Cable News Ratings Monday December 26: MSNBC Lands in Third Place in the Demo
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MSNBC saw a major ratings dip in the key 25-54 age demographic on Monday night, the day after Christmas.
Fox News won the day in the demo with 156,000 demo viewers, also relatively low for the top rated cable news network, while CNN came in second place with 100,000 average demo viewers.
MSNBC landed in a distant third place with only 71,000 demo viewers. During prime time, MSNBC fell even lower, averaging only 64,000 average demo 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: 702 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 216 |
MORNING JOE: 692 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 11 |
EARLY MORNING: 17 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1058 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 309 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 54 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 46 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1468 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 383 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1614 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 630 |
MORNING JOE: 914 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 124 |
— |
| 10a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1654 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 759 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 812 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 44 |
| 11a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1461 |
AT THIS HOUR: 742 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 762 |
FBI: ABUSE OF POWER: 142 |
— |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1554 |
AT THIS HOUR: 732 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 770 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 152 |
BLUE BLOODS: 134 |
| 1p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1272 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 725 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 682 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 241 |
| 2p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1147 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 693 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 728 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 104 |
BLUE BLOODS: 374 |
| 3p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1062 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 653 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 698 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 435 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1091 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 682 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1130 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 130 |
BLUE BLOODS: 454 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2504 |
SITUATION ROOM: 883 |
POLITICS NATION: 759 |
SPICER & CO: 129 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 189 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 1833 |
SITUATION ROOM: 796 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 918 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 117 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 117 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2067 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 747 |
REIDOUT: 824 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 167 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 47 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 1718 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 606 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 981 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 156 |
CUOMO: 78 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 1122 |
CNN TONIGHT: 507 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1050 |
INVASION: BORDER CRISIS,: 106 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 70 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1124 |
CNN TONIGHT: 411 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 908 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 92 |
BANFIELD: 57 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1339 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 352 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 668 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 83 |
CUOMO: 39 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 76 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 36 |
MORNING JOE: 85 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 0 |
EARLY MORNING: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 166 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 42 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 3 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 9 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 207 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 50 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 244 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 80 |
MORNING JOE: 108 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 13 |
— |
| 10a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 270 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 96 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 90 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 9 |
| 11a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 207 |
AT THIS HOUR: 97 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 71 |
FBI: ABUSE OF POWER: 10 |
— |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 183 |
AT THIS HOUR: 121 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 75 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 26 |
| 1p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 182 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 134 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 64 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 34 |
| 2p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 151 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 129 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 74 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 14 |
BLUE BLOODS: 42 |
| 3p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 109 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 98 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 61 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 35 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 122 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 124 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 64 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 13 |
BLUE BLOODS: 43 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 202 |
SITUATION ROOM: 149 |
POLITICS NATION: 54 |
SPICER & CO: 14 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 26 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 200 |
SITUATION ROOM: 171 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 84 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 9 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 25 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 217 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 181 |
REIDOUT: 73 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 11 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 3 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 187 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 115 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 69 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 2 |
CUOMO: 9 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 102 |
CNN TONIGHT: 111 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 69 |
INVASION: BORDER CRISIS,: 4 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 8 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 88 |
CNN TONIGHT: 106 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 53 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 6 |
BANFIELD: 17 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 158 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 100 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 81 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 3 |
CUOMO: 14 |
As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
Total viewers:
CNN: 551,000
Fox News: 1.30 million
MSNBC: 748,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 100,000
Fox News: 156,000
MSNBC: 71,000
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: 508,000
Fox News: 1.32 million
MSNBC: 980,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 111,000
Fox News: 126,000
MSNBC: 64,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.