Cable News Ratings Monday March 6: Jan. 6 Tapes Boost Tucker Carlson’s Show to First Place in Ratings

Fox News’s Tucker Carlson soared past The Five to land atop the cable news ratings on Monday night.
The Five, which often lands at number 1, raked in 3.0 million total viewers, while Carlson — who aired a highly controversial segment on Jan. 6th — brought in 3.7 million total viewers.
Carlson also won in the key 25-54 age demographic with a whopping 565,000 viewers — more than CNN’s total day average.
Sean Hannity came in third with 2.68 million total 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: 848 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 257 |
MORNING JOE: 827 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 7 |
EARLY MORNING: 10 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1226 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 336 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 74 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 29 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1586 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 399 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1634 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 512 |
MORNING JOE: 781 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 139 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1557 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 499 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 599 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 26 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1578 |
AT THIS HOUR: 465 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 561 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1607 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 543 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 615 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 132 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1252 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 496 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 626 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 139 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1369 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 563 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 149 |
BLUE BLOODS: 311 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1315 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 543 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 727 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 366 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1224 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 484 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1312 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 155 |
BLUE BLOODS: 413 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3004 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 530 |
— | SPICER & CO: 138 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 215 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2203 |
SITUATION ROOM: 511 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1375 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 145 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 86 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2601 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 550 |
REIDOUT: 1211 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 185 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 49 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3695 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 582 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1230 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 94 |
CUOMO: 148 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2686 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 368 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2253 |
PRIME NEWS: 68 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 92 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2086 |
CNN TONIGHT: 429 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1259 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 126 |
BANFIELD: 72 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1888 |
CNN TONIGHT: 322 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 775 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 73 |
CUOMO: 44 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 116 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 63 |
MORNING JOE: 101 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 1 |
EARLY MORNING: 1 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 193 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 57 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 10 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 5 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 225 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 78 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 234 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 101 |
MORNING JOE: 77 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 12 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 196 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 78 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 62 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 4 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 230 |
AT THIS HOUR: 80 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 47 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 204 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 101 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 48 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 8 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 181 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 113 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 69 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 22 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 199 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 119 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 14 |
BLUE BLOODS: 48 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 156 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 117 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 84 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 79 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 137 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 106 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 139 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 85 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 321 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 123 |
— | SPICER & CO: 12 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 29 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 241 |
SITUATION ROOM: 111 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 134 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 15 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 265 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 122 |
REIDOUT: 148 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 14 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 11 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 565 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 130 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 103 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 13 |
CUOMO: 26 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 322 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 84 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 219 |
PRIME NEWS: 14 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 19 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 259 |
CNN TONIGHT: 87 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 114 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 12 |
BANFIELD: 25 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 328 |
CNN TONIGHT: 77 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 90 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 4 |
CUOMO: 10 |
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: 430,000
Fox News: 1.68 million
MSNBC: 898,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 92,000
Fox News: 222,000
MSNBC: 94,000
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: 459,000
Fox News: 2.82 million
MSNBC: 1.58 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 100,000
Fox News: 382,000
MSNBC: 145,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.