Cable News Ratings Thursday March 31: Fox News Sweeps the Demo, Beats Competition Across All Hours

Mediaite StaffApr 1st, 2022, 4:42 pm
 

Fox News’ lowest-rated program in the key 25-54 age demographic on Thursday still topped the highest-rated programs on MSNBC and CNN.

Fox’s The Story at 3 p.m. brought in 228,000 demo viewers, which just beat out the highest-rated non-Fox show, Erin Burnett’s OutFront, which brought in 227,000 demo viewers for CNN.

The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC was the highest-rated program on that network in the demo, bringing in 169,000 viewers.

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson won overall in both the demo and in terms of total viewers. Carlson brought in 589,000 viewers in the demo and 3.62 million total viewers.

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:
1120		 NEW DAY:
386		 MORNING JOE:
834		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
31		 ELEMENTARY:
26
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1513		 NEW DAY:
437		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
104		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
32
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1772		 NEW DAY:
591		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1854		 CNN NEWSROOM:
640		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
768		 NATIONAL REPORT:
190		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2070		 CNN NEWSROOM:
704		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
612		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
117
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1993		 AT THIS HOUR:
761		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
598		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
190
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2063		 INSIDE POLITICS:
835		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
688		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
170		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
243
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1789		 CNN NEWSROOM:
814		 MTP DAILY:
737		 — BLUE BLOODS:
231
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1748		 CNN NEWSROOM:
853		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
789		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
156		 BLUE BLOODS:
262
3p STORY, THE:
1763		 CNN NEWSROOM:
781		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
728		 — BLUE BLOODS:
306
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1750		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
840		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1154		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
262		 BLUE BLOODS:
375
5p FIVE, THE:
3541		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
776		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
192		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
173
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2806		 SITUATION ROOM:
696		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1234		 SPICER & CO:
254		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
110
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3067		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
774		 REIDOUT:
1070		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
345		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
80
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3624		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
921		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1280		 STINCHFIELD:
206		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
72
9p HANNITY:
3177		 CNN TONIGHT:
757		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1550		 PRIME NEWS:
101		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
79
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2520		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
668		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1405		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
139		 BANFIELD:
84
11p GUTFELD!:
2201		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
504		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
949		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
120		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
37

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
260		 NEW DAY:
69		 MORNING JOE:
102		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
5		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
283		 NEW DAY:
102		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
249		 NEW DAY:
147		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
295		 CNN NEWSROOM:
166		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
69		 NATIONAL REPORT:
24		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
292		 CNN NEWSROOM:
169		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
54		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
277		 AT THIS HOUR:
157		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
68		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
12p OUTNUMBERED:
295		 INSIDE POLITICS:
183		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
65		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
45		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
262		 CNN NEWSROOM:
181		 MTP DAILY:
76		 — BLUE BLOODS:
40
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
234		 CNN NEWSROOM:
190		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
82		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
35		 BLUE BLOODS:
45
3p STORY, THE:
228		 CNN NEWSROOM:
164		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
69		 — BLUE BLOODS:
38
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
252		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
206		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
94		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
37		 BLUE BLOODS:
49
5p FIVE, THE:
516		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
201		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
25		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
35
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
401		 SITUATION ROOM:
187		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
101		 SPICER & CO:
23		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
17
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
472		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
227		 REIDOUT:
113		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
38		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
10
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
589		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
226		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
137		 STINCHFIELD:
23		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
15
9p HANNITY:
463		 CNN TONIGHT:
211		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
169		 PRIME NEWS:
10		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
348		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
183		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
127		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
24		 BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
384		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
106		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
91		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
26		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
6

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: 654,000

Fox: 2.04 million

MSNBC: 881,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 158,000

Fox News: 319,000

MSNBC: 89,000

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: 782,000

Fox News: 3.11 million

MSNBC: 1.41 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 206,000

Fox News: 466,000

MSNBC: 144,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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