Cable News Ratings Monday May 30: All Fox News Shows Top 1 Million Viewers on Memorial Day
Fox News landed each of its shows over the million viewer mark on Monday, despite the Memorial Day holiday.
While the 6 a.m. hour of Fox & Friends came in with 767,000 total viewers, a major holiday dip, the show’s other two hours both crossed the million viewer mark. A Tucker Carlson Special pulled in over 2 million viewers at 8 p.m.
Meanwhile, the top-rated show on MNSBC and CNN was MSNBC Live at 6 p.m., bringing in 690,000 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 SPECIAL: 767 |
NEW DAY SPECIAL: 267 |
MORNING JOE-SPC: 529 |
DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL: 16 |
ELEMENTARY: 31 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 1111 |
NEW DAY SPECIAL: 272 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 69 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 25 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 1483 |
NEW DAY SPECIAL: 370 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 548 |
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| 9a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1503 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 525 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 570 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 116 |
— |
| 10a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1398 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 498 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 557 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 126 |
| 11a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1233 |
AT THIS HOUR SPCL: 543 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 497 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 219 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED SPECIAL: 1253 |
INSIDE POLITICS SPECIAL: 468 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 557 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 86 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 218 |
| 1p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1109 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 510 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 576 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 230 |
| 2p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1083 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 461 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 517 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 87 |
BLUE BLOODS: 300 |
| 3p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 1000 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 463 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 542 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 338 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/CAVUTO SPCL: 1015 |
LEAD W/ JAKE TAPPER SPCL: 475 |
MSNBC LIVE: 625 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 178 |
BLUE BLOODS: 381 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE SPCL: 1964 |
SITUATION ROOM SPCL: 506 |
MSNBC LIVE: 670 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 160 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 183 |
| 6p | SPCL RPT W/BRET BAIER SPC: 1625 |
SITUATION ROOM SPCL: 468 |
MSNBC LIVE: 690 |
SPICER & CO: 147 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 73 |
| 7p | J. WATTERS PRIMETIME SPCL: 2056 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRNT SPCL: 441 |
MSNBC LIVE: 654 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 118 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 38 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL: 2183 |
CNN FILMS: 646 |
LOVE AND THE CONSTITUTION: 526 |
STINCHFIELD: 169 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 44 |
| 9p | HANNITY SPECIAL: 1607 |
— | — | PRIME NEWS: 139 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 56 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL: 1483 |
— | CIVIL WAR: 375 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 76 |
BANFIELD: 36 |
| 11p | GUTFELD SPECIAL: 1512 |
— | — | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 85 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 27 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 96 |
NEW DAY SPECIAL: 57 |
MORNING JOE-SPC: 42 |
DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL: 0 |
ELEMENTARY: 4 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 156 |
NEW DAY SPECIAL: 46 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 1 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 2 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 189 |
NEW DAY SPECIAL: 62 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 52 |
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| 9a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 185 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 95 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 54 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 9 |
— |
| 10a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 162 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 90 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 50 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 11 |
| 11a | FOX NEWS LIVE: 95 |
AT THIS HOUR SPCL: 81 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 54 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 27 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED SPECIAL: 135 |
INSIDE POLITICS SPECIAL: 86 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 60 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 7 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 39 |
| 1p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 159 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 106 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 62 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 49 |
| 2p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 161 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 94 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 57 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 13 |
BLUE BLOODS: 68 |
| 3p | FOX NEWS LIVE: 135 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 100 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 44 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 58 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/CAVUTO SPCL: 130 |
LEAD W/ JAKE TAPPER SPCL: 110 |
MSNBC LIVE: 56 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 14 |
BLUE BLOODS: 46 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE SPCL: 198 |
SITUATION ROOM SPCL: 115 |
MSNBC LIVE: 74 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 13 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 16 |
| 6p | SPCL RPT W/BRET BAIER SPC: 194 |
SITUATION ROOM SPCL: 95 |
MSNBC LIVE: 68 |
SPICER & CO: 15 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 13 |
| 7p | J. WATTERS PRIMETIME SPCL: 275 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRNT SPCL: 100 |
MSNBC LIVE: 66 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 13 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 5 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL: 293 |
CNN FILMS: 106 |
LOVE AND THE CONSTITUTION: 48 |
STINCHFIELD: 9 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 5 |
| 9p | HANNITY SPECIAL: 236 |
— | — | PRIME NEWS: 12 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 5 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL: 227 |
— | CIVIL WAR: 38 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 13 |
BANFIELD: 8 |
| 11p | GUTFELD SPECIAL: 222 |
— | — | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 6 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 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: 424,000
Fox News: 1.29 million
MSNBC: 506,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 82,000
Fox News: 170,000
MSNBC: 49,000
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: 533,000
Fox News: 1.76 million
MSNBC: 446,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 94,000
Fox News: 252,000
MSNBC: 43,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.