Cable News Ratings Thursday April 21: Maddow Edges Out Ingraham in Total Viewers

Mediaite StaffApr 22nd, 2022, 5:14 pm
 

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow just edged out Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Thursday night.

Maddow, who dedicated much of her program to leaked tapes showing House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy criticizing Donald Trump after Jan. 6, brought in 2.16 million total viewers.

Ingraham — whose show airs in the hour after Maddow’s — came in just shy of that with 2.14 million total viewers. Ingraham, however, won the key 25-54 age demographic with 365,ooo viewers to Maddow’s 247,000. Maddow’s Fox time-slot competitor, Sean Hannity, beat her with 2.88 million total viewers.

Here is a full breakdown of Thursday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1064		 NEW DAY:
342		 MORNING JOE:
833		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
35		 ELEMENTARY:
25
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1440		 NEW DAY:
417		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
88		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
27
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1893		 NEW DAY:
495		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2054		 CNN NEWSROOM:
666		 MORNING JOE:
919		 NATIONAL REPORT:
174		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1880		 CNN NEWSROOM:
684		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
706		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
62
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1816		 AT THIS HOUR:
624		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
575		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
146
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1683		 INSIDE POLITICS:
677		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
631		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
193		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
222
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1477		 CNN NEWSROOM:
699		 MTP DAILY:
576		 — BLUE BLOODS:
144
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1476		 CNN NEWSROOM:
698		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
561		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
217		 BLUE BLOODS:
187
3p STORY, THE:
1521		 CNN NEWSROOM:
711		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
556		 — BLUE BLOODS:
267
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1561		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
716		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1123		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
264		 BLUE BLOODS:
313
5p FIVE, THE:
3511		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
740		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
199		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
200
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2553		 SITUATION ROOM:
648		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1127		 SPICER & CO:
218		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
80
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2372		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
807		 REIDOUT:
1006		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
370		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
70
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3405		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
818		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1132		 STINCHFIELD:
280		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
43
9p HANNITY:
2885		 CNN TONIGHT:
676		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2164		 PRIME NEWS:
146		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
49
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2142		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
612		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1436		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
148		 BANFIELD:
47
11p GUTFELD!:
1881		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
427		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
896		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
128		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
26

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
210		 NEW DAY:
94		 MORNING JOE:
96		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
16		 ELEMENTARY:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
300		 NEW DAY:
110		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
19		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
317		 NEW DAY:
98		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
289		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 MORNING JOE:
72		 NATIONAL REPORT:
29		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
262		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
63		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
279		 AT THIS HOUR:
134		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
69		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
12p OUTNUMBERED:
284		 INSIDE POLITICS:
146		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
73		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
38		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
39
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
210		 CNN NEWSROOM:
139		 MTP DAILY:
69		 — BLUE BLOODS:
29
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
186		 CNN NEWSROOM:
129		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
77		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
39		 BLUE BLOODS:
31
3p STORY, THE:
189		 CNN NEWSROOM:
148		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
76		 — BLUE BLOODS:
49
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
246		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
139		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
101		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
24		 BLUE BLOODS:
49
5p FIVE, THE:
493		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
157		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
22		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
43
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
341		 SITUATION ROOM:
166		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
96		 SPICER & CO:
13		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
28
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
321		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
205		 REIDOUT:
89		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
20		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
24
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
551		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
214		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
89		 STINCHFIELD:
24		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
20
9p HANNITY:
461		 CNN TONIGHT:
179		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
247		 PRIME NEWS:
11		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
365		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
155		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
142		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
19		 BANFIELD:
9
11p GUTFELD!:
337		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
111		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
88		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
9		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
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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: 583,000

Fox News: 1.85 million

MSNBC: 887,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 131,00

Fox News: 293,000

MSNBC: 90,000

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: 702,000

Fox News: 2.81 million

MSNBC: 1.58 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 183,000

Fox News: 459,000

MSNBC: 159,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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