Cable News Ratings Thursday September 8: Breaking News Boosts CNN, But Fox News Still Wins

Mediaite StaffSep 9th, 2022, 4:34 pm
 

The passing of Queen Elizabeth II boosted CNN’s lackluster ratings on Thursday, with multiple hours passing the 1 million viewer mark.

CNN fared particularly well in the key 25-54 age demographic, beating Fox News for four hours straight when news of the queen’s death broke around mid-day.

The network, however, still landed in third place in total daytime viewers. Fox News led with 1.87 million total viewers, while MSNBC came in second with 1.04 million total average viewers.

CNN came in third with 914,000 total day viewers. In the demo, however, CNN beat MSNBC to land in second.

CNN’s 224,000 demo viewers across the day topped MSNBC’s 117,000, but fell short of Fox News’s 271,000.

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:
1051		 NEW DAY:
298		 MORNING JOE:
896		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
35		 EARLY MORNING:
34
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1286		 NEW DAY:
408		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
108		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
45
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1676		 NEW DAY:
560		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1579		 CNN NEWSROOM:
673		 MORNING JOE:
1037		 NATIONAL REPORT:
178		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1661		 CNN NEWSROOM:
802		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
786		 — BLUE BLOODS:
41
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1725		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
833		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
764		 — BLUE BLOODS:
87
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1864		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1035		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
795		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
164		 BLUE BLOODS:
133
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1921		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1429		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
913		 — BLUE BLOODS:
189
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2275		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1804		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
1194		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
199		 BLUE BLOODS:
208
3p STORY, THE:
2094		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1505		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
1166		 — BLUE BLOODS:
157
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1936		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1440		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1571		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
192		 BLUE BLOODS:
192
5p FIVE, THE:
3351		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1412		 — SPICER & CO:
181		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
114
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2556		 SITUATION ROOM:
1172		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1508		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
171		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
60
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2686		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1143		 REIDOUT:
1173		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
247		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
43
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2858		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1092		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1246		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
228		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
47
9p HANNITY:
2327		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
932		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1264		 PRIME NEWS:
163		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
47
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1894		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
908		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1638		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
238		 BANFIELD:
54
11p GUTFELD!:
2226		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
590		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1086		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
91		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
33

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
175		 NEW DAY:
55		 MORNING JOE:
104		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
7		 EARLY MORNING:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
220		 NEW DAY:
65		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
14		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
6
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
259		 NEW DAY:
101		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
220		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 MORNING JOE:
99		 NATIONAL REPORT:
12		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
193		 CNN NEWSROOM:
179		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
87		 — BLUE BLOODS:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
211		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
174		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
95		 — BLUE BLOODS:
23
12p OUTNUMBERED:
266		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
183		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
95		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
13		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
278		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
349		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
106		 — BLUE BLOODS:
29
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
377		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
489		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
141		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
22
3p STORY, THE:
330		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
402		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
153		 — BLUE BLOODS:
23
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
328		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
391		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
162		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
20
5p FIVE, THE:
507		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
363		 — SPICER & CO:
19		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
20
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
366		 SITUATION ROOM:
346		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
158		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
12		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
368		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
340		 REIDOUT:
140		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
10		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
10
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
418		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
293		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
137		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
22		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
9p HANNITY:
230		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
203		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
135		 PRIME NEWS:
10		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
8
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
209		 CNN SPECIAL REPORT:
171		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
131		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
15		 BANFIELD:
7
11p GUTFELD!:
343		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
159		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
122		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
10		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5

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: 914,000

Fox News: 1.87 million

MSNBC: 1.04 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 224,000

Fox News: 271,000

MSNBC: 117,000

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: 978,000

Fox News: 2.36 million

MSNBC: 1.38 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 223,000

Fox News: 286,000

MSNBC: 134,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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