Cable News Ratings Thursday September 22: Erin Burnett Leads CNN to Second Place Finish in the Demo

CNN’s Erin Burnett led her network in the key 25-54 age demographic on Thursday.
Burnett scored 196,000 demo viewers, just topping Wolf Blitzer’s 193,000 demo viewers.
CNN beat MSNBC in the demo with all but two shows as Morning Joe and Nicolle Wallace’s Deadline: White House came in second place in the demo behind Fox News.
CNN finished second over in the demo for the day with 132,000 average viewers. Fox led the day in the demo with 260,000 average viewers, while MSNBC landed in third with 103,000 average demo viewers.
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: 967 |
NEW DAY: 347 |
MORNING JOE: 1073 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 17 |
EARLY MORNING: 3 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1349 |
NEW DAY: 457 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 94 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 29 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1587 |
NEW DAY: 575 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1666 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 689 |
MORNING JOE: 1021 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 152 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1699 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 801 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 730 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 35 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1780 |
AT THIS HOUR: 808 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 777 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1877 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 878 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 879 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 167 |
BLUE BLOODS: 95 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1620 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 943 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 889 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 148 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1461 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 863 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 969 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 164 |
BLUE BLOODS: 190 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1453 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 849 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 1022 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 242 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1441 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 760 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1742 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 214 |
BLUE BLOODS: 305 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3150 |
SITUATION ROOM: 859 |
— | SPICER & CO: 208 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 100 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2372 |
SITUATION ROOM: 829 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1765 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 204 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 45 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2639 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 842 |
REIDOUT: 1467 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 221 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 45 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3001 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 849 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1676 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 180 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 43 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2708 |
CNN TONIGHT: 788 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1621 |
PRIME NEWS: 132 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 69 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1902 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 739 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1484 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 164 |
BANFIELD: 71 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2034 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 565 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1094 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 113 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 32 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 171 |
NEW DAY: 61 |
MORNING JOE: 109 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 6 |
EARLY MORNING: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 210 |
NEW DAY: 77 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 16 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 257 |
NEW DAY: 92 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 276 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 139 |
MORNING JOE: 78 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 18 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 223 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 138 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 68 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 2 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 242 |
AT THIS HOUR: 135 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 55 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 255 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 158 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 55 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 17 |
BLUE BLOODS: 5 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 244 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 155 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 62 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 25 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 207 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 139 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 75 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 21 |
BLUE BLOODS: 37 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 216 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 152 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 88 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 47 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 198 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 145 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 158 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 17 |
BLUE BLOODS: 61 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 408 |
SITUATION ROOM: 172 |
— | SPICER & CO: 19 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 18 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 355 |
SITUATION ROOM: 193 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 192 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 15 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 12 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 356 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 196 |
REIDOUT: 162 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 24 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 7 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 440 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 185 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 141 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 20 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 8 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 356 |
CNN TONIGHT: 138 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 130 |
PRIME NEWS: 17 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 9 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 246 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 147 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 145 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 14 |
BANFIELD: 8 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 336 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 116 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 103 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 12 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 1 |
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: 694,000
Fox News: 1.76 million
MSNBC: 1.23 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 132,000
Fox News: 260,000
MSNBC: 103,000
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: 792,000
Fox News: 2.54 million
MSNBC: 1.60 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 157,000
Fox News: 347,000
MSNBC: 139,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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