Tucker’s Kyle Rittenhouse Interview Scores FIVE MILLION Viewers — Six Times as Big as CNN’s Audience

Mediaite StaffNov 23rd, 2021, 4:46 pm
 
Tucker Carlson interview with Kyle Rittenhouse

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Tucker Carlson’s exclusive prime time Fox News interview with Kyle Rittenhouse scored big in the ratings Monday night as the show attracted over 5 million total viewers.

To put that in context, Tucker Carlson Tonight’s prime time competitors Anderson Cooper 360 and All in With Chris Hayes attracted only 792,000 and 1.2 million total viewers — respectively.

In the key 25-54 demographic, Tucker reached 913,000 viewers, while Anderson Cooper and Chris Hayes reached 193,000 and 159,000 respectively.

Tucker also topped his closest competitors on Fox News — The Five and Hannity. The Five reached a very respectable 3.72 million, while Hannity’s audience hit 3.28 million — meaning much of Tucker’s audience didn’t stick around for another hour.

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:
1044		 NEW DAY:
373		 MORNING JOE:
816		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
34		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
35
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1522		 NEW DAY:
401		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
118		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
10
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1912		 NEW DAY:
447		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2078		 CNN NEWSROOM:
590		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
754		 NATIONAL REPORT:
185		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2032		 CNN NEWSROOM:
700		 — — JAG:
101
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1893		 AT THIS HOUR:
660		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
727		 — JAG:
144
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2181		 INSIDE POLITICS:
659		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
203		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
186
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1893		 CNN NEWSROOM:
722		 MTP DAILY:
709		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
225
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2199		 CNN NEWSROOM:
818		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
703		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
168		 BLUE BLOODS:
186
3p STORY, THE:
2017		 CNN NEWSROOM:
847		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
657		 — BLUE BLOODS:
244
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1772		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
762		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1267		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
261		 BLUE BLOODS:
329
5p FIVE, THE:
3724		 SITUATION ROOM:
738		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
263		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
133
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2745		 SITUATION ROOM:
729		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1257		 SPICER & CO:
342		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
43
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2664		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
759		 REIDOUT:
1131		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
351		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
23
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
5050		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
792		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1195		 STINCHFIELD:
180		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
37
9p HANNITY:
3283		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
772		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2067		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
142		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
35
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2256		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
657		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1293		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
135		 BANFIELD:
32
11p GUTFELD!:
1985		 BEING WITH DANA BASH:
400		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1002		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
93		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
190		 NEW DAY:
67		 MORNING JOE:
75		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
13		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
15
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
270		 NEW DAY:
69		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
17		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
283		 NEW DAY:
79		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
297		 CNN NEWSROOM:
104		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
64		 NATIONAL REPORT:
35		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
297		 CNN NEWSROOM:
138		 — — JAG:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
288		 AT THIS HOUR:
141		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
93		 — JAG:
18
12p OUTNUMBERED:
347		 INSIDE POLITICS:
131		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
48		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
35
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
359		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 MTP DAILY:
72		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
55
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
383		 CNN NEWSROOM:
159		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
100		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
56		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
3p STORY, THE:
364		 CNN NEWSROOM:
193		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
53		 — BLUE BLOODS:
47
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
337		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
179		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
114		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
45		 BLUE BLOODS:
62
5p FIVE, THE:
603		 SITUATION ROOM:
161		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
50		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
23
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
469		 SITUATION ROOM:
164		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
133		 SPICER & CO:
60		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
8
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
494		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
196		 REIDOUT:
118		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
52		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
913		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
193		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
159		 STINCHFIELD:
31		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
12
9p HANNITY:
551		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
158		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
295		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
28		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
3
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
412		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
126		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
138		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
16		 BANFIELD:
14
11p GUTFELD!:
390		 BEING WITH DANA BASH:
78		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
95		 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: 604,000

Fox: 2.12 million

MSNBC: 914,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 128,000

Fox News: 371,000

MSNBC: 97,000

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: 740,000

Fox News: 3.53 million

MSNBC: 1.52 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 159,000

Fox News: 625,000

MSNBC: 197,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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