Cable News Ratings Thursday August 18: Bret Baier Lands in 4th Place Overall, Crushes Time Slot Competition

Mediaite StaffAug 19th, 2022, 6:08 pm
 

Special Report With Bret Baier

Fox News’s Special Report with Bret Baier landed in fourth place on all of cable news on Thursday with 2.4 million viewers.

The Five topped the charts with 3.4 million viewers, followed by Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity.

Baier’s strong numbers more than beat out his time slot competitors Wolf Blitzer and Ari Melber.

Melber came in second place at 6 p.m. with 1.6 million viewers, landing him at number one on MSNBC, while CNN’s Blitzer brought in 732,000 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:
1053		 NEW DAY:
294		 MORNING JOE:
905		 RETURN: TRUMP?S BIG 2024:
19		 EARLY MORNING:
7
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1394		 NEW DAY:
370		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
91		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
36
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1743		 NEW DAY:
501		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1752		 CNN NEWSROOM:
618		 MORNING JOE:
968		 NATIONAL REPORT:
153		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1743		 CNN NEWSROOM:
629		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
736		 — BLUE BLOODS:
104
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1727		 AT THIS HOUR:
643		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
723		 — BLUE BLOODS:
123
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1946		 INSIDE POLITICS:
787		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
767		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
200		 BLUE BLOODS:
168
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1776		 CNN NEWSROOM:
707		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
876		 — BLUE BLOODS:
221
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1575		 CNN NEWSROOM:
795		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
952		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
212		 BLUE BLOODS:
293
3p STORY, THE:
1591		 CNN NEWSROOM:
768		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
990		 — BLUE BLOODS:
306
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1687		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
845		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1422		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
248		 BLUE BLOODS:
381
5p FIVE, THE:
3388		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
771		 — SPICER & CO:
259		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
160
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2384		 SITUATION ROOM:
732		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1577		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
242		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
63
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2325		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
876		 REIDOUT:
1193		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
268		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
25
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3056		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
938		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1398		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
196		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
65
9p HANNITY:
2649		 CNN TONIGHT:
759		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1577		 PRIME NEWS:
110		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
61
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2188		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
734		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1576		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
221		 BANFIELD:
49
11p GUTFELD!:
2244		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
533		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1100		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
122		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
34

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
196		 NEW DAY:
56		 MORNING JOE:
91		 RETURN: TRUMP?S BIG 2024:
8		 EARLY MORNING:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
261		 NEW DAY:
78		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
17		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
7
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
280		 NEW DAY:
91		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
276		 CNN NEWSROOM:
103		 MORNING JOE:
88		 NATIONAL REPORT:
18		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
236		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
73		 — BLUE BLOODS:
17
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
233		 AT THIS HOUR:
103		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
76		 — BLUE BLOODS:
25
12p OUTNUMBERED:
262		 INSIDE POLITICS:
120		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
78		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
42
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
222		 CNN NEWSROOM:
128		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
93		 — BLUE BLOODS:
40
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
192		 CNN NEWSROOM:
166		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
105		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
17		 BLUE BLOODS:
51
3p STORY, THE:
193		 CNN NEWSROOM:
140		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
120		 — BLUE BLOODS:
50
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
194		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
149		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
121		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
16		 BLUE BLOODS:
52
5p FIVE, THE:
398		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
153		 — SPICER & CO:
17		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
304		 SITUATION ROOM:
185		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
137		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
18		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
298		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
194		 REIDOUT:
131		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
26		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
467		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
194		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
144		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
14		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
2
9p HANNITY:
404		 CNN TONIGHT:
185		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
159		 PRIME NEWS:
7		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
333		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
146		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
135		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
22		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
374		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
117		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
113		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
13		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4

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: 642,000

Fox News: 1.83 million

MSNBC: 1.02 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 126,000

Fox News: 264,000

MSNBC: 103,000

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: 810,000

Fox News: 2.63 million

MSNBC: 1.52 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 175,000

Fox News: 402,000

MSNBC: 146,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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