Cable News Ratings Tuesday, December 14: Tucker Carlson Tops Cable News As Jan. 6th Texts Dominate Coverage

Mediaite StaffDec 15th, 2021, 4:59 pm
 

Tucker Carlson dominated the Tuesday cable news ratings as all eyes were on Fox News in the wake of text messages between network hosts and Trump’s former chief of staff being made public.

Carlson scored an impressive 541,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic, while his fellow prime time hosts Sean Hannity and Lauran Ingraham raked in 436,000 and 423,000 demo viewers – respectively.

The Five brought in 461,000 viewers in the demo, which was good enough for second place. Carlson’s 8 p.m. show also topped the charts in total average overall viewers with 3.42 million compared to The Five’s 3.26 million over viewers.

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:
918		 NEW DAY:
263		 MORNING JOE:
831		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
23		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
30
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1388		 NEW DAY:
346		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
83		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
14
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1742		 NEW DAY:
428		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1668		 CNN NEWSROOM:
520		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
742		 NATIONAL REPORT:
162		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1511		 CNN NEWSROOM:
752		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
637		 — JAG:
107
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1541		 AT THIS HOUR:
774		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
540		 — JAG:
127
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1629		 INSIDE POLITICS:
741		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
667		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
135		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
159
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1370		 CNN NEWSROOM:
754		 MTP DAILY:
694		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
193
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1419		 CNN NEWSROOM:
729		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
785		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
135		 BLUE BLOODS:
161
3p STORY, THE:
1384		 CNN NEWSROOM:
753		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
781		 — BLUE BLOODS:
247
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1411		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
832		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1301		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
229		 BLUE BLOODS:
323
5p FIVE, THE:
3266		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
719		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
253		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
138
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2309		 SITUATION ROOM:
729		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1412		 SPICER & CO:
304		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
56
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1985		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
792		 REIDOUT:
1290		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
415		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
48
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3423		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1013		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1586		 STINCHFIELD:
223		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
90
9p HANNITY:
2679		 CNN TONIGHT:
905		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2428		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
146		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
78
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2450		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
905		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1734		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
152		 BANFIELD:
36
11p GUTFELD!:
1953		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
634		 11TH HOUR:
1129		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
97		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
15

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
182		 NEW DAY:
44		 MORNING JOE:
81		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
7		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
11
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
246		 NEW DAY:
56		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
10		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
298		 NEW DAY:
80		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
279		 CNN NEWSROOM:
116		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
50		 NATIONAL REPORT:
22		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
176		 CNN NEWSROOM:
173		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
40		 — JAG:
11
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
196		 AT THIS HOUR:
173		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
32		 — JAG:
17
12p OUTNUMBERED:
213		 INSIDE POLITICS:
160		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
46		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
18		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
14
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
198		 CNN NEWSROOM:
165		 MTP DAILY:
52		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
17
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
228		 CNN NEWSROOM:
158		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
66		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
24		 BLUE BLOODS:
16
3p STORY, THE:
175		 CNN NEWSROOM:
156		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
75		 — BLUE BLOODS:
24
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
190		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
150		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
105		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
22		 BLUE BLOODS:
31
5p FIVE, THE:
461		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
130		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
22		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
333		 SITUATION ROOM:
158		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
140		 SPICER & CO:
30		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
4
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
308		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
189		 REIDOUT:
158		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
61		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
541		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
222		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
202		 STINCHFIELD:
49		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
8
9p HANNITY:
436		 CNN TONIGHT:
188		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
339		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
36		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
12
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
423		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
230		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
182		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
31		 BANFIELD:
8
11p GUTFELD!:
360		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
149		 11TH HOUR:
148		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
18		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1

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

Total viewers:

CNN: 652,000

Fox: 1.73 million

MSNBC: 1.00 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 140,000

Fox News: 275,000

MSNBC: 102,000

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: 941,000

Fox News: 2.85 million

MSNBC: 1.91 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 213,000

Fox News: 467,000

MSNBC: 241,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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