 NEW DAY:
60		 MORNING JOE:
98		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
2		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
265		 NEW DAY:
88		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
16		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
325		 NEW DAY:
102		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
285		 CNN NEWSROOM:
130		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
70		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 JAG:
17
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
281		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
57		 — JAG:
18
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
261		 AT THIS HOUR:
151		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
79		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
12p OUTNUMBERED:
265		 AT THIS HOUR:
187		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
81		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
13		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
48
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
243		 CNN NEWSROOM:
175		 MTP DAILY:
83		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
60
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
254		 CNN NEWSROOM:
166		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
74		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
39		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
70
3p STORY, THE:
224		 CNN NEWSROOM:
144		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
87		 — BLUE BLOODS:
22
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
225		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
161		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
99		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
31		 BLUE BLOODS:
34
5p FIVE, THE:
355		 SITUATION ROOM:
175		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
28		 BLUE BLOODS:
29
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
349		 SITUATION ROOM:
161		 REIDOUT SPECIAL:
116		 SPICER & CO:
38		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
9
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
351		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
183		 — GREG KELLY REPORTS:
38		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
504		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
184		 ALL IN W. C HAYES SPEC:
98		 STINCHFIELD:
22		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5
9p HANNITY:
341		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
157		 — CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
29		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
10
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
275		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
139		 REIDOUT SPECIAL:
57		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
35		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
272		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
137		 ALL IN W. C HAYES SPEC:
65		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
25		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

Fox News: 1.58 million

MSNBC: 756,000

CNN: 605,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 269,000

CNN: 135,000

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:

Fox News: 2.37 million

MSNBC: 1.02 million

CNN: 684,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 374,000

CNN: 160,000

MSNBC: 84,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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