Cable News Ratings Monday, August 30: Fox News Takes Top Spot as Networks Cover End of 20-Year War in Afghanistan

Mediaite StaffAug 31st, 2021, 5:11 pm
 

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Fox News scored monster ratings for breaking news coverage on Monday, with three shows — Tucker Carlson Tonight, Hannity and The Five — drawing the most viewers in all of television.

The day featured a series of briefings from Biden administration officials marking the last U.S. forces being evacuated from Afghanistan.

Tucker Carlson placed first in all of television, with 4.31 million total viewers. The Five came second, with 4.13 million, and Sean Hannity came third with 3.84 million.

In prime time, while MSNBC bested CNN in total viewers, CNN came out ahead in the demo. Fox News beat both MSNBC and CNN in total viewers and the demo, however, by a lot.

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:
1016		 NEW DAY:
423		 MORNING JOE:
820		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
20		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1435		 NEW DAY:
570		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
124		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1802		 NEW DAY:
767		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1956		 CNN NEWSROOM:
869		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
967		 NATIONAL REPORT:
204		 JAG:
94
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2170		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1000		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
857		 — JAG:
153
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2056		 AT THIS HOUR:
1053		 — — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
187
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2037		 AT THIS HOUR:
1086		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
879		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
203		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
245
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1835		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1075		 MTP DAILY:
849		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
313
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1988		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1174		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
867		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
223		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
424
3p STORY, THE:
1913		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1097		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
252
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2263		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1181		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1242		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
321		 BLUE BLOODS:
277
5p FIVE, THE:
4130		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1145		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1475		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
370		 BLUE BLOODS:
344
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2855		 SITUATION ROOM:
1011		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1358		 SPICER & CO:
391		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
167
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2783		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1109		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
1394		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
427		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
58
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
4312		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1199		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1452		 STINCHFIELD:
297		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
23
9p HANNITY:
3841		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
1155		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2763		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
240		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
38
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
3193		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1067		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1750		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
206		 BANFIELD:
27
11p GUTFELD!:
2159		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
657		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1098		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
145		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
25

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
160		 NEW DAY:
97		 MORNING JOE:
99		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
7		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
238		 NEW DAY:
111		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
22		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
334		 NEW DAY:
175		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
338		 CNN NEWSROOM:
215		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
123		 NATIONAL REPORT:
36		 JAG:
14
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
346		 CNN NEWSROOM:
229		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
97		 — JAG:
14
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
323		 AT THIS HOUR:
235		 — — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
12p OUTNUMBERED:
384		 AT THIS HOUR:
253		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
86		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
39		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
51
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
387		 CNN NEWSROOM:
252		 MTP DAILY:
95		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
64
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
412		 CNN NEWSROOM:
241		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
102		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
40		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
73
3p STORY, THE:
363		 CNN NEWSROOM:
231		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
38
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
416		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
253		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
106		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
39		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
5p FIVE, THE:
667		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
239		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
135		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
44		 BLUE BLOODS:
41
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
505		 SITUATION ROOM:
226		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
118		 SPICER & CO:
43		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
22
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
494		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
226		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
125		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
62		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
11
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
778		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
268		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
170		 STINCHFIELD:
44		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
9p HANNITY:
667		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
266		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
367		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
47		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
10
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
569		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
282		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
218		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
42		 BANFIELD:
7
11p GUTFELD!:
416		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
189		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
131		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
23		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
0

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: 2.19 million

MSNBC: 1.08 million

CNN: 907,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 395,000

CNN: 206,000

MSNBC: 122,000

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: 3.78 million

MSNBC: 1.98 million

CNN: 1.14 million

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 672,000

CNN: 272,000

MSNBC: 252,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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