Cable News Ratings, Monday January 3rd: Fox News Scores 9 of the Top 10 Shows in Key Demo

Mediaite StaffJan 5th, 2022, 4:50 pm
 

Tucker Carlson on Monday Night

On Monday, Fox News scored nine of the top 10 shows in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Ranked in order were: Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Five, Hannity, Fox News Primetime, Special Report with Bret Baier, The Ingraham Angle, Gutfeld!, The Faulkner Focus, and Outnumbered.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow came in 9th place, just outpacing Fox’s Outnumbered, which drew 258,000 demo viewers to Maddow’s 268,000.

Tucker Carlson won the day with 557,000 viewers in the demo and The Five came in second with 430,000 demo viewers.

In terms of total average viewers, The Five topped the charts with 3.33 million viewers and Tucker came in second place with 3.25 million 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:
913		 NEW DAY:
242		 MORNING JOE:
746		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
11		 ELEMENTARY:
52
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1158		 NEW DAY:
264		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
78		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
17
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1450		 NEW DAY:
321		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1753		 CNN NEWSROOM:
432		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
756		 NATIONAL REPORT:
154		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1789		 CNN NEWSROOM:
620		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
576		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
98
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1701		 AT THIS HOUR:
649		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
575		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
127
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1856		 INSIDE POLITICS:
656		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
673		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
160		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
193
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1652		 CNN NEWSROOM:
710		 MTP DAILY:
671		 — BLUE BLOODS:
223
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1530		 CNN NEWSROOM:
732		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
708		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
201		 BLUE BLOODS:
307
3p STORY, THE:
1418		 CNN NEWSROOM:
683		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
764		 — BLUE BLOODS:
337
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1466		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
758		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1292		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
282		 BLUE BLOODS:
419
5p FIVE, THE:
3330		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
707		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
256		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
172
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2478		 SITUATION ROOM:
646		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1207		 SPICER & CO:
285		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
62
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2111		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
695		 REIDOUT:
1263		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
398		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
37
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3125		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
778		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1282		 STINCHFIELD:
211		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
32
9p HANNITY:
2386		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
618		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2047		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
115		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
38
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2023		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
510		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1366		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
117		 BANFIELD:
29
11p GUTFELD!:
1736		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
389		 11TH HOUR:
847		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
80		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
16

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
145		 NEW DAY:
39		 MORNING JOE:
95		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
1		 ELEMENTARY:
10
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
154		 NEW DAY:
39		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
155		 NEW DAY:
47		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
198		 CNN NEWSROOM:
86		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
73		 NATIONAL REPORT:
28		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
245		 CNN NEWSROOM:
129		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
39		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
23
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
270		 AT THIS HOUR:
133		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
58		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
17
12p OUTNUMBERED:
258		 INSIDE POLITICS:
120		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
56		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
37		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
47
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
204		 CNN NEWSROOM:
146		 MTP DAILY:
54		 — BLUE BLOODS:
53
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
218		 CNN NEWSROOM:
132		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
58		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
49		 BLUE BLOODS:
71
3p STORY, THE:
220		 CNN NEWSROOM:
134		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
92		 — BLUE BLOODS:
57
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
207		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
161		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
108		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
44		 BLUE BLOODS:
69
5p FIVE, THE:
430		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
167		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
40		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
29
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
351		 SITUATION ROOM:
194		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
106		 SPICER & CO:
41		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
15
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
366		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
220		 REIDOUT:
159		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
48		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
557		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
178		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
180		 STINCHFIELD:
47		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
9p HANNITY:
385		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
156		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
268		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
37		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
343		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
126		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
141		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
28		 BANFIELD:
4
11p GUTFELD!:
292		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
88		 11TH HOUR:
90		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
11		 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: 529,000

Fox: 1.70 million

MSNBC: 898,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 117,000

Fox News: 254,000

MSNBC: 97,000

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: 635,000

Fox News: 2.51 million

MSNBC: 1.56 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 153,000

Fox News: 429,000

MSNBC: 196,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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