Cable News Ratings Thursday August 4: The Five Leads Cable News in Total Viewers and the Demo

The Five yet again led cable news on Thursday, outpacing all other shows in both the key 25-54 age demographic and in terms of total viewers.
In the demo, The Five scored 465,000 viewers, beating Tucker Carlson who came in second with 428,000 viewers.
In total viewers, the 5 p.m. Fox News show brought in 3.3 million total viewers. Carlson landed in second place overall with 2.99 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: 1037 |
NEW DAY: 299 |
MORNING JOE: 784 |
RETURN: TRUMP?S BIG 2024: 21 |
EARLY MORNING: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1284 |
NEW DAY: 353 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 86 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 37 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1563 |
NEW DAY: 444 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1659 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 555 |
MORNING JOE: 838 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 141 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1577 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 627 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 639 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 89 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1803 |
AT THIS HOUR: 731 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 591 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 141 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1856 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 705 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 673 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 163 |
BLUE BLOODS: 117 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1595 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 687 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 638 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 180 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1493 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 722 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 636 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 190 |
BLUE BLOODS: 251 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1556 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 733 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 698 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 274 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1478 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 915 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1163 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 256 |
BLUE BLOODS: 288 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3300 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 845 |
— | SPICER & CO: 225 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 120 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2309 |
SITUATION ROOM: 688 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1280 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 203 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 58 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2613 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 726 |
REIDOUT: 1086 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 239 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 52 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2995 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 916 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1106 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 174 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 57 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2366 |
CNN TONIGHT: 722 |
MSNBC PRIME: 1275 |
PRIME NEWS: 139 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 81 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2095 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 752 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 966 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 234 |
BANFIELD: 62 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1947 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 498 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 850 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 164 |
NEWSNATION TONIGHT: 38 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 180 |
NEW DAY: 56 |
MORNING JOE: 91 |
RETURN: TRUMP?S BIG 2024: 5 |
EARLY MORNING: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 197 |
NEW DAY: 70 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 12 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 224 |
NEW DAY: 97 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 243 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 89 |
MORNING JOE: 114 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 20 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 199 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 117 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 90 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 1 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 245 |
AT THIS HOUR: 138 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 69 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 9 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 288 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 146 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 59 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 25 |
BLUE BLOODS: 14 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 233 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 163 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 67 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 15 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 195 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 144 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 63 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 30 |
BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 216 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 121 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 66 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 38 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 179 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 153 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 95 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 41 |
BLUE BLOODS: 34 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 465 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 149 |
— | SPICER & CO: 42 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 16 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 286 |
SITUATION ROOM: 146 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 111 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 37 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 282 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 162 |
REIDOUT: 99 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 44 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 8 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 428 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 184 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 83 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 27 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 7 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 320 |
CNN TONIGHT: 175 |
MSNBC PRIME: 114 |
PRIME NEWS: 16 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 7 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 326 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 189 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 107 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 28 |
BANFIELD: 5 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 340 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 128 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 116 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 30 |
NEWSNATION TONIGHT: 8 |
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: 609,000
Fox News: 1.72 million
MSNBC: 818,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 124,000
Fox News: 252,000
MSNBC: 85,000
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: 797,000
Fox News: 2.48 million
MSNBC: 1.12 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 183,000
Fox News: 358,000
MSNBC: 101,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.