Cable News Ratings Tuesday April 19: MSNBC Doubles CNN Across Prime Time in Total Viewers

Mediaite StaffApr 20th, 2022, 5:12 pm
 

MSNBC and CNN continue to split second place in the cable news ratings as MSNBC scores the second-largest audience and CNN lands in second in the key 25-54 age demographic.

In both day time and prime time averages Tuesday, CNN beat MSNBC in the demo. Meanwhile, MSNBC handily beat CNN in terms of total viewers.

CNN averaged 661,000 viewers across prime time, while averaged 1.31 million average viewers across prime time.

MSNBC, led by Rachel Maddow, scored 6 prime time shows Tuesday night with more than a million viewers. No CNN show brought in more than 770,000 total viewers.

Fox News continued to dominate the ratings, landing in first place across day time and prime time.

Here is a full breakdown of Tuesday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1072		 NEW DAY:
367		 MORNING JOE:
740		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
34		 ELEMENTARY:
26
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1435		 NEW DAY:
385		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
111		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
23
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1830		 NEW DAY:
461		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2038		 CNN NEWSROOM:
544		 MORNING JOE:
813		 NATIONAL REPORT:
177		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1899		 CNN NEWSROOM:
627		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
545		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
89
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1763		 AT THIS HOUR:
714		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
530		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
164
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1931		 INSIDE POLITICS:
755		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
559		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
145		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
196
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1550		 CNN NEWSROOM:
724		 MTP DAILY:
555		 — BLUE BLOODS:
181
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1563		 CNN NEWSROOM:
730		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
542		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
186		 BLUE BLOODS:
229
3p STORY, THE:
1515		 CNN NEWSROOM:
769		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
537		 — BLUE BLOODS:
273
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1509		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
770		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1052		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
233		 BLUE BLOODS:
372
5p FIVE, THE:
3328		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
687		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
262		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
135
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2587		 SITUATION ROOM:
622		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1206		 SPICER & CO:
260		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
40
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2569		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
639		 REIDOUT:
1055		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
373		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
34
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3341		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
729		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1029		 STINCHFIELD:
280		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
41
9p HANNITY:
2670		 CNN TONIGHT:
628		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1779		 PRIME NEWS:
158		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
39
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2049		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
626		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1129		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
157		 BANFIELD:
31
11p GUTFELD!:
1772		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
449		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
693		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
138		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
30

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
262		 NEW DAY:
55		 MORNING JOE:
82		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
13		 ELEMENTARY:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
311		 NEW DAY:
83		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
20		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
340		 NEW DAY:
111		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
318		 CNN NEWSROOM:
113		 MORNING JOE:
108		 NATIONAL REPORT:
37		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
336		 CNN NEWSROOM:
136		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
73		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
7
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
272		 AT THIS HOUR:
120		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
82		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
15
12p OUTNUMBERED:
315		 INSIDE POLITICS:
155		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
54		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
30		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
224		 CNN NEWSROOM:
157		 MTP DAILY:
47		 — BLUE BLOODS:
19
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
246		 CNN NEWSROOM:
137		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
37		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
3p STORY, THE:
196		 CNN NEWSROOM:
133		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
46		 — BLUE BLOODS:
22
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
222		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
153		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
85		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
33		 BLUE BLOODS:
36
5p FIVE, THE:
425		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
133		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
29		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
12
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
425		 SITUATION ROOM:
168		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
134		 SPICER & CO:
24		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
409		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
212		 REIDOUT:
123		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
26		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
10
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
581		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
205		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
124		 STINCHFIELD:
30		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
12
9p HANNITY:
408		 CNN TONIGHT:
167		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
202		 PRIME NEWS:
21		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
7
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
307		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
163		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
121		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
20		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
315		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
112		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
84		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
19		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
3

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: 583,000

Fox News: 1.83 million

MSNBC: 792,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 134,00

Fox News: 302,000

MSNBC: 86,000

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: 661,000

Fox News: 2.69 million

MSNBC: 1.31 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 178,000

Fox News: 432,000

MSNBC: 149,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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