Cable News Ratings Thursday December 29: Fox News’s ‘America’s Newsroom’ Scores Big in the Demo

Fox News’s morning news program, America’s Newsroom, scored two of the top three rated hours in the key 25-54 age demographic on Thursday.
The program was guest hosted by Rich Edson and Julie Banderas and brought in 217,00 demo viewers at 9 a.m and 209,000 demo viewers at 10 a.m.
Fox’s The Five topped the charts in the demo with 236,000 viewers at 5 p.m.
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: 727 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 303 |
MORNING JOE: 813 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 42 |
EARLY MORNING: 9 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1029 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 386 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 69 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 27 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1316 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 528 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1426 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 551 |
MORNING JOE: 915 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 114 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1303 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 631 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 694 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 33 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1227 |
AT THIS HOUR: 611 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 665 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1270 |
AT THIS HOUR: 640 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 645 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 105 |
BLUE BLOODS: 119 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 986 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 671 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 645 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 183 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 874 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 621 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 690 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 120 |
BLUE BLOODS: 205 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 943 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 678 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 746 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 251 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 979 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 629 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1228 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 141 |
BLUE BLOODS: 288 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2330 |
SITUATION ROOM: 662 |
— | SPICER & CO: 153 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 95 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 1700 |
SITUATION ROOM: 581 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1087 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 146 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 41 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 1735 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 642 |
REIDOUT: 967 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 169 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 61 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 1861 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 624 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1119 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 182 |
CUOMO: 158 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 1474 |
CNN TONIGHT: 534 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1217 |
PRIME NEWS: 117 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 90 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1146 |
CNN TONIGHT: 403 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1028 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 74 |
BANFIELD: 56 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1499 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 338 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 654 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 61 |
CUOMO: 48 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 84 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 43 |
MORNING JOE: 78 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 5 |
EARLY MORNING: 5 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 143 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 80 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 2 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 6 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 179 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 119 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 217 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 88 |
MORNING JOE: 99 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 8 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 209 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 106 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 82 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 7 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 166 |
AT THIS HOUR: 106 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 81 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 162 |
AT THIS HOUR: 129 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 93 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 12 |
BLUE BLOODS: 16 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 118 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 147 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 92 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 33 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 89 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 127 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 89 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 7 |
BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 107 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 120 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 112 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 23 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 122 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 91 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 131 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 6 |
BLUE BLOODS: 21 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 236 |
SITUATION ROOM: 107 |
— | SPICER & CO: 6 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 8 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 193 |
SITUATION ROOM: 108 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 133 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 5 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 6 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 164 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 154 |
REIDOUT: 127 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 6 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 9 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 206 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 133 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 124 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 7 |
CUOMO: 23 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 113 |
CNN TONIGHT: 107 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 113 |
PRIME NEWS: 5 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 12 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 98 |
CNN TONIGHT: 86 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 77 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 7 |
BANFIELD: 9 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 190 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 71 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 69 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 3 |
CUOMO: 10 |
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: 515,000
Fox News: 1.21 million
MSNBC: 821,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 99,000
Fox News: 148,000
MSNBC: 90,000
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: 520,000
Fox News: 1.50 million
MSNBC: 1.12 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 109,000
Fox News: 139,000
MSNBC: 105,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.