Cable News Ratings, Tuesday January 25: Lawrence O’Donnell Lands in Second Place on MSNBC

Mediaite StaffJan 26th, 2022, 5:03 pm
 

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Lawrence O’Donnell landed in second place on MSNBC on Monday night, with a solid 1.53 million average total viewers.

Fox News scored the top six shows in terms of total average viewers, with three programs over 3.5 million. The second night of Jesse Watters Prime Time kept up its strong debut, pulling in an impressive 3.6 million total average viewers.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow landed in 7th place with 2.26 million total average viewers. Maddow fell just shy of Laura Ingraham’s 2.27 million average viewers.

Ingraham won her time slot at 10 p.m., beating O’Donnell and crushing CNN’s Don Lemon, who trailed in third place with 501,000 total average viewers.

O’Donnell’s second-place finish on MSNBC was followed by Chris Hayes, who landed in third place on the network with 1.37 million total average viewers.

CNN’s top-rated host on Tuesday was Anderson Cooper, who raked in 691,000 total average 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:
1073		 NEW DAY:
274		 MORNING JOE:
716		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
7		 ELEMENTARY:
38
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1419		 NEW DAY:
378		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
93		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
19
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1768		 NEW DAY:
395		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1851		 CNN NEWSROOM:
513		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
682		 NATIONAL REPORT:
223		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1810		 CNN NEWSROOM:
585		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
626		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
94
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1833		 AT THIS HOUR:
617		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
550		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
152
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1914		 INSIDE POLITICS:
664		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
552		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
179		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
219
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1679		 CNN NEWSROOM:
632		 MTP DAILY:
569		 — BLUE BLOODS:
175
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1633		 CNN NEWSROOM:
593		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
603		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
177		 BLUE BLOODS:
243
3p STORY, THE:
1693		 CNN NEWSROOM:
604		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
740		 — BLUE BLOODS:
329
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1745		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
613		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1236		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
234		 BLUE BLOODS:
413
5p FIVE, THE:
3870		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
599		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
197		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
161
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2938		 SITUATION ROOM:
590		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1322		 SPICER & CO:
294		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
84
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3600		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
653		 REIDOUT:
1246		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
359		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
69
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3700		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
691		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1375		 STINCHFIELD:
284		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
63
9p HANNITY:
2905		 DEMOCRACY IN PERIL:
513		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2267		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
123		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
54
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2273		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
501		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1531		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
150		 BANFIELD:
43
11p GUTFELD!:
2017		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
350		 11TH HOUR:
811		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
88		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
18

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
221		 NEW DAY:
43		 MORNING JOE:
84		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
7
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
256		 NEW DAY:
58		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
14		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
340		 NEW DAY:
51		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
303		 CNN NEWSROOM:
63		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
66		 NATIONAL REPORT:
51		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
278		 CNN NEWSROOM:
89		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
65		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
3
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
269		 AT THIS HOUR:
110		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
62		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
12p OUTNUMBERED:
314		 INSIDE POLITICS:
142		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
71		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
30		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
30
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
283		 CNN NEWSROOM:
133		 MTP DAILY:
58		 — BLUE BLOODS:
18
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
315		 CNN NEWSROOM:
144		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
62		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
32		 BLUE BLOODS:
35
3p STORY, THE:
302		 CNN NEWSROOM:
111		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
94		 — BLUE BLOODS:
43
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
293		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
95		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
132		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
24		 BLUE BLOODS:
64
5p FIVE, THE:
563		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
109		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
17		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
11
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
462		 SITUATION ROOM:
149		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
149		 SPICER & CO:
15		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
17
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
558		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
184		 REIDOUT:
153		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
46		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
624		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
158		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
153		 STINCHFIELD:
51		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
9p HANNITY:
449		 DEMOCRACY IN PERIL:
123		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
263		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
22		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
403		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
127		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
169		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
19		 BANFIELD:
8
11p GUTFELD!:
410		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
82		 11TH HOUR:
114		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
11		 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: 469,000

Fox: 1.99 million

MSNBC: 898,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 101,000

Fox News: 340,000

MSNBC: 105,000

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: 568,000

Fox News: 2.96 million

MSNBC: 1.72 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 136,000

Fox News: 492,000

MSNBC: 195,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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