Cable News Ratings Monday, October 25: Fox & Friends Beats Out Every Single CNN Show in the Ratings

Mediaite StaffOct 26th, 2021, 5:07 pm
 

 

Fox & Friends

Fox News continued to dominate in the cable news ratings Monday, with its morning show Fox & Friends beating every single show on CNN.

Fox & Friends averaged 1.24 million viewers from 6 am to 9 am. From 6 to 7 alone it easily won with 924,000 viewers.

CNN’s highest-rated show Monday was Anderson Cooper 360 with 723,000 viewers total. The network was a distant third overall, especially in primetime, averaging 686,000 total viewers to MSNBC’s 1.56 million and Fox News’ 2.66 million.

Fox & Friends also beat every CNN show in the key 25-54 viewer demographic too. The morning show averaged 221,000 viewers in the demo. CNN’s highest ratings in the demo were at 7 pm, where Erin Burnett OutFront got 159,000.

Here is a full breakdown of Monday cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
924		 NEW DAY:
341		 MORNING JOE:
825		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
14		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
13
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1227		 NEW DAY:
393		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
77		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
10
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1564		 NEW DAY:
463		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1603		 CNN NEWSROOM:
542		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
764		 NATIONAL REPORT:
160		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1642		 CNN NEWSROOM:
625		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
594		 — JAG:
83
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1734		 AT THIS HOUR:
605		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
568		 — JAG:
111
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1841		 INSIDE POLITICS:
664		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
634		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
170		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
172
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1545		 CNN NEWSROOM:
637		 MTP DAILY:
589		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
227
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1398		 CNN NEWSROOM:
695		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
655		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
182		 BLUE BLOODS:
203
3p STORY, THE:
1543		 CNN NEWSROOM:
648		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
752		 — BLUE BLOODS:
220
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1522		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
658		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1289		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
245		 BLUE BLOODS:
305
5p FIVE, THE:
3219		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
703		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
235		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
117
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2448		 SITUATION ROOM:
648		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1275		 SPICER & CO:
287		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
42
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2318		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
694		 REIDOUT:
1309		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
364		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
39
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3185		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
723		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1216		 STINCHFIELD:
208		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
34
9p HANNITY:
2614		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
714		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2156		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
148		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
38
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2165		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
622		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1315		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
147		 BANFIELD:
99
11p GUTFELD!:
1910		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
477		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1050		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
101		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
33

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
152		 NEW DAY:
79		 MORNING JOE:
85		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
4		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
234		 NEW DAY:
55		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
6		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
276		 NEW DAY:
97		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
281		 CNN NEWSROOM:
120		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
62		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
281		 CNN NEWSROOM:
104		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
54		 — JAG:
10
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
271		 AT THIS HOUR:
110		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
76		 — JAG:
20
12p OUTNUMBERED:
299		 INSIDE POLITICS:
131		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
67		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
20		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
44
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
263		 CNN NEWSROOM:
147		 MTP DAILY:
49		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
47
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
228		 CNN NEWSROOM:
154		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
79		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
22		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
3p STORY, THE:
205		 CNN NEWSROOM:
129		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
83		 — BLUE BLOODS:
32
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
242		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
133		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
95		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
31		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
5p FIVE, THE:
439		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
153		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
27		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
8
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
371		 SITUATION ROOM:
154		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
119		 SPICER & CO:
26		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
2
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
341		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
159		 REIDOUT:
174		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
30		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
498		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
153		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
157		 STINCHFIELD:
41		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
10
9p HANNITY:
383		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
118		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
280		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
31		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
21
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
337		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
136		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
170		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
21		 BANFIELD:
36
11p GUTFELD!:
345		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
120		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
139		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
13		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5

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: 567,000

Fox 1.75 million

MSNBC: 927,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 119,000

Fox News: 283,000

MSNBC: 103,000

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: 686,000

Fox News: 2.66 million

MSNBC: 1.56 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 136,000

Fox News: 406,000

MSNBC: 202,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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