Cable News Ratings Thursday, October 14: MSNBC More Than Doubles CNN in Prime Time

Mediaite StaffOct 15th, 2021, 4:54 pm
 

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MSNBC more than doubled CNN in prime time viewers on Thursday night.

The MSNBC prime time team of Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow, and Lawrence O’Donnell averaged 1.52 million viewers, more than doubling CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Chris Cuomo, and Don Lemon, who drew 749,000.

As usual Rachel Maddow placed first of the pack, with 1.96 million total viewers and 248,000 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:
989		 NEW DAY:
285		 MORNING JOE:
788		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
26		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
22
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1304		 NEW DAY:
375		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
127		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
8
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1599		 NEW DAY:
460		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1657		 CNN NEWSROOM:
485		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
795		 NATIONAL REPORT:
189		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1669		 CNN NEWSROOM:
618		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
647		 — JAG:
62
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1660		 AT THIS HOUR:
638		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
567		 — JAG:
90
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1731		 INSIDE POLITICS:
611		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
599		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
179		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
209
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1517		 CNN NEWSROOM:
628		 MTP DAILY:
642		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
284
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1361		 CNN NEWSROOM:
724		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
646		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
161		 BLUE BLOODS:
206
3p STORY, THE:
1553		 CNN NEWSROOM:
686		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
724		 — BLUE BLOODS:
244
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1524		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
722		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1264		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
219		 BLUE BLOODS:
293
5p FIVE, THE:
2919		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
665		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
239		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
124
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2202		 SITUATION ROOM:
657		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1215		 SPICER & CO:
288		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
59
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2162		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
702		 REIDOUT:
1111		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
315		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
54
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3066		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
800		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1227		 STINCHFIELD:
198		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
36
9p HANNITY:
2673		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
808		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1966		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
131		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
48
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2056		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
639		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1372		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
148		 BANFIELD:
72
11p GUTFELD!:
1838		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
418		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
953		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
98		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
28

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
185		 NEW DAY:
44		 MORNING JOE:
87		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
3		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
238		 NEW DAY:
64		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
15		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
276		 NEW DAY:
67		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
297		 CNN NEWSROOM:
96		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
72		 NATIONAL REPORT:
20		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
295		 CNN NEWSROOM:
125		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
58		 — JAG:
2
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
307		 AT THIS HOUR:
132		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
64		 — JAG:
6
12p OUTNUMBERED:
320		 INSIDE POLITICS:
147		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
75		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
28		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
17
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
268		 CNN NEWSROOM:
124		 MTP DAILY:
87		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
240		 CNN NEWSROOM:
137		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
85		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
22		 BLUE BLOODS:
17
3p STORY, THE:
263		 CNN NEWSROOM:
142		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
93		 — BLUE BLOODS:
22
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
254		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
153		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
105		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
23		 BLUE BLOODS:
18
5p FIVE, THE:
412		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
142		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
22		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
12
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
340		 SITUATION ROOM:
125		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
102		 SPICER & CO:
27		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
4
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
359		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
151		 REIDOUT:
137		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
29		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
449		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
187		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
177		 STINCHFIELD:
24		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
2
9p HANNITY:
432		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
141		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
248		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
13		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
356		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
137		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
178		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
27		 BANFIELD:
10
11p GUTFELD!:
323		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
95		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
116		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
18		 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: 558,000

Fox News: 1.69 million

MSNBC: 899,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 117,000

Fox News: 289,000

MSNBC: 102,000

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: 749,000

Fox News: 2.59 million

MSNBC: 1.52 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 155,000

Fox News: 412,000

MSNBC: 201,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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