Cable News Ratings Tuesday January 24: Pamela Brown Beats Nicolle Wallace in the Demo

There are few bright spots in the ratings for CNN these days. But Pamela Brown, filling in for Jake Tapper on The Lead at 4 p.m., put up solid numbers and scored a win over a MSNBC competitor.
The Lead averaged 125,500 viewers in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic across a two hour show on Tuesday. Deadline: White House, hosted by Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC, meanwhile, averaged 100,000 viewers in the demo over those same hours.
That said, Wallace bested Brown in total viewers. Fox News bested both CNN and MSNBC across those two hours.
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: 901 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 286 |
MORNING JOE: 783 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 16 |
EARLY MORNING: 15 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1248 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 378 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 108 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 25 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1578 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 437 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1631 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 515 |
MORNING JOE: 884 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 149 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1662 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 576 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 542 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 31 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1696 |
AT THIS HOUR: 540 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 542 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1687 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 642 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 617 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 110 |
BLUE BLOODS: 101 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1547 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 627 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 748 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 176 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1593 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 604 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 672 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 133 |
BLUE BLOODS: 211 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1375 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 623 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 692 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 238 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1419 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 620 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1248 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 191 |
BLUE BLOODS: 303 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3323 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 610 |
— | SPICER & CO: 161 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 118 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2464 |
SITUATION ROOM: 574 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1379 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 169 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 50 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2837 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 628 |
REIDOUT: 1174 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 236 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 52 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3138 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 586 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1351 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 146 |
CUOMO: 165 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2600 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 547 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1208 |
PRIME NEWS: 114 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 118 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2036 |
CNN TONIGHT: 425 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1368 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 139 |
BANFIELD: 104 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1918 |
CNN TONIGHT: 280 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 815 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 76 |
CUOMO: 76 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 135 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 40 |
MORNING JOE: 103 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 0 |
EARLY MORNING: 4 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 182 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 51 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 12 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 2 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 213 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 71 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 184 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 94 |
MORNING JOE: 74 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 15 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 212 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 94 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 50 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 3 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 225 |
AT THIS HOUR: 111 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 43 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 244 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 134 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 49 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 5 |
BLUE BLOODS: 21 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 198 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 125 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 53 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 23 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 185 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 112 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 69 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 7 |
BLUE BLOODS: 18 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 152 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 129 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 74 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 34 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 163 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 129 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 100 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 12 |
BLUE BLOODS: 37 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 347 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 122 |
— | SPICER & CO: 7 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 11 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 280 |
SITUATION ROOM: 119 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 115 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 13 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 6 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 333 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 125 |
REIDOUT: 137 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 19 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 5 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 459 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 124 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 160 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 15 |
CUOMO: 21 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 341 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 136 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 112 |
PRIME NEWS: 11 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 18 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 313 |
CNN TONIGHT: 89 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 136 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 12 |
BANFIELD: 7 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 317 |
CNN TONIGHT: 67 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 102 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 9 |
CUOMO: 11 |
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: 482,000
Fox News: 1.74 million
MSNBC: 856,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 96,000
Fox News: 232,000
MSNBC: 88,000
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: 519,000
Fox News: 2.59 million
MSNBC: 1.3 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 116,000
Fox News: 371,000
MSNBC: 136,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.