Cable News Ratings Thursday May 12: Wolf Blitzer Leads CNN in Demo

Mediaite StaffMay 13th, 2022, 4:28 pm
 

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer led the network on Thursday in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic.

Blitzer’s Situation Room brought in 149,000 demo viewers, just beating out Erin Burnett’s OutFront, which brought in 145,000 demo viewers.

Anderson Cooper landed in third place on the network with 141,000 demo viewers. While CNN beat out MSNBC in demo viewers across both day time and prime time, it trailed far behind Fox News, which yet again swept the demo across all time slots.

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:
1112		 NEW DAY:
340		 MORNING JOE:
820		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
15		 ELEMENTARY:
14
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1396		 NEW DAY:
401		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
93		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
22
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1654		 NEW DAY:
455		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1656		 CNN NEWSROOM:
506		 MORNING JOE:
862		 NATIONAL REPORT:
137		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1659		 CNN NEWSROOM:
506		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
578		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
100
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1629		 AT THIS HOUR:
510		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
510		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
122
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1709		 INSIDE POLITICS:
557		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
555		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
165		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
173
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1449		 CNN NEWSROOM:
609		 MTP DAILY:
665		 — BLUE BLOODS:
116
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1372		 CNN NEWSROOM:
573		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
615		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
148		 BLUE BLOODS:
172
3p STORY, THE:
1416		 CNN NEWSROOM:
519		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
635		 — BLUE BLOODS:
255
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1460		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
534		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1110		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
225		 BLUE BLOODS:
299
5p FIVE, THE:
3102		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
595		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
242		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
153
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2242		 SITUATION ROOM:
585		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1016		 SPICER & CO:
255		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
70
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2352		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
588		 REIDOUT:
1006		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
327		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
66
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2956		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
636		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1152		 STINCHFIELD:
285		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
55
9p HANNITY:
2675		 CNN TONIGHT:
447		 MSNBC PRIME:
1347		 PRIME NEWS:
146		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
49
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2162		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
402		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1301		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
127		 BANFIELD:
34
11p GUTFELD!:
1954		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
339		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
807		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
144		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
30

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
199		 NEW DAY:
68		 MORNING JOE:
117		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
3		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
202		 NEW DAY:
89		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
8
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
212		 NEW DAY:
103		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
196		 CNN NEWSROOM:
105		 MORNING JOE:
101		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
193		 CNN NEWSROOM:
99		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
62		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
185		 AT THIS HOUR:
107		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
65		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
14
12p OUTNUMBERED:
200		 INSIDE POLITICS:
131		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
74		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
28		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
21
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
200		 CNN NEWSROOM:
115		 MTP DAILY:
74		 — BLUE BLOODS:
16
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
164		 CNN NEWSROOM:
118		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
67		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
29		 BLUE BLOODS:
26
3p STORY, THE:
194		 CNN NEWSROOM:
105		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
63		 — BLUE BLOODS:
25
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
210		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
116		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
87		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
31		 BLUE BLOODS:
29
5p FIVE, THE:
443		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
123		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
25		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
11
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
329		 SITUATION ROOM:
149		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
84		 SPICER & CO:
27		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
5
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
277		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
145		 REIDOUT:
115		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
33		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
452		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
141		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
111		 STINCHFIELD:
12		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
12
9p HANNITY:
426		 CNN TONIGHT:
111		 MSNBC PRIME:
122		 PRIME NEWS:
16		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
357		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
110		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
115		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
10		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
363		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
82		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
82		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
27		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
2

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: 468,000

Fox News: 1.73 million

MSNBC: 799,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 104,000

Fox News: 251,000

MSNBC: 85,000

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: 495,000

Fox News: 2.59 million

MSNBC: 1.27 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 121,000

Fox News: 411,000

MSNBC: 116,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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