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

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.