Cable News Ratings Monday March 7: Bill Barr Interview Pushes Bret Baier Over 3 Million

Mediaite StaffMar 8th, 2022, 4:42 pm
 

Bret Baier crossed the 3 million total average viewer mark Monday as his interview with former Attorney General Bill Barr gave the anchor a boost at 6 p.m.

The Five remained the highest-rated program on all of cable pulling in 4.25 million viewers and 747,000 in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Tucker Carlson Tonight landed in second with 4 million total average viewers, but won the demo with 785,000 viewers.

MSNBC failed to crack 1 million total average viewers during the day time, while CNN scored over 1 million average viewers in both day time and prime time.

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:
1219		 NEW DAY:
535		 MORNING JOE:
888		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
25		 ELEMENTARY:
18
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1697		 NEW DAY:
728		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
113		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
21
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1902		 NEW DAY:
908		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2026		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1041		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
787		 NATIONAL REPORT:
202		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2045		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1181		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
737		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
107
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2164		 AT THIS HOUR:
1180		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
697		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
150
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2263		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1138		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
761		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
210		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
201
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2104		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1218		 MTP DAILY:
803		 — BLUE BLOODS:
183
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2144		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1282		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
818		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
176		 BLUE BLOODS:
248
3p STORY, THE:
2359		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1372		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
1031		 — BLUE BLOODS:
303
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2380		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1408		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1398		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
254		 BLUE BLOODS:
376
5p FIVE, THE:
4245		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1427		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
280		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
164
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
3187		 SITUATION ROOM:
1365		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1218		 SPICER & CO:
351		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
66
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3348		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1374		 REIDOUT:
1188		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
401		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
85
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
4007		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1409		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1361		 STINCHFIELD:
346		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
96
9p HANNITY:
3293		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1317		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1703		 PRIME NEWS:
152		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
75
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2659		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1185		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1609		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
235		 BANFIELD:
66
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
1618		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
939		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1044		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
121		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
60

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
255		 NEW DAY:
115		 MORNING JOE:
116		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
4		 ELEMENTARY:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
396		 NEW DAY:
195		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
17		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
343		 NEW DAY:
269		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
315		 CNN NEWSROOM:
253		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
105		 NATIONAL REPORT:
18		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
362		 CNN NEWSROOM:
258		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
86		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
365		 AT THIS HOUR:
241		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
87		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
15
12p OUTNUMBERED:
403		 INSIDE POLITICS:
278		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
90		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
29		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
22
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
392		 CNN NEWSROOM:
285		 MTP DAILY:
87		 — BLUE BLOODS:
24
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
370		 CNN NEWSROOM:
303		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
92		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
32
3p STORY, THE:
466		 CNN NEWSROOM:
312		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
118		 — BLUE BLOODS:
54
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
442		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
314		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
123		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
57
5p FIVE, THE:
747		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
360		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
28		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
520		 SITUATION ROOM:
376		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
166		 SPICER & CO:
41		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
3
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
624		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
425		 REIDOUT:
194		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
57		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
13
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
785		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
428		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
224		 STINCHFIELD:
37		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
11
9p HANNITY:
575		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
485		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
230		 PRIME NEWS:
16		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
8
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
524		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
414		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
245		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
33		 BANFIELD:
9
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
369		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
314		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
161		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
10		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
6

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: 1.08 million

Fox: 2.25 million

MSNBC: 995,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 295,000

Fox News: 427,000

MSNBC: 132,000

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: 1.30 million

Fox News: 3.32 million

MSNBC: 1.56 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 443,000

Fox News: 628,000

MSNBC: 233,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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