Cable News Ratings, Monday January 24: 3.3 Million More People Watch Jesse Watters’ Debut Than CNN’s ‘Democracy in Peril’ Special

Mediaite StaffJan 25th, 2022, 5:24 pm
 

Fox News’ new 7 p.m. show, Jesse Watters Primetime, debuted big on Monday with 3.8 million total average viewers and 537,000 in the key 25-54 age demographic. That enough to land the new program, hosted by (you guessed it) Jesse Watters, second place in the ratings, just behind Fox’s top-rated The Five.

Watters’ debut was a boon for the network as it doubled the viewership versus the same day last year and led Fox’s prime time coverage.

The debut not only crushed its time slot competition, CNN’s Erin Burnett, who came in shy of 700,000 total viewers, and MSNBC’s Joy Reid, who raked in 1.2 million viewers, but it even beat ABC’s The Bachelor in terms of total viewers.

Watters also beat Tucker Carlson in total viewers, though Carlson won the demo.

CNN’s prime time 9 p.m. special Democracy in Peril, which is anchored this week by Jim Acosta, pulled in just 511,000 total average viewers on Monday night — a full 3.3 million fewer viewers than Watters.

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:
951		 NEW DAY:
271		 MORNING JOE:
767		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
12		 ELEMENTARY:
36
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1372		 NEW DAY:
350		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
71		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
15
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1674		 NEW DAY:
422		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1729		 CNN NEWSROOM:
528		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
657		 NATIONAL REPORT:
155		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1698		 CNN NEWSROOM:
594		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
548		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
76
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1696		 AT THIS HOUR:
550		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
470		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
105
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1929		 INSIDE POLITICS:
645		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
629		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
171		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
182
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1717		 CNN NEWSROOM:
614		 MTP DAILY:
601		 — BLUE BLOODS:
173
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1695		 CNN NEWSROOM:
662		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
622		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
212		 BLUE BLOODS:
248
3p STORY, THE:
1669		 CNN NEWSROOM:
688		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
674		 — BLUE BLOODS:
341
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1724		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
735		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1240		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
273		 BLUE BLOODS:
448
5p FIVE, THE:
3862		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
667		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
249		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
182
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
3090		 SITUATION ROOM:
614		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1249		 SPICER & CO:
283		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
92
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3803		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
697		 REIDOUT:
1205		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
343		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
61
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3774		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
712		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1382		 STINCHFIELD:
233		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
76
9p HANNITY:
2967		 DEMOCRACY IN PERIL:
511		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2380		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
113		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
82
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2230		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
516		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1442		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
166		 BANFIELD:
62
11p GUTFELD!:
2004		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
348		 11TH HOUR:
789		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
126		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
36

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
201		 NEW DAY:
30		 MORNING JOE:
81		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
2		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
273		 NEW DAY:
41		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
7		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
260		 NEW DAY:
45		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
271		 CNN NEWSROOM:
90		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
75		 NATIONAL REPORT:
22		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
263		 CNN NEWSROOM:
93		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
54		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
261		 AT THIS HOUR:
91		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
46		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
12p OUTNUMBERED:
303		 INSIDE POLITICS:
126		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
70		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
40		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
269		 CNN NEWSROOM:
110		 MTP DAILY:
72		 — BLUE BLOODS:
27
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
276		 CNN NEWSROOM:
135		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
59		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
55		 BLUE BLOODS:
44
3p STORY, THE:
280		 CNN NEWSROOM:
154		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
79		 — BLUE BLOODS:
62
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
275		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
149		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
114		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
49		 BLUE BLOODS:
72
5p FIVE, THE:
588		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
138		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
47		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
21
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
466		 SITUATION ROOM:
119		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
136		 SPICER & CO:
41		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
537		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
131		 REIDOUT:
165		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
57		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
636		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
127		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
188		 STINCHFIELD:
49		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
12
9p HANNITY:
430		 DEMOCRACY IN PERIL:
103		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
324		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
20		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
23
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
353		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
133		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
160		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
38		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
379		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
67		 11TH HOUR:
113		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
27		 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: 511,000

Fox: 1.99 million

MSNBC: 895,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 96,000

Fox News: 327,000

MSNBC: 104,000

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: 579,000

Fox News: 2.99 million

MSNBC: 1.73 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 121,000

Fox News: 473,000

MSNBC: 224,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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