Cable News Ratings Thursday February 23: CNN Town Hall Lands in Third Place Second Night in a Row

Mediaite StaffFeb 24th, 2023, 4:33 pm
 

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CNN hosted its second town hall in a row on Thursday night, bringing in 513,000 total viewers and 113,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic. The 9 p.m. event focused on the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and landed in third place in total viewers behind Fox News and MSNBC.

In the demo, the town hall beat MSNBC, but lost by a wide margin to Fox News’s Hannity.

On Wednesday night, CNN’s town hall in East Palestine, Ohio also landed in third place overall, bringing in 446,000 total viewers and 101,000 demo viewers — the lowest-rated town hall on the network since June of 2019.

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:
874		 CNN THIS MORNING:
262		 MORNING JOE:
892		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
13		 EARLY MORNING:
9
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1260		 CNN THIS MORNING:
353		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
72		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
44
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1454		 CNN THIS MORNING:
446		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1639		 CNN NEWSROOM:
496		 MORNING JOE:
916		 NATIONAL REPORT:
142		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1672		 CNN NEWSROOM:
612		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
679		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
56
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1519		 AT THIS HOUR:
691		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
649 [10:45 AM-12:23 PM]		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1496		 INSIDE POLITICS:
722		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
627 [12:41 PM-1:23 PM]		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
179		 BLUE BLOODS:
83
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1386		 CNN NEWSROOM:
662		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
155
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1407		 CNN NEWSROOM:
644		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
647 [1:24 PM-2:42 PM]		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
150		 BLUE BLOODS:
217
3p STORY, THE:
1283		 CNN NEWSROOM:
691		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
670 [2:43 PM-3:29 PM]		 — BLUE BLOODS:
270
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1516		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
869		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
961 [3:45 PM-4:39 PM]		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
153		 BLUE BLOODS:
295
5p SR/MURDAUGH TRIAL CVG.:
2678		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
889		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1300 [4:40 PM-5:59 PM]		 SPICER & CO:
150		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
104
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2296		 SITUATION ROOM:
584		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1393		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
152		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
45
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2779		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
625		 REIDOUT:
1128		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
212		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
48
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3163		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
656		 MORNING JOE SPC REPORT:
1048		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
136		 CUOMO:
82
9p HANNITY:
2690		 CNN TOWN HALL:
513		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1190		 PRIME NEWS:
83		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
97
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2069		 CNN TONIGHT:
433 [10:15 PM-10:59 PM]		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1275		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
107		 BANFIELD:
108
11p GUTFELD!:
1780		 CNN TONIGHT:
354		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
930		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
72		 CUOMO:
75

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
127		 CNN THIS MORNING:
54		 MORNING JOE:
113		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
0		 EARLY MORNING:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
161		 CNN THIS MORNING:
61		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
5		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
9
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
176		 CNN THIS MORNING:
81		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
195		 CNN NEWSROOM:
80		 MORNING JOE:
90		 NATIONAL REPORT:
8		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
202		 CNN NEWSROOM:
103		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
69		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
177		 AT THIS HOUR:
110		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
67 [10:45 AM-12:23 PM]		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
211		 INSIDE POLITICS:
113		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
54 [12:41 PM-1:23 PM]		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
13		 BLUE BLOODS:
15
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
207		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
206		 CNN NEWSROOM:
102		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
47 [1:24 PM-2:42 PM]		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
9		 BLUE BLOODS:
37
3p STORY, THE:
162		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
54 [2:43 PM-3:29 PM]		 — BLUE BLOODS:
41
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
178		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
153		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
101 [3:45 PM-4:39 PM]		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
12		 BLUE BLOODS:
35
5p SR/MURDAUGH TRIAL CVG.:
258		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
179		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
125 [4:40 PM-5:59 PM]		 SPICER & CO:
22		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
15
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
219		 SITUATION ROOM:
120		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
122		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
8		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
8
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
256		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
126		 REIDOUT:
125		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
19		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
400		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
148		 MORNING JOE SPC REPORT:
97		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
17		 CUOMO:
13
9p HANNITY:
320		 CNN TOWN HALL:
133		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
127		 PRIME NEWS:
10		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
25
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
267		 CNN TONIGHT:
103 [10:15 PM-10:59 PM]		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
126		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
13		 BANFIELD:
16
11p GUTFELD!:
298		 CNN TONIGHT:
92		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
115		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
11		 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: 533,000

Fox News: 1.66 million

MSNBC: 870,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 101,000

Fox News: 208,000

MSNBC: 91,000

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: 541,000

Fox News: 2.64 million

MSNBC: 1.17 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 130,000

Fox News: 329,000

MSNBC: 117,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

 

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