Cable News Ratings Thursday March 16: Fox News Beats CNN and MSNBC Combined in Demo and Total Viewers

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Fox News on Thursday beat CNN and MSNBC combined — both the key 25-54 age demographic and in terms of total viewers.
Fox News averaged 1.54 million total day viewers and 178,000 demo viewers to land in first place.
MSNBC brought in an average of 852,000 total day viewers and 90,000 demo viewers to come in second. CNN, meanwhile, averaged 403,000 total day viewers and 78,000 demo viewers for third.
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: 837 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 204 |
MORNING JOE: 773 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 30 |
EARLY MORNING: 9 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1130 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 270 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 100 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 31 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1363 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 431 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1404 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 456 |
MORNING JOE: 677 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 121 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1427 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 538 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 623 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 32 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1425 |
AT THIS HOUR: 580 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 561 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1501 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 541 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 548 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 102 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1435 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 485 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 608 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 159 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1322 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 413 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 78 |
BLUE BLOODS: 170 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1212 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 449 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 727 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 213 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1108 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 453 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1216 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 128 |
BLUE BLOODS: 262 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2746 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 485 |
— | SPICER & CO: 100 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 104 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 1898 |
SITUATION ROOM: 434 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1282 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 126 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 38 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2435 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 565 |
REIDOUT: 1081 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 158 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 46 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2904 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 559 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1319 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 108 |
CUOMO: 127 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2256 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 366 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1258 |
PRIME NEWS: 76 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 106 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1839 |
CNN TONIGHT: 322 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1433 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 113 |
BANFIELD: 97 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1918 |
CNN TONIGHT: 255 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1027 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 58 |
CUOMO: 73 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 100 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 44 |
MORNING JOE: 90 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 6 |
EARLY MORNING: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 168 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 62 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 13 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 5 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 215 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 103 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 192 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 75 |
MORNING JOE: 74 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 6 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 171 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 99 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 72 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 10 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 186 |
AT THIS HOUR: 105 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 62 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 177 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 95 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 64 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 7 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 152 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 72 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 75 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 21 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 135 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 73 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 5 |
BLUE BLOODS: 23 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 130 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 76 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 72 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 20 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 118 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 73 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 105 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 7 |
BLUE BLOODS: 49 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 260 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 81 |
— | SPICER & CO: 10 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 22 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 161 |
SITUATION ROOM: 80 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 125 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 10 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 11 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 216 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 115 |
REIDOUT: 140 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 13 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 14 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 316 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 95 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 126 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 23 |
CUOMO: 17 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 225 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 81 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 112 |
PRIME NEWS: 14 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 19 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 193 |
CNN TONIGHT: 59 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 118 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 14 |
BANFIELD: 29 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 287 |
CNN TONIGHT: 52 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 107 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 8 |
CUOMO: 20 |
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: 403,000
Fox News: 1.54 million
MSNBC: 852,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 78,000
Fox News: 178,000
MSNBC: 90,000
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: 415,000
Fox News: 2.33 million
MSNBC: 1.34 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 78,000
Fox News: 245,000
MSNBC: 118,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.