Cable News Ratings, Monday January 31: Anderson Cooper Leads CNN With Two Hours of Hosting Duty

Mediaite StaffFeb 1st, 2022, 6:26 pm
 

CNN’s Anderson Cooper hosted for two hours on Monday instead of his usual one, and both hours led the network in the ratings.

Cooper pulled in 832,000 total viewers at 8 p.m. and another 701,000 total average viewers at the 9 p.m. slot – where he hosted the CNN special Democracy in Peril. The third highest-rated hour on CNN Monday was Erin Burnett’s OutFront, which pulled in 654,000 total average viewers.

While Cooper pulled double duty on CNN, Fox News continued to dominate the cable news charts more than tripling CNN in total day viewers and quadrupling CNN in primetime viewers.

Tucker Carlson Tonight was again the most-watched show in all of cable with 3.82 million total viewers and 648,000 in the key 25-54 age demographic. The Five followed with 3.58 million viewers and 475,000 in the demo.

Tucker Carlson and The Five both topped ABC’s The Bachelor in terms of overall viewers – a rare win for cable over broadcast, which is more widely distributed.

Here is a full breakdown of Monday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
822		 NEW DAY:
338		 MORNING JOE:
733		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
8		 ELEMENTARY:
31
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1253		 NEW DAY:
434		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
63		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
21
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1711		 NEW DAY:
432		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1732		 CNN NEWSROOM:
489		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
671		 NATIONAL REPORT:
144		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1572		 CNN NEWSROOM:
556		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
596		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
121
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1569		 AT THIS HOUR:
543		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
549		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
157
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1705		 INSIDE POLITICS:
584		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
590		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
190		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
198
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1456		 CNN NEWSROOM:
575		 MTP DAILY:
603		 — BLUE BLOODS:
153
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1354		 CNN NEWSROOM:
589		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
662		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
230		 BLUE BLOODS:
240
3p STORY, THE:
1325		 CNN NEWSROOM:
607		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
673		 — BLUE BLOODS:
362
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1462		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
649		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1217		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
277		 BLUE BLOODS:
413
5p FIVE, THE:
3589		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
645		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
250		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
198
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2627		 SITUATION ROOM:
637		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1084		 SPICER & CO:
326		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
83
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3255		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
654		 REIDOUT:
1080		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
402		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
63
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3822		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
832		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1401		 STINCHFIELD:
307		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
79
9p HANNITY:
3080		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
701		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2363		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
128		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
50
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2392		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
632		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1528		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
137		 BANFIELD:
25
11p GUTFELD!:
1897		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
506		 11TH HOUR:
995		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
86		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
20

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
152		 NEW DAY:
58		 MORNING JOE:
100		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
3		 ELEMENTARY:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
218		 NEW DAY:
77		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
277		 NEW DAY:
89		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
247		 CNN NEWSROOM:
88		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
82		 NATIONAL REPORT:
14		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
171		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
53		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
8
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
167		 AT THIS HOUR:
107		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
71		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
13
12p OUTNUMBERED:
215		 INSIDE POLITICS:
143		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
73		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
30		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
35
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
197		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 MTP DAILY:
68		 — BLUE BLOODS:
34
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
188		 CNN NEWSROOM:
134		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
71		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
30		 BLUE BLOODS:
38
3p STORY, THE:
205		 CNN NEWSROOM:
125		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
75		 — BLUE BLOODS:
85
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
233		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
122		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
115		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
31		 BLUE BLOODS:
83
5p FIVE, THE:
475		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
130		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
35		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
39
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
407		 SITUATION ROOM:
135		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
128		 SPICER & CO:
36		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
14
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
493		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
164		 REIDOUT:
132		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
48		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
648		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
167		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
180		 STINCHFIELD:
18		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
8
9p HANNITY:
480		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
147		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
283		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
7		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
364		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
159		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
144		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
14		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
335		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
111		 11TH HOUR:
117		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
6		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5

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: 539,000

Fox: 1.85 million

MSNBC: 897,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 114,000

Fox News: 288,000

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: 722,000

Fox News: 3.09 million

MSNBC: 1.77 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 157,000

Fox News: 497,000

MSNBC: 202,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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