Cable News Ratings Tuesday February 8: Jesse Watters Dominates Competition

Mediaite StaffFeb 9th, 2022, 4:24 pm
 

Jesse Watters Primetime

Jesse Watters Primetime, the new 7 p.m. Fox News show, dominated its competition on MSNBC and CNN, and even beat out Fox’s Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity, reliable ratings draws, in the Tuesday numbers race.

Jesse Watters drew 2.8 million total viewers and 417,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic. While that wasn’t enough to beat out top-rated Fox shows The Five and Tucker Carlson Tonight, it placed him above Hannity and Ingraham — and well above the competition on CNN and MSNBC.

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:
1031		 NEW DAY:
257		 MORNING JOE:
707		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
19		 ELEMENTARY:
41
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1396		 NEW DAY:
393		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
99		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
21
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1640		 NEW DAY:
437		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1730		 CNN NEWSROOM:
451		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
605		 NATIONAL REPORT:
185		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1582		 CNN NEWSROOM:
494		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
449		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
89
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1679		 AT THIS HOUR:
497		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
481		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
167
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1712		 INSIDE POLITICS:
539		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
556		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
151		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
214
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1499		 CNN NEWSROOM:
540		 MTP DAILY:
562		 — BLUE BLOODS:
154
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1335		 CNN NEWSROOM:
549		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
535		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
133		 BLUE BLOODS:
222
3p STORY, THE:
1328		 CNN NEWSROOM:
531		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
659		 — BLUE BLOODS:
291
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1343		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
590		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1023		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
251		 BLUE BLOODS:
304
5p FIVE, THE:
3406		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
650		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
211		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
115
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2536		 SITUATION ROOM:
630		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1200		 SPICER & CO:
249		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
67
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2804		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
556		 REIDOUT:
1215		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
315		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
43
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3250		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
552		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1250		 STINCHFIELD:
196		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
37
9p HANNITY:
2682		 CNN TONIGHT:
446		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1520		 PRIME NEWS:
93		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
47
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2181		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
472		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1176		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
110		 BANFIELD:
40
11p GUTFELD!:
1936		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
356		 11TH HOUR:
745		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
105		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
34

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
172		 NEW DAY:
32		 MORNING JOE:
74		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
5
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
235		 NEW DAY:
66		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
265		 NEW DAY:
80		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
280		 CNN NEWSROOM:
91		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
53		 NATIONAL REPORT:
22		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
223		 CNN NEWSROOM:
111		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
32		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
235		 AT THIS HOUR:
98		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
39		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
17
12p OUTNUMBERED:
251		 INSIDE POLITICS:
124		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
45		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
21		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
238		 CNN NEWSROOM:
102		 MTP DAILY:
42		 — BLUE BLOODS:
14
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
202		 CNN NEWSROOM:
117		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
36		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
28
3p STORY, THE:
223		 CNN NEWSROOM:
128		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
55		 — BLUE BLOODS:
40
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
233		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
147		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
109		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
26		 BLUE BLOODS:
47
5p FIVE, THE:
513		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
155		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
25		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
450		 SITUATION ROOM:
160		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
118		 SPICER & CO:
17		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
417		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
137		 REIDOUT:
179		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
22		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
548		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
136		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
157		 STINCHFIELD:
15		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
8
9p HANNITY:
400		 CNN TONIGHT:
144		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
191		 PRIME NEWS:
17		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
10
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
328		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
139		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
133		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
13		 BANFIELD:
4
11p GUTFELD!:
309		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
86		 11TH HOUR:
99		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
10		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3

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: 463,000

Fox: 1.76 million

MSNBC: 779,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 106,000

Fox News: 283,000

MSNBC: 85,000

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: 490,000

Fox News: 2.7 million

MSNBC: 1.31 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 139,000

Fox News: 425,000

MSNBC: 161,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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