Cable News Ratings Thursday, November 11: Fox News’ Special Report Takes Third Place in Viewer Demo

Mediaite StaffNov 12th, 2021, 6:40 pm
 

Special Report with Bret Baier

Fox News’ Special Report placed in the top three cable news shows in the coveted 25-54 viewer demographic on Thursday.

Bret Baier scored 2.5 million viewers overall and 443,000 in the demo. The Five dominated in both metrics with 3.34 million total viewers and 568,000 in the demo.

Tucker Carlson placed second with 3.2 million viewers and 474,000 in the demo.

Baier beat CNN and MSNBC combined at 6 pm in both total viewers and the demo, with CNN getting 635,000 total viewers (149,000 in the demo) and MSNBC getting 1 million viewers (115,000 in the 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:
1039		 NEW DAY:
280		 MORNING JOE:
756		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
12		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
16
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1398		 NEW DAY:
319		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
130		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
19
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1671		 NEW DAY:
405		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1789		 CNN NEWSROOM:
512		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
708		 NATIONAL REPORT:
166		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1747		 CNN NEWSROOM:
580		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
574		 — JAG:
113
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1701		 AT THIS HOUR:
537		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
555		 — JAG:
134
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1552		 INSIDE POLITICS:
516		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
589		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
134		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
187
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1624		 CNN NEWSROOM:
533		 MTP DAILY:
613		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
270
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1690		 CNN NEWSROOM:
572		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
594		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
150		 BLUE BLOODS:
207
3p STORY, THE:
1843		 CNN NEWSROOM:
674		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
748		 — BLUE BLOODS:
265
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1945		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
712		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1129		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
226		 BLUE BLOODS:
311
5p FIVE, THE:
3343		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
681		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
253		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
92
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2493		 SITUATION ROOM:
635		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1008		 SPICER & CO:
316		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
22
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2234		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
726		 REIDOUT:
965		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
383		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
38
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3202		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
736		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1189		 STINCHFIELD:
254		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
45
9p HANNITY:
2727		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
779		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1893		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
175		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
12
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2125		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
620		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1309		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
142		 BANFIELD:
21
11p GUTFELD!:
1748		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
395		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
959		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
128		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
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25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
175		 NEW DAY:
51		 MORNING JOE:
84		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
2		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
212		 NEW DAY:
67		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
19		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
257		 NEW DAY:
75		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
287		 CNN NEWSROOM:
120		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
79		 NATIONAL REPORT:
18		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
304		 CNN NEWSROOM:
116		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
71		 — JAG:
13
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
245		 AT THIS HOUR:
126		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
69		 — JAG:
19
12p OUTNUMBERED:
271		 INSIDE POLITICS:
100		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
82		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
23		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
29
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
303		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 MTP DAILY:
91		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
37
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
315		 CNN NEWSROOM:
110		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
80		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
3p STORY, THE:
332		 CNN NEWSROOM:
148		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
80		 — BLUE BLOODS:
31
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
362		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
138		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
120		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
38		 BLUE BLOODS:
44
5p FIVE, THE:
568		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
140		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
42		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
11
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
443		 SITUATION ROOM:
149		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
115		 SPICER & CO:
45		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
3
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
394		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
145		 REIDOUT:
121		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
59		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
474		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
161		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
156		 STINCHFIELD:
54		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
5
9p HANNITY:
439		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
172		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
240		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
46		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
326		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
159		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
137		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
33		 BANFIELD:
10
11p GUTFELD!:
326		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
125		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
118		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
31		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 530,000

Fox: 1.82 million

MSNBC: 834,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 118,000

Fox News: 312,000

MSNBC: 101,000

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: 711,000

Fox News: 2.69 million

MSNBC: 1.46 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 164,000

Fox News: 413,000

MSNBC: 178,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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