Cable News Ratings Thursday November 24: Tucker Carlson Animal-Themed Special Boosts Fox News Above Competition
Thanksgiving saw viewers largely turn off cable news for the holiday, but Fox News prime time still managed to pull in over 1 million average viewers.
CNN averaged 294,000 total price time viewers on Thursday, while MSNBC’s special programming only brought in 127,000 average prime time viewers.
Fox News, meanwhile, brought in 1.03 million total average viewers during prime time as Tucker Carlson led the way with a special that focused on past interviews related to animals.
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 SPECIAL: 781 |
CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL: 283 |
MORNING JOE-SPC: 380 |
BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE: 26 |
EARLY MORNING: 1 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 1265 |
CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL: 453 |
MORNING JOE-SPC: 324 |
WAKE UP AMERICA: 94 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 22 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 1640 |
CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL: 503 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 408 |
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| 9a | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 1446 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 466 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 414 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 139 |
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| 10a | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 1401 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 518 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 442 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 13 |
| 11a | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 1094 |
AT THIS HOUR SPCL: 501 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 481 |
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| 12p | OUTNUMBERED SPECIAL: 909 |
AT THIS HOUR SPCL: 415 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 470 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 98 |
BLUE BLOODS: 94 |
| 1p | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 655 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 372 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 431 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 175 |
| 2p | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 560 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 351 |
FOUR SEASONS TOTAL DOC: 369 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 79 |
BLUE BLOODS: 218 |
| 3p | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 540 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 351 |
SENTENCE OF M THOMPSON: 192 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 222 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/CAVUTO SPCL: 573 |
PATAGONIA: 294 |
LOVE AND THE CONSTITUTION: 237 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 104 |
BLUE BLOODS: 198 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE SPCL: 1091 |
PATAGONIA: 179 |
— | SPICER & CO: 78 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 87 |
| 6p | SPCL RPT W/BRET BAIER SPC: 861 |
PATAGONIA: 191 |
TURNING POINT:SPLITSCREEN: 270 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 61 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 50 |
| 7p | J. WATTERS PRIMETIME SPCL: 1089 |
PATAGONIA: 257 |
TURNING POINT: FROM DEVIL: 185 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 71 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 28 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL: 1294 |
PATAGONIA: 292 |
TURNING POINT: SHOUTING: 153 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 62 |
NN DOCUMENTARIES: HARVEST: 33 |
| 9p | HANNITY SPECIAL: 964 |
PATAGONIA: 328 |
— | PRIME NEWS: 53 |
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| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL: 839 |
STANLEY TUCCI: 263 |
DIAMOND HANDS: WALLSTBTS: 101 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 95 |
NN DOCUMENTARIES: HARVEST: 14 |
| 11p | GUTFELD SPECIAL: 1111 |
STANLEY TUCCI: 274 |
— | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 81 |
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25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 103 |
CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL: 53 |
MORNING JOE-SPC: 55 |
BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE: 0 |
EARLY MORNING: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 190 |
CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL: 60 |
MORNING JOE-SPC: 47 |
WAKE UP AMERICA: 4 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 6 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS SPECIAL: 239 |
CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL: 85 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 47 |
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| 9a | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 216 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 82 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 64 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 14 |
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| 10a | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 185 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 104 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 56 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 0 |
| 11a | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 140 |
AT THIS HOUR SPCL: 103 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 73 |
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| 12p | OUTNUMBERED SPECIAL: 123 |
AT THIS HOUR SPCL: 71 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 67 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 17 |
BLUE BLOODS: 20 |
| 1p | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 104 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 72 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 56 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 33 |
| 2p | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 76 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 51 |
FOUR SEASONS TOTAL DOC: 50 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 18 |
BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 3p | FOX NEWS LIVE SPECIAL: 86 |
CNN NEWSROOM SPCL: 34 |
SENTENCE OF M THOMPSON: 32 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 37 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/CAVUTO SPCL: 99 |
PATAGONIA: 50 |
LOVE AND THE CONSTITUTION: 58 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 20 |
BLUE BLOODS: 29 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE SPCL: 143 |
PATAGONIA: 21 |
— | SPICER & CO: 19 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 12 |
| 6p | SPCL RPT W/BRET BAIER SPC: 107 |
PATAGONIA: 33 |
TURNING POINT:SPLITSCREEN: 49 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 7 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 5 |
| 7p | J. WATTERS PRIMETIME SPCL: 129 |
PATAGONIA: 44 |
TURNING POINT: FROM DEVIL: 31 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 7 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 1 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON SPECIAL: 155 |
PATAGONIA: 69 |
TURNING POINT: SHOUTING: 23 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 6 |
NN DOCUMENTARIES: HARVEST: 2 |
| 9p | HANNITY SPECIAL: 96 |
PATAGONIA: 80 |
— | PRIME NEWS: 6 |
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| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE SPECIAL: 102 |
STANLEY TUCCI: 80 |
DIAMOND HANDS: WALLSTBTS: 16 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 10 |
NN DOCUMENTARIES: HARVEST: 2 |
| 11p | GUTFELD SPECIAL: 145 |
STANLEY TUCCI: 81 |
— | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 8 |
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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: 331,000
Fox News: 951,000
MSNBC: 265,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 65,000
Fox News: 130,000
MSNBC: 41,000
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: 294,000
Fox News: 1.03 million
MSNBC: 127,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 76,000
Fox News: 117,000
MSNBC: 20,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.