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

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: 7 |
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.