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

Mediaite StaffFeb 4th, 2022, 4:44 pm
 

Wolf Blitzer

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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