Cable News Ratings Monday February 21: Jesse Watters Beats The Five in the Demo

Mediaite StaffFeb 23rd, 2022, 4:37 pm
 

On Monday, Fox News’ ongoing battle between Tucker Carlson and The Five for the most-watched show in cable news was thrown a wrench from an outsider: Jesse Watters.

While Tucker and The Five still scored first and second place in terms of overall viewers, Watters landed in second place in the key 24-54 age demographic – knocking The Five down to third place.

Watters had settled into a comfortable third, having taken that mantel (on most nights) from Sean Hannity, since his show debuted at the end of January.

While Tucker still won the demo with a massive 663,000 viewers, Watters came in second with 577,000 viewers, and The Five rounded out the top three with 566,000 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:
976		 NEW DAY SPECIAL:
285		 MORNING JOE-SPC:
703		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
15		 ELEMENTARY:
38
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1320		 NEW DAY SPECIAL:
358		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
99		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
20
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1588		 NEW DAY SPECIAL:
442		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1869		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
643		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
698		 NATIONAL REPORT:
157		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1882		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
734		 JOSE DIAZ BALART RPT SPCL:
594		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
88
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1785		 AT THIS HOUR SPCL:
722		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS SPCL:
613		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
137
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1857		 INSIDE POLITICS SPECIAL:
713		 ANDREA MITCHELL RPTS SPCL:
658		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
167		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
201
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1727		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
769		 MTP DAILY SPECIAL:
614		 — BLUE BLOODS:
158
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1852		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
809		 KATY TUR RPTS SPCL:
624		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
152		 BLUE BLOODS:
213
3p STORY, THE:
1742		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
730		 HALLIE JACKSON RPTS SPCL:
786		 — BLUE BLOODS:
258
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1888		 LEAD W/ JAKE TAPPER SPCL:
764		 DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL:
1199		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
229		 BLUE BLOODS:
330
5p FIVE, THE:
3666		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
830		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
230		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
169
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2782		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
909		 BEAT W/ ARI MELBER SPEC:
1146		 SPICER & CO:
318		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
62
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3233		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRNT SPCL:
912		 REIDOUT SPECIAL:
1213		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
327		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
31
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3693		 ANDERSON COOPER SPECIAL:
975		 ALL IN W. C HAYES SPEC:
1313		 STINCHFIELD:
232		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
53
9p HANNITY:
3047		 LBJ: TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY:
772		 RACHEL MADDOW SPECIAL:
1809		 PRIME NEWS:
136		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
58
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2396		 LBJ: TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY:
645		 LAST WORD W. LO SPEC:
1455		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
210		 BANFIELD:
69
11p GUTFELD!:
2077		 DON LEMON SPECIAL:
472		 11TH HOUR SPCL:
924		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
153		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
45

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
165		 NEW DAY SPECIAL:
57		 MORNING JOE-SPC:
73		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
5		 ELEMENTARY:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
214		 NEW DAY SPECIAL:
73		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
21		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
223		 NEW DAY SPECIAL:
64		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
282		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
135		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
56		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
282		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
149		 JOSE DIAZ BALART RPT SPCL:
53		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
273		 AT THIS HOUR SPCL:
140		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS SPCL:
63		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
22
12p OUTNUMBERED:
268		 INSIDE POLITICS SPECIAL:
154		 ANDREA MITCHELL RPTS SPCL:
76		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
23		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
28
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
239		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
172		 MTP DAILY SPECIAL:
83		 — BLUE BLOODS:
26
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
301		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
167		 KATY TUR RPTS SPCL:
95		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
37
3p STORY, THE:
302		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
148		 HALLIE JACKSON RPTS SPCL:
99		 — BLUE BLOODS:
36
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
341		 LEAD W/ JAKE TAPPER SPCL:
123		 DEADLINE: WH SPECIAL:
86		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
29		 BLUE BLOODS:
35
5p FIVE, THE:
566		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
153		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
36		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
28
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
490		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
200		 BEAT W/ ARI MELBER SPEC:
127		 SPICER & CO:
39		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
28
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
577		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRNT SPCL:
198		 REIDOUT SPECIAL:
173		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
57		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
9
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
663		 ANDERSON COOPER SPECIAL:
218		 ALL IN W. C HAYES SPEC:
156		 STINCHFIELD:
59		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
5
9p HANNITY:
515		 LBJ: TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY:
180		 RACHEL MADDOW SPECIAL:
229		 PRIME NEWS:
23		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
407		 LBJ: TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY:
138		 LAST WORD W. LO SPEC:
162		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
43		 BANFIELD:
13
11p GUTFELD!:
312		 DON LEMON SPECIAL:
104		 11TH HOUR SPCL:
109		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
17		 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.25-54 Demo (thousands)

Total viewers:

CNN: 628,000

Fox: 1.98 million

MSNBC: 873,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 130,000

Fox News: 324,000

MSNBC: 98,000

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: 797,000

Fox News: 3,04 million

MSNBC: 1.52 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 179,000

Fox News: 528,000

MSNBC: 183,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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