Cable News Ratings Thursday February 17: Tucker Carlson Dominates in Both Demo and Total Viewers

Mediaite StaffFeb 18th, 2022, 6:08 pm
 

Tucker Carlson dominated the cable news ratings on Thursday. Carlson topped the charts both in terms of overall total viewers and in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Carlson brought in 3.47 million average viewers and 498,000 demo viewers. The Five secured second place in both the demo and in total viewers.

Jesse Watters landed in third place in both categories, falling just 7,000 demo viewers behind The Five.

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:
1063		 NEW DAY:
306		 MORNING JOE:
751		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
8		 ELEMENTARY:
27
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1481		 NEW DAY:
397		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
70		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
18
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1846		 NEW DAY:
422		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1931		 CNN NEWSROOM:
605		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
654		 NATIONAL REPORT:
213		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1913		 CNN NEWSROOM:
687		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
543		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
97
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1743		 AT THIS HOUR:
655		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
476		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
131
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1784		 INSIDE POLITICS:
590		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
605		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
177		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
213
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1582		 CNN NEWSROOM:
547		 MTP DAILY:
576		 — BLUE BLOODS:
177
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1404		 CNN NEWSROOM:
557		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
575		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
195		 BLUE BLOODS:
243
3p STORY, THE:
1482		 CNN NEWSROOM:
636		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
637		 — BLUE BLOODS:
378
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1549		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
629		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1209		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
268		 BLUE BLOODS:
429
5p FIVE, THE:
3420		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
623		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
275		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
165
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2561		 SITUATION ROOM:
579		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1225		 SPICER & CO:
262		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
70
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2964		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
606		 REIDOUT:
1143		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
357		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
27
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3476		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
675		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1307		 STINCHFIELD:
239		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
39
9p HANNITY:
2865		 CNN TONIGHT:
558		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1730		 PRIME NEWS:
126		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
33
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2269		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
558		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1352		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
107		 BANFIELD:
34
11p GUTFELD!:
1821		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
469		 11TH HOUR:
749		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
95		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
17

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
246		 NEW DAY:
55		 MORNING JOE:
69		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
2		 ELEMENTARY:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
312		 NEW DAY:
78		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
307		 NEW DAY:
58		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
318		 CNN NEWSROOM:
74		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
50		 NATIONAL REPORT:
35		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
304		 CNN NEWSROOM:
117		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
31		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
254		 AT THIS HOUR:
131		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
37		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
25
12p OUTNUMBERED:
260		 INSIDE POLITICS:
125		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
40		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
32		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
28
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
279		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 MTP DAILY:
39		 — BLUE BLOODS:
17
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
255		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
49		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
41		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
3p STORY, THE:
226		 CNN NEWSROOM:
117		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
77		 — BLUE BLOODS:
46
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
232		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
115		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
93		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
38
5p FIVE, THE:
435		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
143		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
25		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
19
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
351		 SITUATION ROOM:
164		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
102		 SPICER & CO:
16		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
13
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
428		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
160		 REIDOUT:
132		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
47		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
498		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
164		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
138		 STINCHFIELD:
43		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
9p HANNITY:
390		 CNN TONIGHT:
109		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
169		 PRIME NEWS:
18		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
334		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
113		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
126		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
15		 BANFIELD:
1
11p GUTFELD!:
310		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
91		 11TH HOUR:
95		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
11		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2


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

Total viewers:

CNN: 520,000

Fox: 1.87 million

MSNBC: 833,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 107,000

Fox News: 298,000

MSNBC: 76,000

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: 597,000

Fox News: 2.87 million

MSNBC: 1.46 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 128,000

Fox News: 407,000

MSNBC: 144,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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