Cable News Ratings Thursday September 29: CNN Sweeps MSNBC in the Demo, Fox News Beats Both Combined

Mediaite StaffSep 30th, 2022, 4:50 pm
 

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CNN’s rating boost from breaking news coverage of hurricane Ian continued on Thursday as the network beat MSNBC across the board in the key 25-54 age demographic.

CNN averaged 192,000 demo viewers for the day, beating MSNBC’s 113,000 demo viewers to land in second place.

Fox News beat both MSNBC and CNN in the demo combined with 312,000 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:
1086		 NEW DAY:
449		 MORNING JOE:
863		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
45		 EARLY MORNING:
12
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1515		 NEW DAY:
601		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
103		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
43
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1957		 NEW DAY:
833		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2247		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1054		 MORNING JOE:
973		 NATIONAL REPORT:
152		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2221		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1238		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
837		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
70
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2022		 AT THIS HOUR:
1143		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
760		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2081		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1182		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
844		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
169		 BLUE BLOODS:
137
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1857		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1094		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
940		 — BLUE BLOODS:
224
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1870		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1144		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
842		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
171		 BLUE BLOODS:
237
3p STORY, THE:
1796		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1138		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
890		 — BLUE BLOODS:
294
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1890		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1248		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1411		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
244		 BLUE BLOODS:
313
5p FIVE, THE:
3385		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1271		 — SPICER & CO:
214		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
137
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2584		 SITUATION ROOM:
1090		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1195		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
172		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
78
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2957		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1148		 REIDOUT:
1289		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
256		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
51
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3181		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1105		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1468		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
198		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
66
9p HANNITY:
2665		 CNN TONIGHT:
903		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1339		 PRIME NEWS:
144		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
85
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2173		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
798		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1450		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
195		 BANFIELD:
70
11p GUTFELD!:
2218		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
545		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
903		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
120		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
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25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
194		 NEW DAY:
114		 MORNING JOE:
114		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
3		 EARLY MORNING:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
278		 NEW DAY:
129		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
9		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
7
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
315		 NEW DAY:
204		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
338		 CNN NEWSROOM:
269		 MORNING JOE:
112		 NATIONAL REPORT:
5		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
313		 CNN NEWSROOM:
222		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
85		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
288		 AT THIS HOUR:
223		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
76		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
312		 INSIDE POLITICS:
245		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
85		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
17		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
264		 CNN NEWSROOM:
243		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
103		 — BLUE BLOODS:
41
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
295		 CNN NEWSROOM:
238		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
127		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
18		 BLUE BLOODS:
31
3p STORY, THE:
277		 CNN NEWSROOM:
221		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
113		 — BLUE BLOODS:
35
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
313		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
238		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
126		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
19		 BLUE BLOODS:
28
5p FIVE, THE:
498		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
200		 — SPICER & CO:
18		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
373		 SITUATION ROOM:
211		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
136		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
22		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
418		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
252		 REIDOUT:
175		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
27		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
478		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
222		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
200		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
24		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
7
9p HANNITY:
375		 CNN TONIGHT:
190		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
136		 PRIME NEWS:
30		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
19
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
325		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
177		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
155		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
34		 BANFIELD:
15
11p GUTFELD!:
374		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
148		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
100		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
15		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
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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: 906,000

Fox News: 2.01 million

MSNBC: 974,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 192,000

Fox News: 312,000

MSNBC: 113,000

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: 935,000

Fox News: 2.67 million

MSNBC: 1.42 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 197,000

Fox News: 393,000

MSNBC: 163,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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