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

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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