Cable News Ratings Thursday, September 23: The Five Narrowly Takes Top Spot, Continuing Streak as Most-Watched Show
The surprising ratings dominance of a cable news program not in prime time continued on Thursday.
The Five has been the most-watched show on cable news from Monday through Thursday, ahead of Tucker Carlson Tonight and Hannity.
On Thursday The Five was first overall with 3.28 million viewers, narrowly overtaking Tucker Carlson’s 3.24 million viewers. Sean Hannity was third with 3.05 million.
In the key 25-54 viewer demographic, Carlson continued to dominate — with 539,000 viewers to Hannity’s 513,000 and The Five’s 441,000.
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: 972 |
NEW DAY: 318 |
MORNING JOE: 779 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 19 |
— |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1359 |
NEW DAY: 369 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 96 |
— |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1635 |
NEW DAY: 455 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1784 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 503 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 759 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 144 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1754 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 536 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 645 |
— | — |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1796 |
AT THIS HOUR: 573 |
— | — | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1960 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 575 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 598 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 184 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1659 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 677 |
MTP DAILY: 568 |
— | — |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1585 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 740 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 563 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 155 |
— |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1635 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 782 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 644 |
— | — |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1747 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 773 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1197 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 169 |
— |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3283 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 754 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 220 |
— |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2422 |
SITUATION ROOM: 673 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1135 |
SPICER & CO: 257 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 105 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 2139 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 791 |
REIDOUT: 1132 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 376 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 41 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3244 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 1055 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1370 |
STINCHFIELD: 222 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 26 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 3052 |
CUOMO PRIME TIME: 829 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2409 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 152 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 83 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2434 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 709 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1524 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 192 |
BANFIELD: 66 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1883 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 587 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 1030 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 182 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 31 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 167 |
NEW DAY: 76 |
MORNING JOE: 81 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 9 |
— |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 227 |
NEW DAY: 87 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 12 |
— |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 253 |
NEW DAY: 108 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 315 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 121 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 70 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 6 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 306 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 126 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 55 |
— | — |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 314 |
AT THIS HOUR: 144 |
— | — | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 292 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 150 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 60 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 20 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 261 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 139 |
MTP DAILY: 55 |
— | — |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 252 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 135 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 70 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 17 |
— |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 254 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 112 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 69 |
— | — |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 247 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 166 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 96 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 14 |
— |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 441 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 146 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 32 |
— |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 367 |
SITUATION ROOM: 128 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 113 |
SPICER & CO: 23 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 9 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 332 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 149 |
REIDOUT: 125 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 40 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 5 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 539 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 241 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 181 |
STINCHFIELD: 38 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 2 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 513 |
CUOMO PRIME TIME: 170 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 304 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 11 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 24 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 425 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 142 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 170 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 19 |
BANFIELD: 12 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 391 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 154 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 151 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 23 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 2 |
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: 619,000
Fox News: 1.85 million
MSNBC: 913,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 134,000
Fox News: 312,000
MSNBC: 100,000
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: 864,000
Fox News: 2.91 million
MSNBC: 1.77 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 184,000
Fox News: 492,000
MSNBC: 218,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
Comments
↓ Scroll down for comments ↓