Cable News Ratings Thursday March 3: Hannity Beats Tucker to Land First in Demo With Big Number

Mediaite StaffMar 4th, 2022, 4:48 pm
 

Sean Hannity on Thursday Night

Fox News host Sean Hannity pulled off a win in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic on Thursday night, beating usual demo victor Tucker Carlson and the rest of cable news with a big number.

9 p.m. Hannity drew a whopping 893,000 viewers in the demo, edging out 8 p.m. Tucker Carlson Tonight, which drew 867,000 in the demo. Carlson placed first in total viewers however, and by a significant margin. Carlson drew 4.51 million viewers, while The Five came second with 4.23 million viewers and Hannity placed third with 4.01 million viewers.

You’ll notice that all of those shows are on Fox. The closest any other cable host got to competing with Fox was Anderson Cooper on CNN (1.87 million total viewers, 597,000 demo) and Rachel Maddow on MSNBC (1.98 million total viewers, 330,000 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:
1283		 NEW DAY:
546		 MORNING JOE:
1056		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
29		 ELEMENTARY:
25
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1688		 NEW DAY:
802		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
141		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
40
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
2096		 NEW DAY:
1011		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2363		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1191		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
945		 NATIONAL REPORT:
218		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2428		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1323		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
786		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
104
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2322		 AT THIS HOUR:
1262		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
798		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
102
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2362		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1338		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
971		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
217		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
135
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2392		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1276		 MTP DAILY:
942		 — BLUE BLOODS:
163
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2468		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1355		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
913		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
200		 BLUE BLOODS:
224
3p STORY, THE:
2239		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1400		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
1050		 — BLUE BLOODS:
269
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2192		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1406		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1587		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
267		 BLUE BLOODS:
303
5p FIVE, THE:
4231		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1424		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
258		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
161
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
3284		 SITUATION ROOM:
1411		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1468		 SPICER & CO:
289		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
84
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3486		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1505		 REIDOUT:
1438		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
444		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
58
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
4511		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1879		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1536		 STINCHFIELD:
293		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
61
9p HANNITY:
4019		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1744		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1989		 PRIME NEWS:
212		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
59
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
3047		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1477		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1714		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
222		 BANFIELD:
49
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
2073		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1093		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1163		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
170		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
85

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
324		 NEW DAY:
162		 MORNING JOE:
126		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
4		 ELEMENTARY:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
398		 NEW DAY:
231		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
39		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
396		 NEW DAY:
281		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
514		 CNN NEWSROOM:
274		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
132		 NATIONAL REPORT:
44		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
447		 CNN NEWSROOM:
322		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
115		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
456		 AT THIS HOUR:
303		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
131		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
11
12p OUTNUMBERED:
515		 INSIDE POLITICS:
325		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
120		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
36		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
567		 CNN NEWSROOM:
313		 MTP DAILY:
124		 — BLUE BLOODS:
21
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
549		 CNN NEWSROOM:
356		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
109		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
30		 BLUE BLOODS:
20
3p STORY, THE:
443		 CNN NEWSROOM:
383		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
148		 — BLUE BLOODS:
24
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
479		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
376		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
177		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
38		 BLUE BLOODS:
43
5p FIVE, THE:
756		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
404		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
37		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
20
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
681		 SITUATION ROOM:
436		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
173		 SPICER & CO:
35		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
663		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
462		 REIDOUT:
203		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
76		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
867		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
597		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
222		 STINCHFIELD:
67		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
13
9p HANNITY:
893		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
577		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
330		 PRIME NEWS:
45		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
11
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
690		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
505		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
296		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
46		 BANFIELD:
5
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
538		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
346		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
201		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
27		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
9

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: 1.21 million

Fox: 2.45 million

MSNBC: 1.13 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 351,000

Fox News: 529,000

MSNBC: 162,000

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: 1.7 million

Fox News: 3.85 million

MSNBC: 1.74 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 560,000

Fox News: 817,000

MSNBC: 283,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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