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

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.