Cable News Ratings Thursday April 6: Anderson Cooper Leads CNN, Beats MSNBC Competition in Demo

Mediaite StaffApr 7th, 2023, 4:39 pm
 

Anderson Cooper

CNN scored strong numbers in the key 25-54 age demographic in the evening on Thursday as coverage of the Tennessee State House voting to expel Democratic members dominated the news.

From 6 to 9 p.m., CNN beat MSNBC in the demo with Anderson Cooper leading the network with 221,000 demo viewers. Cooper’s haul was enough to beat MSNBC’s Chris Hayes at 8 p.m., but fell shy of Tucker Carlon’s 434,000 demo viewers. Fox News, meanwhile, won all three hours in both total viewers and the demo.

Overall, MSNBC still beat CNN in the prime time and total day demo, while Fox News landed at number 1.

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:
888		 CNN THIS MORNING:
239		 MORNING JOE:
933		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
23		 EARLY MORNING:
16
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1202		 CNN THIS MORNING:
337		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
87		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
40
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1527		 CNN THIS MORNING:
490		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1518		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
592		 MORNING JOE:
1086		 NATIONAL REPORT:
127		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1562		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
607		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
906		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
26
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1588		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
580		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
692		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1645		 INSIDE POLITICS:
761		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
662		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
114		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1378		 CNN NEWSROOM:
688		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
789		 — BLUE BLOODS:
121
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1337		 CNN NEWSROOM:
654		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
139		 BLUE BLOODS:
189
3p STORY, THE:
1331		 CNN NEWSROOM:
694		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
884		 — BLUE BLOODS:
215
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1389		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
704		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1528		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
155		 BLUE BLOODS:
205
5p FIVE, THE:
3013		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
699		 — SPICER & CO:
168		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
94
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2134		 SITUATION ROOM:
772		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1512		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
197		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
49
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2679		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
817		 REIDOUT:
1411		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
218		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
48
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3056		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
881		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1823		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
222		 CUOMO:
177
9p HANNITY:
2628		 CNN PRIMETIME:
760		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1713		 PRIME NEWS:
137		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
145
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1965		 CNN TONIGHT:
588		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1904		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
140		 BANFIELD:
88
11p GUTFELD!:
1651		 CNN TONIGHT:
376		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1244		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
113		 CUOMO:
60

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
132		 CNN THIS MORNING:
61		 MORNING JOE:
119		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
0		 EARLY MORNING:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
182		 CNN THIS MORNING:
95		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
10		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
200		 CNN THIS MORNING:
122		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
196		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
112		 MORNING JOE:
145		 NATIONAL REPORT:
15		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
196		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
112		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
127		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
3
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
207		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
130		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
99		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
215		 INSIDE POLITICS:
175		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
89		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
7		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
189		 CNN NEWSROOM:
159		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
96		 — BLUE BLOODS:
30
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
187		 CNN NEWSROOM:
123		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
5		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
3p STORY, THE:
170		 CNN NEWSROOM:
124		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
98		 — BLUE BLOODS:
31
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
200		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
130		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
163		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
5		 BLUE BLOODS:
16
5p FIVE, THE:
356		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
169		 — SPICER & CO:
8		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
295		 SITUATION ROOM:
192		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
184		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
16		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
13
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
322		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
195		 REIDOUT:
138		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
16		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
9
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
434		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
221		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
202		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
18		 CUOMO:
32
9p HANNITY:
349		 CNN PRIMETIME:
197		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
213		 PRIME NEWS:
13		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
32
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
276		 CNN TONIGHT:
129		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
212		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
11		 BANFIELD:
17
11p GUTFELD!:
237		 CNN TONIGHT:
85		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
208		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
8		 CUOMO:
13

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:575,000

Fox News: 1.65 million

MSNBC: 1.09 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 130,000

Fox News: 221,000

MSNBC: 137,000

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: 743,000

Fox News: 2.55 million

MSNBC: 1.81 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 182,000

Fox News: 353,000

MSNBC: 209,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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