Cable News Ratings Tuesday February 21: The Five Tops Cable News, Tucker in Close Second

Fox News scored the only two shows to bring in over 3 million total viewers on Tuesday — The Five and Tucker Carlson Tonight.
The Five led the day with 3.12 million total viewers, followed closely behind by Carlson’s 3.06 million viewers. Jesse Watters came in third with 2.69 million viewers.
In the key 25-54 age demographic, Carlson won the day with 449,o00 viewers — The Five brought in 335,000 demo viewers.
Notably, CNN landed in second place overall in the demo, beating MSNBC, which landed in third.
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: 825 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 232 |
MORNING JOE: 960 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 10 |
EARLY MORNING: 9 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1128 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 329 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 93 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 35 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1305 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 470 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1489 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 544 |
MORNING JOE: 990 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 128 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1536 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 578 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 696 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 40 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1507 |
AT THIS HOUR: 669 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 613 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1592 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 680 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 662 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 82 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1342 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 704 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 666 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 184 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1239 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 661 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 137 |
BLUE BLOODS: 199 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1270 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 696 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 771 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 252 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1279 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 622 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1131 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 223 |
BLUE BLOODS: 329 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3119 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 616 |
— | SPICER & CO: 137 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 104 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2370 |
SITUATION ROOM: 507 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1443 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 180 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 54 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2694 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 652 |
REIDOUT: 1157 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 219 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 58 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3060 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 663 |
ALL IN SPECIAL REPORT: 1091 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 102 |
CUOMO: 142 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2438 |
SITUATION ROOM: 578 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1303 |
PRIME NEWS: 67 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 128 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1863 |
CNN TONIGHT: 505 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1350 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 110 |
BANFIELD: 79 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1909 |
CNN TONIGHT: 331 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 877 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 74 |
CUOMO: 35 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 125 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 56 |
MORNING JOE: 126 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 1 |
EARLY MORNING: 2 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 166 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 78 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 6 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 7 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 168 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 109 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 175 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 86 |
MORNING JOE: 94 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 11 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 221 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 97 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 75 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 9 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 223 |
AT THIS HOUR: 139 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 71 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 184 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 135 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 58 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 11 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 170 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 118 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 78 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 44 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 158 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 104 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 13 |
BLUE BLOODS: 32 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 177 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 124 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 69 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 28 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 193 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 101 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 85 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 15 |
BLUE BLOODS: 41 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 335 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 112 |
— | SPICER & CO: 18 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 17 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 292 |
SITUATION ROOM: 113 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 112 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 30 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 12 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 295 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 134 |
REIDOUT: 105 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 29 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 10 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 449 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 149 |
ALL IN SPECIAL REPORT: 99 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 11 |
CUOMO: 18 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 351 |
SITUATION ROOM: 150 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 120 |
PRIME NEWS: 8 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 27 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 303 |
CNN TONIGHT: 119 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 116 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 20 |
BANFIELD: 19 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 349 |
CNN TONIGHT: 82 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 120 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 9 |
CUOMO: 9 |
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: 514,000
Fox News: 1.62 million
MSNBC: 886,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 104,000
Fox News: 228,000
MSNBC: 89,000
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: 582,000
Fox News: 2.45 million
MSNBC: 1.25 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 139,000
Fox News: 368,000
MSNBC: 112,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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