Cable News Ratings Monday October 3: Rachel Maddow Boosts MSNBC’s Prime Time Average

Mediaite StaffOct 4th, 2022, 5:02 pm
 

Rachel Maddow

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow boosted her network’s prime time average on Monday to a solid 1.62 million total viewers.

While MSNBC still came in behind Fox News’s 2.45 million average prime time viewers, the network more than doubled CNN’s 675,000 average prime time viewers.

Maddow brought in 2.25 million total viewers during her weekly 9 p.m. show, far surpassing the rest of MSNBC’s line-up.

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:
270		 MORNING JOE:
846		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
9		 EARLY MORNING:
25
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1352		 NEW DAY:
362		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
69		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
32
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1690		 NEW DAY:
500		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1714		 CNN NEWSROOM:
548		 MORNING JOE:
1009		 NATIONAL REPORT:
142		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1764		 CNN NEWSROOM:
673		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
705		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
29
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1691		 AT THIS HOUR:
710		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
625		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1972		 INSIDE POLITICS:
824		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
621		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
156		 BLUE BLOODS:
89
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1733		 CNN NEWSROOM:
798		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
715		 — BLUE BLOODS:
172
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1527		 CNN NEWSROOM:
798		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
720		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
153		 BLUE BLOODS:
273
3p STORY, THE:
1475		 CNN NEWSROOM:
772		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
830		 — BLUE BLOODS:
361
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1525		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
844		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1489		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
185		 BLUE BLOODS:
393
5p FIVE, THE:
3228		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
870		 — SPICER & CO:
152		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
155
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2382		 SITUATION ROOM:
766		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1325		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
181		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
108
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2856		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
783		 REIDOUT:
1191		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
211		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
69
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2875		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
814		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1403		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
151		 CUOMO:
147
9p HANNITY:
2484		 CNN TONIGHT:
530		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2253		 PRIME NEWS:
127		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
106
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1983		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
680		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1197		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
182		 BANFIELD:
72
11p GUTFELD!:
2103		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
560		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
931		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
117		 CUOMO:
78

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
132		 NEW DAY:
52		 MORNING JOE:
109		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
2		 EARLY MORNING:
7
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
163		 NEW DAY:
57		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
10		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
204		 NEW DAY:
86		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
206		 CNN NEWSROOM:
114		 MORNING JOE:
116		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
218		 CNN NEWSROOM:
149		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
64		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
3
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
250		 AT THIS HOUR:
136		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
55		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
263		 INSIDE POLITICS:
149		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
70		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
8		 BLUE BLOODS:
10
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
246		 CNN NEWSROOM:
149		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
88		 — BLUE BLOODS:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
215		 CNN NEWSROOM:
159		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
83		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
16		 BLUE BLOODS:
32
3p STORY, THE:
229		 CNN NEWSROOM:
130		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
94		 — BLUE BLOODS:
33
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
215		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
124		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
119		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
17		 BLUE BLOODS:
26
5p FIVE, THE:
369		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
139		 — SPICER & CO:
9		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
19
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
260		 SITUATION ROOM:
151		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
138		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
9		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
389		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
176		 REIDOUT:
119		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
11		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
445		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
184		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
130		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
16		 CUOMO:
8
9p HANNITY:
344		 CNN TONIGHT:
134		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
219		 PRIME NEWS:
19		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
23
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
257		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
166		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
89		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
16		 BANFIELD:
7
11p GUTFELD!:
300		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
149		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
107		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
16		 CUOMO:
7

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: 625,000

Fox News: 1.8 million

MSNBC: 972,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 127,000

Fox News: 245,000

MSNBC: 100,000

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: 675,000

Fox News: 2.45 million

MSNBC: 1.62 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 161,000

Fox News: 349,000

MSNBC: 146,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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