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

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.