Cable News Ratings Thursday, December 2nd: The Five Tops Tucker in Total Viewers, Tucker Wins the Demo

Mediaite StaffDec 3rd, 2021, 4:55 pm
 

As Fox News continued to dominate the cable news ratings on Thursday, Tucker Carlson and The Five resumed their battle for the top-rated show on their network — and all of cable news.

While The Five had topped the charts for the month of October, Tucker managed to knock the 5 p.m. panel talk show down to second place in the month of November.

On Thursday, illustrating the rivalry between the two programs, The Five scored the most overall total viewers, while Tucker won the key 25-54 age demographic.

The Five secured 3.35 million total viewers to win the day, while Tucker came in second with 3.25 million total viewers. Sean Hannity’s eponymous show ranked third with 2.75 million total viewers.

In the demo, Tucker’s 562,000 viewers topped The Five’s 505,000 viewers. Hannity, again, came in third with 467,000 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:
1106		 NEW DAY:
289		 MORNING JOE:
806		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
11		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
31
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1456		 NEW DAY:
336		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
84		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
13
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1860		 NEW DAY:
417		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1827		 CNN NEWSROOM:
590		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
753		 NATIONAL REPORT:
170		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1673		 CNN NEWSROOM:
630		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
681		 — JAG:
85
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1630		 AT THIS HOUR:
617		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
597		 — JAG:
138
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1839		 INSIDE POLITICS:
614		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
687		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
113		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
152
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1567		 CNN NEWSROOM:
667		 MTP DAILY:
711		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
188
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1458		 CNN NEWSROOM:
656		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
152		 BLUE BLOODS:
187
3p STORY, THE:
1547		 CNN NEWSROOM:
728		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
769		 — BLUE BLOODS:
286
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1437		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
690		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1393		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
222		 BLUE BLOODS:
260
5p FIVE, THE:
3353		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
678		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
251		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
127
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2397		 SITUATION ROOM:
627		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1300		 SPICER & CO:
336		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
60
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2113		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
712		 REIDOUT:
1141		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
378		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
60
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3250		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
690		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1204		 STINCHFIELD:
199		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
62
9p HANNITY:
2752		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
611		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1926		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
149		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
43
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2139		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
554		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1297		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
140		 BANFIELD:
38
11p GUTFELD!:
1836		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
378		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
968		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
105		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
16

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
207		 NEW DAY:
67		 MORNING JOE:
98		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
5		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
251		 NEW DAY:
76		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
16		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
256		 NEW DAY:
103		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
239		 CNN NEWSROOM:
131		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
75		 NATIONAL REPORT:
21		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
213		 CNN NEWSROOM:
147		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
74		 — JAG:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
241		 AT THIS HOUR:
136		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
77		 — JAG:
16
12p OUTNUMBERED:
298		 INSIDE POLITICS:
153		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
81		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
19		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
245		 CNN NEWSROOM:
149		 MTP DAILY:
78		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
40
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
235		 CNN NEWSROOM:
140		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
26
3p STORY, THE:
246		 CNN NEWSROOM:
152		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
112		 — BLUE BLOODS:
49
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
247		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
144		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
137		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
26
5p FIVE, THE:
505		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
158		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
14		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
389		 SITUATION ROOM:
147		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
144		 SPICER & CO:
19		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
337		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
179		 REIDOUT:
160		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
41		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
562		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
133		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
143		 STINCHFIELD:
39		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
24
9p HANNITY:
467		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
150		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
214		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
43		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
337		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
144		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
147		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
32		 BANFIELD:
9
11p GUTFELD!:
394		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
122		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
137		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
18		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 538,000

Fox: 1.78 million

MSNBC: 919,00

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 125,000

Fox News: 300,000

MSNBC: 109,000

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: 618,000

Fox News: 2.71 million

MSNBC: 1.47 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 142,000

Fox News: 455,000

MSNBC: 168,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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