Cable News Ratings Thursday, November 4: Fox News Special Report Scores Big, Narrowly Misses Out On Top Spot in Key Demo

Mediaite StaffNov 5th, 2021, 4:56 pm
 

Bret Baier

Despite the absence of major breaking news or a key press conference, Fox News’ Special Report scored big in Thursday’s ratings.

According to data from Nielsen, the Bret Baier-anchored 6 p.m. broadcast posted a massive 526,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted adults 25-54 demographic. The show narrowly missed out on the top spot in that category, as The Five eked out the No. 1 spot with a whopping 529,000 viewers in the demo.

That show prevailed in the overall ratings as well, with an audience of 3.48 million on Thursday. Tucker Carlson Tonight took second in the overall category with 3.37 million.

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:
1047		 NEW DAY:
247		 MORNING JOE:
740		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
14		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
44
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1410		 NEW DAY:
285		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
94		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
13
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1790		 NEW DAY:
379		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1965		 CNN NEWSROOM:
453		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
653		 NATIONAL REPORT:
219		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1834		 CNN NEWSROOM:
561		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
563		 — JAG:
66
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1801		 AT THIS HOUR:
556		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
640		 — JAG:
138
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1970		 INSIDE POLITICS:
603		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
582		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
201		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
193
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1794		 CNN NEWSROOM:
514		 MTP DAILY:
546		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
183
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1636		 CNN NEWSROOM:
569		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
530		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
196		 BLUE BLOODS:
204
3p STORY, THE:
1911		 CNN NEWSROOM:
615		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
586		 — BLUE BLOODS:
234
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1818		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
646		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
923		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
301		 BLUE BLOODS:
312
5p FIVE, THE:
3483		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
675		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
283		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
136
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2957		 SITUATION ROOM:
541		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1058		 SPICER & CO:
338		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
46
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2472		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
612		 REIDOUT:
1050		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
401		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
27
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3366		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
755		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1102		 STINCHFIELD:
259		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
39
9p HANNITY:
3252		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
743		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2005		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
156		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
52
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2612		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
580		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1425		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
158		 BANFIELD:
29
11p GUTFELD!:
2127		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
413		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
946		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
152		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
160		 NEW DAY:
54		 MORNING JOE:
92		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
3		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
243		 NEW DAY:
74		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
12		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
259		 NEW DAY:
99		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
320		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
66		 NATIONAL REPORT:
12		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
280		 CNN NEWSROOM:
128		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
45		 — JAG:
7
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
297		 AT THIS HOUR:
121		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
88		 — JAG:
5
12p OUTNUMBERED:
374		 INSIDE POLITICS:
124		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
71		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
29		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
291		 CNN NEWSROOM:
100		 MTP DAILY:
55		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
9
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
284		 CNN NEWSROOM:
103		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
58		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
34		 BLUE BLOODS:
15
3p STORY, THE:
334		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
77		 — BLUE BLOODS:
31
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
313		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
161		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
74		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
40		 BLUE BLOODS:
39
5p FIVE, THE:
529		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
145		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
42		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
19
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
526		 SITUATION ROOM:
111		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
115		 SPICER & CO:
53		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
3
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
450		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
132		 REIDOUT:
150		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
33		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
463		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
174		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
164		 STINCHFIELD:
45		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
8
9p HANNITY:
473		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
150		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
313		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
35		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
8
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
431		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
119		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
190		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
26		 BANFIELD:
7
11p GUTFELD!:
421		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
99		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
171		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
28		 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: 501,000

Fox 1.99 million

MSNBC: 815,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 114,000

Fox News: 334,000

MSNBC: 104,000

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: 692,000

Fox News: 3.08 million

MSNBC: 1.51 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 148,000

Fox News: 456,000

MSNBC: 222,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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