Cable News Ratings, Tuesday January 4th: The Five Tops the Charts as Rachel Maddow Eclipses Laura Ingraham

Mediaite StaffJan 6th, 2022, 11:57 am
 

Fox News’ The Five topped the charts on Tuesday as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow eclipsed Laura Ingraham.

The Five led the day with an average of 3.36 million total viewers, followed closely by Tucker Carlson’s 3.27 million total viewers and Sean Hannity’s 2.64 million.

Lower down the charts, Maddow managed to notch the 8th most-watched show on cable by just surpassing Laura Ingraham with 2.16 million total viewers. Ingraham came in 9th place with 2.13 million total viewers.

Carlson, yet again, won the key 25-54 age demographic with 565,000 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:
868		 NEW DAY:
309		 MORNING JOE:
770		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
18		 ELEMENTARY:
44
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1300		 NEW DAY:
354		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
101		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
16
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1550		 NEW DAY:
472		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1665		 CNN NEWSROOM:
516		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
792		 NATIONAL REPORT:
167		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1643		 CNN NEWSROOM:
605		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
570		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
65
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1687		 AT THIS HOUR:
694		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
551		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
195
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1743		 INSIDE POLITICS:
658		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
654		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
149		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
253
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1447		 CNN NEWSROOM:
702		 MTP DAILY:
675		 — BLUE BLOODS:
202
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1388		 CNN NEWSROOM:
744		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
670		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
180		 BLUE BLOODS:
222
3p STORY, THE:
1521		 CNN NEWSROOM:
657		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
682		 — BLUE BLOODS:
346
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1589		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
807		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1321		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
207		 BLUE BLOODS:
429
5p FIVE, THE:
3365		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
786		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
209		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
154
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2497		 SITUATION ROOM:
665		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1304		 SPICER & CO:
302		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
78
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1858		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
670		 REIDOUT:
1200		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
437		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
42
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3279		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
860		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1442		 STINCHFIELD:
201		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
44
9p HANNITY:
2649		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
727		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2166		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
105		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
35
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2113		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
628		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1489		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
130		 BANFIELD:
46
11p GUTFELD!:
1799		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
487		 11TH HOUR:
970		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
94		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
29

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
154		 NEW DAY:
68		 MORNING JOE:
104		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
1		 ELEMENTARY:
7
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
217		 NEW DAY:
73		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
9		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
208		 NEW DAY:
79		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
238		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
101		 NATIONAL REPORT:
22		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
232		 CNN NEWSROOM:
129		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
75		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
2
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
273		 AT THIS HOUR:
152		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
69		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
28
12p OUTNUMBERED:
272		 INSIDE POLITICS:
177		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
78		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
33		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
28
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
248		 CNN NEWSROOM:
152		 MTP DAILY:
89		 — BLUE BLOODS:
35
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
255		 CNN NEWSROOM:
153		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
89		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
48		 BLUE BLOODS:
27
3p STORY, THE:
267		 CNN NEWSROOM:
147		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
79		 — BLUE BLOODS:
48
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
265		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
211		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
126		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
26		 BLUE BLOODS:
75
5p FIVE, THE:
502		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
204		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
22		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
26
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
357		 SITUATION ROOM:
163		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
118		 SPICER & CO:
23		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
316		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
169		 REIDOUT:
141		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
42		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
565		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
248		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
195		 STINCHFIELD:
40		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
9p HANNITY:
366		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
204		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
299		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
36		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
3
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
321		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
143		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
183		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
45		 BANFIELD:
8
11p GUTFELD!:
333		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
109		 11TH HOUR:
150		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
22		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5

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: 585,000

Fox: 1.71 million

MSNBC: 929,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 140,000

Fox News: 274,000

MSNBC: 116,000

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: 738,000

Fox News: 2.68 million

MSNBC: 1.69 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 199,000

Fox News: 417,000

MSNBC: 226,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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