Cable News Ratings Thursday April 28: Jake Tapper Leads CNN in the Demo

Jake Tapper led CNN in the key 25-54 age demographic on Thursday.
Tapper brought in 173,000 demo viewers, just enough to beat out Wolf Blitzer’s 163,000 demo viewers.
Erin Burnett landed in third place on the network with 157,000 demo 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: 963 |
NEW DAY: 325 |
MORNING JOE: 842 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 16 |
ELEMENTARY: 24 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1390 |
NEW DAY: 365 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 94 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 15 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1790 |
NEW DAY: 431 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1753 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 586 |
MORNING JOE: 883 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 190 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1592 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 686 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 667 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 92 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1824 |
AT THIS HOUR: 635 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 591 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 125 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1847 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 649 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 639 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 167 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 169 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1523 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 631 |
MTP DAILY: 622 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 130 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1439 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 640 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 670 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 164 |
BLUE BLOODS: 212 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1446 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 582 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 674 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 240 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1494 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 571 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1132 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 206 |
BLUE BLOODS: 272 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3346 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 673 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 198 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 141 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2543 |
SITUATION ROOM: 670 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1097 |
SPICER & CO: 221 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 63 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2455 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 701 |
REIDOUT: 1011 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 339 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 46 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3072 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 700 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1149 |
STINCHFIELD: 262 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 39 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2515 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 555 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 1957 |
PRIME NEWS: 208 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 48 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2506 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 595 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1417 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 160 |
BANFIELD: 30 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2076 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 455 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 849 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 107 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 29 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 197 |
NEW DAY: 78 |
MORNING JOE: 99 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 2 |
ELEMENTARY: 6 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 240 |
NEW DAY: 80 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 15 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 2 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 276 |
NEW DAY: 87 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 242 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 110 |
MORNING JOE: 107 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 31 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 227 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 128 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 71 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 13 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 262 |
AT THIS HOUR: 111 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 81 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 17 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 271 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 111 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 71 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 23 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 30 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 213 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 104 |
MTP DAILY: 59 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 29 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 181 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 126 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 61 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 30 |
BLUE BLOODS: 42 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 196 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 125 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 51 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 37 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 205 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 121 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 85 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 35 |
BLUE BLOODS: 53 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 425 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 173 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 36 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 21 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 338 |
SITUATION ROOM: 163 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 75 |
SPICER & CO: 41 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 6 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 324 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 157 |
REIDOUT: 122 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 47 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 9 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 521 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 128 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 119 |
STINCHFIELD: 49 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 7 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 377 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 130 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 207 |
PRIME NEWS: 55 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 4 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 422 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 151 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 131 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 46 |
BANFIELD: 2 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 373 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 86 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 111 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 33 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 5 |
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: 539,000
Fox News: 1.8 million
MSNBC: 885,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 111,000
Fox News: 272,000
MSNBC: 94,000
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: 617,000
Fox News: 2.7 million
MSNBC: 1.51 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 136,000
Fox News: 440,000
MSNBC: 152,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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