Cable News Ratings Monday March 28: The Five Draws Biggest Audience in Cable News For Coverage of The Slap

Mediaite StaffMar 29th, 2022, 4:53 pm
 

The Five Draws Biggest Audience in Cable For Coverage of The Slap

Despite an admirable plea from CNN’s Sara Sidner that everyone focus on more important subjects, the biggest story on cable news Monday was Will Smith smacking the crap out of Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars. (“The smack heard around the world,” was said dozens of times on cable news Monday, per a Mediaite count).

Fox News show The Five — which has emerged as one of the most-watched shows on cable news, even pulling ahead of Tucker Carlson in the first quarter of 2022 — led with the wild moment from the Academy Awards.

The Five drew 3.84 million viewers and 619,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic on Monday, edging out Carlson and beating the rest of cable news by a large margin.

Also of note: Piers Morgan, who recently joined the Rupert Murdoch empire, debuted as a guest host on The Five Monday. The ratings performance bodes well for his return to U.S. cable news, which he left almost a decade ago in part due to bad ratings.

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:
1106		 NEW DAY:
364		 MORNING JOE:
815		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
19		 ELEMENTARY:
20
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1478		 NEW DAY:
437		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
79		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
30
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1843		 NEW DAY:
631		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2047		 CNN NEWSROOM:
768		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
719		 NATIONAL REPORT:
157		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2097		 CNN NEWSROOM:
858		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
488		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
66
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2041		 AT THIS HOUR:
783		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
516		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
115
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2264		 INSIDE POLITICS:
820		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
600		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
156		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
192
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1997		 CNN NEWSROOM:
853		 MTP DAILY:
627		 — BLUE BLOODS:
184
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1799		 CNN NEWSROOM:
858		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
707		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
183		 BLUE BLOODS:
209
3p STORY, THE:
1836		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1008		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
882		 — BLUE BLOODS:
253
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1825		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1013		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1301		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
246		 BLUE BLOODS:
335
5p FIVE, THE:
3849		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
918		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
293		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
136
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2728		 SITUATION ROOM:
797		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1324		 SPICER & CO:
323		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
70
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2968		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
887		 REIDOUT:
1154		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
414		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
47
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3738		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
982		 — STINCHFIELD:
240		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
65
9p HANNITY:
3118		 CNN TONIGHT:
847		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1657		 PRIME NEWS:
167		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
68
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2546		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
824		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1380		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
201		 BANFIELD:
71
11p GUTFELD!:
2163		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
651		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
931		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
124		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
47

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
223		 NEW DAY:
98		 MORNING JOE:
108		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
1		 ELEMENTARY:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
284		 NEW DAY:
119		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
6
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
329		 NEW DAY:
156		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
365		 CNN NEWSROOM:
182		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
62		 NATIONAL REPORT:
24		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
382		 CNN NEWSROOM:
178		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
41		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
15
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
365		 AT THIS HOUR:
140		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
56		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
12p OUTNUMBERED:
376		 INSIDE POLITICS:
155		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
78		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
36		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
23
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
307		 CNN NEWSROOM:
170		 MTP DAILY:
84		 — BLUE BLOODS:
31
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
278		 CNN NEWSROOM:
205		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
91		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
43		 BLUE BLOODS:
25
3p STORY, THE:
294		 CNN NEWSROOM:
229		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
112		 — BLUE BLOODS:
45
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
337		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
209		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
137		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
47		 BLUE BLOODS:
76
5p FIVE, THE:
619		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
206		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
55		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
22
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
464		 SITUATION ROOM:
202		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
125		 SPICER & CO:
39		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
2
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
468		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
242		 REIDOUT:
169		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
56		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
12
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
576		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
245		 — STINCHFIELD:
57		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
14
9p HANNITY:
528		 CNN TONIGHT:
217		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
225		 PRIME NEWS:
53		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
20
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
433		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
205		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
148		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
50		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
377		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
185		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
139		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
20		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
2

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: 734,000

Fox: 2.07 million

MSNBC: 905,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 174,000

Fox News: 352,000

MSNBC: 111,000

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: 885,000

Fox News: 3.31 million

MSNBC: 1.53 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 222,000

Fox News: 512,000

MSNBC: 190,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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