Cable News Ratings Tuesday, August 31: Fox News Most-Watched During Biden’s Speech on End of Afghanistan War

Mediaite StaffSep 1st, 2021, 4:32 pm
 

Biden Afghanistan Speech

The three big cable news networks saw a boost in ratings as President Joe Biden spoke on the end of the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan, but Fox News continued to dominate overall.

President Biden began speaking around 3:30 Tuesday, 24 hours after the last U.S. forces left Kabul.

At 3 p.m. Fox News show The Story with Martha MacCallum took first place with 2.74 million total viewers and 377,000 in the demo. CNN Newsroom came in second with 1.15 million viewers and 227,000 in the demo, while Ayman Mohyeldin Reports (guest-anchored by Garrett Haake) was third with 904,000 total and 71,000 in the demo.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1078		 NEW DAY:
370		 MORNING JOE:
813		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
33		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1507		 NEW DAY:
466		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
111		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1872		 NEW DAY:
537		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1872		 CNN NEWSROOM:
626		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
842		 NATIONAL REPORT:
218		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1857		 CNN NEWSROOM:
820		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
688		 — —
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2052		 AT THIS HOUR:
830		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
651		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2013		 AT THIS HOUR:
814		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
673		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
237		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2040		 CNN NEWSROOM:
820		 MTP DAILY:
808		 — —
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2250		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1004		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
805		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
281		 —
3p STORY, THE:
2735		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1149		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
904		 — —
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2657		 — DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1283		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
374		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
3489		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
893		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
311		 —
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2656		 SITUATION ROOM:
821		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1278		 SPICER & CO:
368		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
108
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2421		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
930		 REIDOUT:
1277		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
366		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
35
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3846		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1115		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1500		 STINCHFIELD:
256		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
39
9p HANNITY:
3620		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
1036		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2328		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
179		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
36
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2896		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
875		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1650		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
166		 BANFIELD:
31
11p GUTFELD!:
2029		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
582		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1035		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
122		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
14

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
148		 NEW DAY:
76		 MORNING JOE:
105		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
5		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
233		 NEW DAY:
102		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
16		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
295		 NEW DAY:
133		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
301		 CNN NEWSROOM:
151		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
96		 NATIONAL REPORT:
35		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
314		 CNN NEWSROOM:
166		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
60		 — —
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
312		 AT THIS HOUR:
163		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
54		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
320		 AT THIS HOUR:
180		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
81		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
55		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
313		 CNN NEWSROOM:
168		 MTP DAILY:
90		 — —
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
336		 CNN NEWSROOM:
199		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
78		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
46		 —
3p STORY, THE:
377		 CNN NEWSROOM:
227		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
71		 — —
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
418		 — DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
97		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
56		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
527		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
213		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
34		 —
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
400		 SITUATION ROOM:
170		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
130		 SPICER & CO:
34		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
365		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
203		 REIDOUT:
154		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
44		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
654		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
221		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
191		 STINCHFIELD:
91		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
9
9p HANNITY:
564		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
232		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
284		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
39		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
492		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
231		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
163		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
33		 BANFIELD:
2
11p GUTFELD!:
385		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
211		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
105		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
26		 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:

Fox News: 2.16 million

MSNBC: 996,000

CNN: 766,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 347,000

CNN: 173,000

MSNBC: 107,000

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: 3.45 million

MSNBC: 1.83 million

CNN: 1.01 million

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 570,000

CNN: 228,000

MSNBC: 213,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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