Cable News Ratings Monday, November 15: Tucker Places Third in Demo, Behind The Five and Bret Baier

Mediaite StaffNov 17th, 2021, 12:32 pm
 

Tucker Carlson on 11/15

Fox News saw a bit of a shake-up in the ratings on Monday as Tucker Carlson Tonight dropped to third place behind The Five and Special Report with Bret Baier in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demo.

For coverage of closing arguments in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, Tucker Carlson’s often dominant prime time show scored 668,000 viewers in the demo, lagging behind The Five‘s 774,000 and Bret Baier’s strong showing of 763,000 viewers in the demo.

Carlson came second in total viewers with 3.6 million to The Five’s whopping 3.9 million viewers. Baier placed third with a very respectable 3.4 million viewers.

For context, The Five’s near-4 million total viewers more than quadrupled the total viewers of its CNN and MSNBC time slot rivals — Wolf Blitzer’s The Situation Room and Hallie Jackson Reports, respectively.

In the morning, Fox & Friends handily beat out MSNBC’s Morning Joe in total viewers and more than quadrupled CNN’s New Day peak viewership in their third hours.

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:
1008		 NEW DAY:
262		 MORNING JOE:
858		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
12		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1475		 NEW DAY:
321		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
107		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
16
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1812		 NEW DAY:
430		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1988		 CNN NEWSROOM:
555		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
787		 NATIONAL REPORT:
157		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2200		 CNN NEWSROOM:
783		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
666		 — JAG:
106
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2369		 AT THIS HOUR:
831		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
556		 — JAG:
141
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2424		 INSIDE POLITICS:
986		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
677		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
198		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
187
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2107		 CNN NEWSROOM:
862		 MTP DAILY:
835		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
245
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2183		 CNN NEWSROOM:
975		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
183		 BLUE BLOODS:
252
3p STORY, THE:
2403		 CNN NEWSROOM:
963		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
963		 — BLUE BLOODS:
262
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2676		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
936		 — ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
215		 BLUE BLOODS:
348
5p FIVE, THE:
3960		 SITUATION ROOM:
915		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
283		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
165
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
3473		 SITUATION ROOM:
849		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1433		 SPICER & CO:
320		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
60
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2892		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
870		 REIDOUT:
1366		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
390		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
38
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3640		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
751		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1306		 STINCHFIELD:
244		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
53
9p HANNITY:
3150		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
690		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1983		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
156		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
32
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2420		 BEING WITH DANA BASH:
654		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1301		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
164		 BANFIELD:
16
11p GUTFELD!:
1893		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
494		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1172		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
130		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
14

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
182		 NEW DAY:
40		 MORNING JOE:
90		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
0		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
246		 NEW DAY:
62		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
6		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
260		 NEW DAY:
79		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
345		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
86		 NATIONAL REPORT:
22		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
406		 CNN NEWSROOM:
172		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
87		 — JAG:
7
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
502		 AT THIS HOUR:
196		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
106		 — JAG:
8
12p OUTNUMBERED:
539		 INSIDE POLITICS:
207		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
131		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
32		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
415		 CNN NEWSROOM:
166		 MTP DAILY:
119		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
477		 CNN NEWSROOM:
217		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
38		 BLUE BLOODS:
20
3p STORY, THE:
530		 CNN NEWSROOM:
226		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
145		 — BLUE BLOODS:
20
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
554		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
178		 — ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
40		 BLUE BLOODS:
44
5p FIVE, THE:
774		 SITUATION ROOM:
205		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
40		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
16
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
763		 SITUATION ROOM:
181		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
179		 SPICER & CO:
48		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
596		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
189		 REIDOUT:
186		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
48		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
668		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
146		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
144		 STINCHFIELD:
38		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
5
9p HANNITY:
604		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
156		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
257		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
27		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
2
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
434		 BEING WITH DANA BASH:
141		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
158		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
25		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
340		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
118		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
170		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
18		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
0

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 674,000

Fox: 2.21 million

MSNBC: 1.o1 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 142,000

Fox News: 440,000

MSNBC: 131,000

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: 698,000

Fox News: 3.07 million

MSNBC: 1.53 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 148,000

Fox News: 569,000

MSNBC: 186,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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