Cable News Ratings Monday July 25: Tucker Carlson Dominates the Demo
On Monday night, Tucker Carlson Tonight dominated in the key 25-54 age demographic, raking in far more young viewers than any other show on cable news.
Carlson brought in 501,000 demo viewers, while The Five brought in 397,000 demo viewers to land in second place.
MSNBC’s highest-rated show in the demo was Rachel Maddow Tonight with 212,000 viewers. Meanwhile, CNN’s top program in the demo was Don Lemon Tonight at 10 p.m. with 136,000 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: 1000 |
NEW DAY: 258 |
MORNING JOE: 726 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 19 |
EARLY MORNING: 15 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1319 |
NEW DAY: 327 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 77 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 46 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1514 |
NEW DAY: 429 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1520 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 479 |
MORNING JOE: 768 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 139 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1573 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 584 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 634 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 71 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1540 |
AT THIS HOUR: 639 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 574 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 125 |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1730 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 645 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 645 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 141 |
BLUE BLOODS: 164 |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1635 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 653 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 729 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 201 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1382 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 651 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 762 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 143 |
BLUE BLOODS: 235 |
3p | STORY, THE: 1349 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 609 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 786 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 300 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1453 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 604 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1481 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 241 |
BLUE BLOODS: 352 |
5p | FIVE, THE: 3482 |
SITUATION ROOM: 562 |
— | SPICER & CO: 197 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 169 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2544 |
SITUATION ROOM: 582 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1443 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 201 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 81 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2664 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 685 |
REIDOUT: 1117 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 189 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 38 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3286 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 780 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1434 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 177 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 54 |
9p | HANNITY: 2502 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 618 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2354 |
PRIME NEWS: 124 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 54 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2160 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 582 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1338 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 186 |
BANFIELD: 33 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 1931 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 421 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 803 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 106 |
NEWSNATION TONIGHT: 30 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 143 |
NEW DAY: 56 |
MORNING JOE: 73 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 2 |
EARLY MORNING: 4 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 218 |
NEW DAY: 69 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 14 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 5 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 176 |
NEW DAY: 73 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 198 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 81 |
MORNING JOE: 73 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 12 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 183 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 84 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 71 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 9 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 174 |
AT THIS HOUR: 98 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 70 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 22 |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 174 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 103 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 74 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 13 |
BLUE BLOODS: 28 |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 165 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 129 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 81 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 26 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 168 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 137 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 81 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 18 |
BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
3p | STORY, THE: 177 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 127 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 55 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 37 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 171 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 114 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 119 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 19 |
BLUE BLOODS: 54 |
5p | FIVE, THE: 397 |
SITUATION ROOM: 110 |
— | SPICER & CO: 12 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 30 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 305 |
SITUATION ROOM: 121 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 129 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 11 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 13 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 304 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 131 |
REIDOUT: 144 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 20 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 2 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 501 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 123 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 139 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 16 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 0 |
9p | HANNITY: 354 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 135 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 212 |
PRIME NEWS: 18 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 3 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 330 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 136 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 137 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 22 |
BANFIELD: 1 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 343 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 92 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 96 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 18 |
NEWSNATION TONIGHT: 3 |
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: 515,000
Fox News: 1.75 million
MSNBC: 946,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 97,000
Fox News: 232,000
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: 660,000
Fox News: 2.65 million
MSNBC: 1.71 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 131,000
Fox News: 395,000
MSNBC: 163,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.