Cable News Ratings Monday, December 13: Maddow Beats Ingraham for Fifth Place as Fox News Dominates Top Four

Mediaite StaffDec 14th, 2021, 6:40 pm
 

Fox News’ The Five was yet again the most-watched show on cable news on Monday, securing 3.33 million total average viewers. Meanwhile, Tucker Carlson Tonight topped the chart in the key 25-54 age demographic with 478,000 viewers.

Tucker Carlson came in second place in terms of total average viewers with 2.85 million, while The Five came in second in the demo with 344,000 viewers.

Fox News dominated the top four slots on the charts in terms of overall viewers. However, Rachel Maddow won the battle for the fifth-most watched show over Lauran Ingraham.

Maddow topped Ingraham in total viewers with 2.17 million viewers to 2.04 million. In the demo, Maddow won out with 328,000 viewers to Ingraham’s 322,000 viewers.

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:
981		 NEW DAY:
262		 MORNING JOE:
765		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
7		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
53
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1407		 NEW DAY:
284		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
81		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
18
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1684		 NEW DAY:
394		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1770		 CNN NEWSROOM:
575		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
650		 NATIONAL REPORT:
146		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1597		 CNN NEWSROOM:
632		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
546		 — JAG:
86
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1494		 AT THIS HOUR:
603		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
460		 — JAG:
101
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1631		 INSIDE POLITICS:
654		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
566		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
177		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
206
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1539		 CNN NEWSROOM:
688		 MTP DAILY:
655		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
245
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1342		 CNN NEWSROOM:
688		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
743		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
182		 BLUE BLOODS:
255
3p STORY, THE:
1352		 CNN NEWSROOM:
754		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
755		 — BLUE BLOODS:
269
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1355		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
702		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1395		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
255		 BLUE BLOODS:
323
5p FIVE, THE:
3332		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
743		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
273		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
174
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2432		 SITUATION ROOM:
683		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1323		 SPICER & CO:
307		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
76
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1987		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
861		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1417		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
399		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
40
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3119		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
821		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1381		 STINCHFIELD:
242		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
45
9p HANNITY:
2512		 CNN TONIGHT:
682		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2172		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
146		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
46
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2038		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
626		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1544		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
133		 BANFIELD:
36
11p GUTFELD!:
1690		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
526		 11TH HOUR:
908		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
116		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
26

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
156		 NEW DAY:
42		 MORNING JOE:
73		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
0		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
18
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
225		 NEW DAY:
50		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
7		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
222		 NEW DAY:
55		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
229		 CNN NEWSROOM:
99		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
53		 NATIONAL REPORT:
13		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
236		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
40		 — JAG:
8
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
221		 AT THIS HOUR:
123		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
30		 — JAG:
11
12p OUTNUMBERED:
226		 INSIDE POLITICS:
166		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
51		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
22		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
253		 CNN NEWSROOM:
162		 MTP DAILY:
72		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
27
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
219		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
99		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
40		 BLUE BLOODS:
27
3p STORY, THE:
173		 CNN NEWSROOM:
142		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
88		 — BLUE BLOODS:
16
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
166		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
144		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
117		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
36		 BLUE BLOODS:
37
5p FIVE, THE:
437		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
175		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
31		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
25
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
305		 SITUATION ROOM:
153		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
107		 SPICER & CO:
39		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
3
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
293		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
163		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
164		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
49		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
478		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
139		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
175		 STINCHFIELD:
44		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
11
9p HANNITY:
370		 CNN TONIGHT:
105		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
328		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
32		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
10
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
322		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
139		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
179		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
23		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
271		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
134		 11TH HOUR:
86		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
22		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3

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: 579,000

Fox: 1.68 million

MSNBC: 942,00

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 116,000

Fox News: 250,000

MSNBC: 100,000

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: 710,000

Fox News: 2.55 million

MSNBC: 1.69 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 128,000

Fox News: 390,000

MSNBC: 227,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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