Cable News Ratings Thursday, September 2nd: Anderson Cooper Beats Chris Hayes in Demo

Mediaite StaffSep 3rd, 2021, 4:46 pm
 

Anderson Cooper on CNN Thursday night

CNN bested MSNBC in prime time in the advertiser-coveted A25-54 demographic on Thursday night, with Anderson Cooper coming out on top in the demo showdown with 8 p.m. rival Chris Hayes.

CNN averaged 229,000 in the prime time demo, while MSNBC drew 199,000 demo viewers. Cooper topped Hayes in the demo (272,000 vs. 152,000), but fell short in total viewers (1.09 million vs. 1.29 million). Tucker Carlson beat both, drawing 3.31 million in total viewers and 574,000 in the demo.

MSNBC still beat CNN in total viewers, drawing 1.66 million total viewers to CNN’s 943,000. And Rachel Maddow at 9 p.m. beat CNN rival Chris Cuomo in both the demo (282,000 vs. 228,000) and total viewers (2.27 million vs. 946,000).

Both CNN and MSNBC placed behind Fox News, which once again came first — by a mile — in all dayparts in both total viewers and 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:
1003		 NEW DAY:
416		 MORNING JOE:
788		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
36		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1363		 NEW DAY:
549		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
99		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1662		 NEW DAY:
629		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1735		 CNN NEWSROOM:
789		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
955		 NATIONAL REPORT:
183		 JAG:
122
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1599		 CNN NEWSROOM:
967		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
873		 — JAG:
159
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1450		 AT THIS HOUR:
1022		 — — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
135
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1573		 AT THIS HOUR:
1022		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
900		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
188		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
213
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1533		 CNN NEWSROOM:
935		 MTP DAILY:
848		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
283
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1577		 CNN NEWSROOM:
976		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
776		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
180		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
308
3p STORY, THE:
1690		 CNN NEWSROOM:
896		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
790		 — BLUE BLOODS:
288
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1684		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
887		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1174		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
251		 BLUE BLOODS:
351
5p FIVE, THE:
3164		 SITUATION ROOM:
924		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
322		 BLUE BLOODS:
331
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2283		 SITUATION ROOM:
788		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1327		 SPICER & CO:
339		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
129
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2028		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
815		 REIDOUT:
1172		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
339		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
44
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3317		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1096		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1292		 STINCHFIELD:
292		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
26
9p HANNITY:
3052		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
946		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2275		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
208		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
46
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2130		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
787		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1429		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
149		 BANFIELD:
50
11p GUTFELD!:
1762		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
541		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
988		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
114		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
29

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
154		 NEW DAY:
91		 MORNING JOE:
98		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
0		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
260		 NEW DAY:
120		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
15		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
237		 NEW DAY:
148		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
271		 CNN NEWSROOM:
197		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
92		 NATIONAL REPORT:
26		 JAG:
9
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
265		 CNN NEWSROOM:
228		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
89		 — JAG:
11
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
234		 AT THIS HOUR:
205		 — — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
9
12p OUTNUMBERED:
277		 AT THIS HOUR:
233		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
105		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
18		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
283		 CNN NEWSROOM:
215		 MTP DAILY:
85		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
54
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
310		 CNN NEWSROOM:
224		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
84		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
16		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
49
3p STORY, THE:
297		 CNN NEWSROOM:
215		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
64		 — BLUE BLOODS:
66
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
304		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
194		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
115		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
21		 BLUE BLOODS:
50
5p FIVE, THE:
512		 SITUATION ROOM:
199		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
29		 BLUE BLOODS:
53
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
426		 SITUATION ROOM:
178		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
145		 SPICER & CO:
32		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
23
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
343		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
216		 REIDOUT:
164		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
31		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
13
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
574		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
272		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
152		 STINCHFIELD:
53		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3
9p HANNITY:
514		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
228		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
282		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
55		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
2
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
397		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
188		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
163		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
32		 BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
368		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
143		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
141		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
12		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
3

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

Fox News: 1.77 million

MSNBC: 985,000

CNN: 775,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 314,000

CNN: 179,000

MSNBC: 115,000

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:

Fox News: 2.83 million

MSNBC: 1.66 million

CNN: 943,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 495,000

CNN: 229,000

MSNBC: 199,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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