Cable News Ratings, January 27 & 28: Jesse Watters Settles into Third Place, Edges Out Sean Hannity

Mediaite StaffJan 31st, 2022, 5:13 pm
 

On both Thursday and Friday, the new Fox News program Jesse Watters Prime Time landed in third place in the cable ratings in terms of overall viewers, knocking Sean Hannity out of the top three.

Jesse Watters trailed Tucker Carlson Tonight and The Five — where he does co-hosting duty. Tucker topped the charts both Thursday and Friday in terms of total overall viewers and in the key 25-54 age demographics.

The Five scored second place in total viewers.

On Thursday, Watters raked in 3.10 million total viewers and 526,000 in the demo. Watters actually beat The Five in the demo, which brought in 511,000 viewers.

On Friday, Watters numbers dipped a bit, as viewers tuned out in general, to 2.65 million total viewers and 347,000 in the demo. While Tucker still managed to cross the half-million mark in the demo, Watters’ showing landed him in fourth place: behind Tucker, The Five, and Sean Hannity.

Here is a full breakdown of Thursday’s cable news ratings by show (scroll down for Friday’s ratings):

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
975		 NEW DAY:
302		 MORNING JOE:
746		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
18		 ELEMENTARY:
55
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1372		 NEW DAY:
333		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
85		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
31
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1636		 NEW DAY:
423		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1683		 CNN NEWSROOM:
531		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
667		 NATIONAL REPORT:
177		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1714		 CNN NEWSROOM:
593		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
565		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
95
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1730		 AT THIS HOUR:
563		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
549		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
134
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1765		 INSIDE POLITICS:
566		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
607		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
154		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
205
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1640		 CNN NEWSROOM:
697		 MTP DAILY:
657		 — BLUE BLOODS:
177
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1646		 CNN NEWSROOM:
646		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
623		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
213		 BLUE BLOODS:
242
3p STORY, THE:
1519		 CNN NEWSROOM:
551		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
739		 — BLUE BLOODS:
341
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1609		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
606		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1137		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
248		 BLUE BLOODS:
400
5p FIVE, THE:
3533		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
607		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
227		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
177
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2698		 SITUATION ROOM:
520		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1258		 SPICER & CO:
257		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
77
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3107		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
638		 REIDOUT:
1170		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
334		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
55
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3556		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
782		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1477		 STINCHFIELD:
218		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
85
9p HANNITY:
2990		 DEMOCRACY IN PERIL:
611		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2398		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
112		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
49
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2272		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
524		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1436		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
161		 BANFIELD:
30
11p GUTFELD!:
1984		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
346		 11TH HOUR:
778		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
103		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
26

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
200		 NEW DAY:
36		 MORNING JOE:
97		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
1		 ELEMENTARY:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
257		 NEW DAY:
51		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
14		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
263		 NEW DAY:
94		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
261		 CNN NEWSROOM:
111		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
55		 NATIONAL REPORT:
18		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
274		 CNN NEWSROOM:
92		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
31		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
275		 AT THIS HOUR:
97		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
50		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
21
12p OUTNUMBERED:
286		 INSIDE POLITICS:
121		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
61		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
31		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
27
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
254		 CNN NEWSROOM:
156		 MTP DAILY:
70		 — BLUE BLOODS:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
258		 CNN NEWSROOM:
156		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
85		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
54		 BLUE BLOODS:
34
3p STORY, THE:
241		 CNN NEWSROOM:
172		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
94		 — BLUE BLOODS:
61
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
272		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
166		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
113		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
40		 BLUE BLOODS:
58
5p FIVE, THE:
511		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
127		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
28		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
28
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
422		 SITUATION ROOM:
112		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
109		 SPICER & CO:
38		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
17
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
526		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
146		 REIDOUT:
157		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
48		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
13
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
577		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
195		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
160		 STINCHFIELD:
28		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
15
9p HANNITY:
509		 DEMOCRACY IN PERIL:
156		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
275		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
21		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
392		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
113		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
162		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
21		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
335		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
93		 11TH HOUR:
104		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
15		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6

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: 501,000

Fox: 1.89 million

MSNBC: 892,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 113,000

Fox News: 316,000

MSNBC: 103,000

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: 639,000

Fox News: 2.93 million

MSNBC: 1.77 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 155,000

Fox News: 493,000

MSNBC: 199,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

 

 

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:
930		 NEW DAY:
232		 MORNING JOE:
723		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
2		 ELEMENTARY:
42
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1408		 NEW DAY:
317		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
60		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
16
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1807		 NEW DAY:
483		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1869		 CNN NEWSROOM:
571		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
692		 NATIONAL REPORT:
130		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1565		 CNN NEWSROOM:
626		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
618		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
70
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1501		 AT THIS HOUR:
577		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
587		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
96
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1681		 INSIDE POLITICS:
539		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
561		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
160		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
172
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1484		 CNN NEWSROOM:
555		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
638		 — BLUE BLOODS:
182
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1357		 CNN NEWSROOM:
591		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
682		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
156		 BLUE BLOODS:
253
3p STORY, THE:
1308		 CNN NEWSROOM:
594		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
706		 — BLUE BLOODS:
330
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1349		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
627		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1136		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
245		 BLUE BLOODS:
362
5p FIVE, THE:
3080		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
665		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
215		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
136
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2446		 SITUATION ROOM:
558		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1156		 SPICER & CO:
290		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
50
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2654		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
682		 REIDOUT:
1144		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
342		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
36
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3229		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
740		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1239		 STINCHFIELD:
256		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
44
9p HANNITY:
2559		 DEMOCRACY IN PERIL:
594		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1535		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
134		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
24
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1891		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
471		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
923		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
124		 BANFIELD:
18
11p GUTFELD!:
2026		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
296		 11TH HOUR:
631		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
104		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
16

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
213		 NEW DAY:
44		 MORNING JOE:
85		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
2		 ELEMENTARY:
5
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
270		 NEW DAY:
72		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
6
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
282		 NEW DAY:
88		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
311		 CNN NEWSROOM:
131		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
78		 NATIONAL REPORT:
7		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
240		 CNN NEWSROOM:
153		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
64		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
198		 AT THIS HOUR:
122		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
63		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
12p OUTNUMBERED:
236		 INSIDE POLITICS:
94		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
59		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
15		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
29
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
206		 CNN NEWSROOM:
78		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
68		 — BLUE BLOODS:
16
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
194		 CNN NEWSROOM:
103		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
58		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
16		 BLUE BLOODS:
32
3p STORY, THE:
203		 CNN NEWSROOM:
91		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
49		 — BLUE BLOODS:
38
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
198		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
102		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
86		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
14		 BLUE BLOODS:
43
5p FIVE, THE:
397		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
112		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
23		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
23
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
343		 SITUATION ROOM:
108		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
100		 SPICER & CO:
36		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
347		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
135		 REIDOUT:
153		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
48		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
523		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
134		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
138		 STINCHFIELD:
49		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
9p HANNITY:
424		 DEMOCRACY IN PERIL:
122		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
145		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
28		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
327		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
95		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
82		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
22		 BANFIELD:
2
11p GUTFELD!:
322		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
65		 11TH HOUR:
61		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
10		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
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: 498,000

Fox: 1.73 million

MSNBC: 793,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 96,000

Fox News: 273,000

MSNBC: 80,000

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: 602,000

Fox News: 2.56 million

MSNBC: 1.23 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 117,000

Fox News: 424,000

MSNBC: 122,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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