Cable News Ratings Thursday December 15: Nicolle Wallace Leads MSNBC, Beats Prime Time

MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace topped her network on Thursday, scoring wins over her prime time colleagues.
Wallace averaged 1.35 million total viewers between 4 and 6 p.m. Ari Melber came in second place with 1.32 million total viewers.
Lawrence O’Donnell rounded out the top three on the network with 1.30 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: 993 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 271 |
MORNING JOE: 892 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 10 |
EARLY MORNING: 17 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1248 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 345 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 89 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 35 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1568 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 469 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1722 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 556 |
MORNING JOE: 876 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 146 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1697 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 614 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 594 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 21 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1643 |
AT THIS HOUR: 575 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 629 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1699 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 621 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 632 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 136 |
BLUE BLOODS: 77 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1343 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 663 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 671 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 164 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1317 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 624 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 773 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 121 |
BLUE BLOODS: 213 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1293 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 669 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 791 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 256 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1396 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 661 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1355 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 184 |
BLUE BLOODS: 278 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3253 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 687 |
— | SPICER & CO: 194 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 132 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2439 |
SITUATION ROOM: 658 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1323 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 169 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 56 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2712 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 700 |
REIDOUT: 1098 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 202 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 54 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2970 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 656 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1241 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 170 |
CUOMO: 113 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2310 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 561 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1185 |
PRIME NEWS: 139 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 97 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1914 |
CNN TONIGHT SPCL: 461 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1302 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 187 |
BANFIELD: 115 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1940 |
CNN TONIGHT: 246 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 779 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 77 |
CUOMO: 74 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 149 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 62 |
MORNING JOE: 99 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 2 |
EARLY MORNING: 6 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 146 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 80 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 12 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 8 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 205 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 108 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 210 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 99 |
MORNING JOE: 86 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 9 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 195 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 105 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 62 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 2 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 235 |
AT THIS HOUR: 111 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 59 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 257 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 125 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 67 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 9 |
BLUE BLOODS: 5 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 187 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 123 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 63 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 15 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 167 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 95 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 81 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 18 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 159 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 99 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 84 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 32 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 145 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 94 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 119 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 24 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 335 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 107 |
— | SPICER & CO: 12 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 277 |
SITUATION ROOM: 112 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 130 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 9 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 9 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 256 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 145 |
REIDOUT: 112 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 9 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 6 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 339 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 136 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 106 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 9 |
CUOMO: 8 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 271 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 134 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 108 |
PRIME NEWS: 12 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 16 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 227 |
CNN TONIGHT SPCL: 79 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 89 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 11 |
BANFIELD: 41 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 241 |
CNN TONIGHT: 50 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 86 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 7 |
CUOMO: 34 |
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: 508,000
Fox News: 1.70 million
MSNBC: 887,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 94,000
Fox News: 210,000
MSNBC: 88,000
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: 559,000
Fox News: 2.40 million
MSNBC: 1.24 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 116,000
Fox News: 279,000
MSNBC: 101,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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