Cable News Ratings Thursday February 3: Wolf Blitzer Beats Ari Melber in Demo

Wolf Blitzer’s iconic CNN show The Situation Room beat MSNBC’s Ari Melber in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic on Thursday.
Blitzer at 6 p.m. drew 117,000 viewers in the demo, besting the 95,000 drawn by The Beat. Melber still won in total viewers, nearly doubling Blitzer with 1.09 million to CNN’s 578,000.
Special Report with Bret Baier, Fox’s 6 p.m. show, beat both MSNBC and CNN by a mile, drawing 2.71 million total viewers and 508,000 in the demo.
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: 938 |
NEW DAY: 298 |
MORNING JOE: 755 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 23 |
ELEMENTARY: 45 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1321 |
NEW DAY: 363 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 93 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 18 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1652 |
NEW DAY: 441 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1756 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 482 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 723 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 187 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1811 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 630 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 681 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 80 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1756 |
AT THIS HOUR: 546 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 651 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 150 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1905 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 613 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 732 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 169 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 203 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1654 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 627 |
— | — | BLUE BLOODS: 124 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1611 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 634 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 744 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 169 |
BLUE BLOODS: 209 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1653 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 690 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 840 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 300 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1683 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 664 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1256 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 253 |
BLUE BLOODS: 375 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3722 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 655 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 232 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 147 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2714 |
SITUATION ROOM: 578 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1097 |
SPICER & CO: 249 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 55 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 3169 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 579 |
REIDOUT: 1124 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 351 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 54 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3642 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 647 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1360 |
STINCHFIELD: 229 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 72 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 3104 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 540 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2208 |
PRIME NEWS: 146 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 55 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2370 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 489 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1331 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 150 |
BANFIELD: 40 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2107 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 376 |
11TH HOUR: 794 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 87 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 29 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 147 |
NEW DAY: 56 |
MORNING JOE: 90 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 0 |
ELEMENTARY: 20 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 199 |
NEW DAY: 57 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 10 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 2 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 232 |
NEW DAY: 75 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 237 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 78 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 62 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 35 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 230 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 116 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 58 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 8 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 239 |
AT THIS HOUR: 100 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 68 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 16 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 285 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 129 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 69 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 31 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 23 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 275 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 127 |
— | — | BLUE BLOODS: 16 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 340 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 127 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 56 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 24 |
BLUE BLOODS: 23 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 314 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 144 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 78 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 41 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 314 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 135 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 89 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 12 |
BLUE BLOODS: 54 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 584 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 149 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 12 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 17 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 508 |
SITUATION ROOM: 117 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 95 |
SPICER & CO: 13 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 0 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 504 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 147 |
REIDOUT: 132 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 39 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 11 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 592 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 140 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 156 |
STINCHFIELD: 40 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 9 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 468 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 124 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 231 |
PRIME NEWS: 26 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 7 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 373 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 114 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 130 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 19 |
BANFIELD: 4 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 323 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 83 |
11TH HOUR: 100 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 4 |
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.
Total viewers:
CNN: 504,000
Fox: 1.93 million
MSNBC: 914,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 103,000
Fox News: 313,000
MSNBC: 92,000
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: 558,000
Fox News: 3.03 million
MSNBC: 1.63 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 126,000
Fox News: 478,000
MSNBC: 172,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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