Cable News Ratings Tuesday July 26: Lawrence O’Donnell Leads MSNBC
Lawrence O’Donnell led MSNBC yet again in the ratings on Tuesday. O’Donnell brought in 1.45 million total viewers to lead the network as MSNBC Prime came in second place with 1.39 million total viewers.
Chris Hayes came in third with 1.33 million total viewers. Nicolle Wallace and Ari Melber also brought in more than 1.3 million total viewers.
Ten Fox News shows still beat O’Donnell, including multiple daytime programs.
O’Donnell, however, placed last during his time slot in the key 25-54 age demographic. Fox’s Laura Ingraham won the 10 p.m. hour with 265,000 demo viewers. CNN’s Don Lemon came in second with 152,000 demo viewers, while O’Donnell came in third with 136,000 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: 964 |
NEW DAY: 326 |
MORNING JOE: 714 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 20 |
EARLY MORNING: 15 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1230 |
NEW DAY: 357 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 78 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 37 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1465 |
NEW DAY: 480 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1552 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 517 |
MORNING JOE: 746 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 154 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1501 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 541 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 572 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 56 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1515 |
AT THIS HOUR: 523 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 523 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 83 |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1663 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 602 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 615 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 143 |
BLUE BLOODS: 155 |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1422 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 582 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 673 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 221 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1401 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 558 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 647 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 230 |
BLUE BLOODS: 234 |
3p | STORY, THE: 1388 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 575 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 711 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 271 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1405 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 638 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1322 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 301 |
5p | FIVE, THE: 3204 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 662 |
— | SPICER & CO: 359 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 129 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2211 |
SITUATION ROOM: 539 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1323 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 256 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 58 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2481 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 638 |
REIDOUT: 1066 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 251 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 38 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2855 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 660 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1332 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 188 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 55 |
9p | HANNITY: 2266 |
CNN TONIGHT: 574 |
MSNBC PRIME: 1388 |
PRIME NEWS: 115 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 187 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1943 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 588 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1455 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 194 |
BANFIELD: 81 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 1751 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 420 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1007 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 103 |
NEWSNATION TONIGHT: 54 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 153 |
NEW DAY: 74 |
MORNING JOE: 64 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 4 |
EARLY MORNING: 5 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 175 |
NEW DAY: 86 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 8 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 5 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 164 |
NEW DAY: 100 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 216 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 95 |
MORNING JOE: 56 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 16 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 202 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 110 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 56 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 11 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 206 |
AT THIS HOUR: 116 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 53 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 191 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 138 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 57 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 21 |
BLUE BLOODS: 32 |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 157 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 112 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 79 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 40 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 144 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 106 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 61 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 14 |
BLUE BLOODS: 44 |
3p | STORY, THE: 161 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 103 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 64 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 44 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 158 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 105 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 119 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 65 |
5p | FIVE, THE: 351 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 106 |
— | SPICER & CO: 42 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 22 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 280 |
SITUATION ROOM: 109 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 122 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 37 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 4 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 293 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 134 |
REIDOUT: 94 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 31 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 5 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 403 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 134 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 116 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 23 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 3 |
9p | HANNITY: 294 |
CNN TONIGHT: 138 |
MSNBC PRIME: 101 |
PRIME NEWS: 10 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 14 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 265 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 152 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 136 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 16 |
BANFIELD: 5 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 286 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 87 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 111 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 14 |
NEWSNATION TONIGHT: 2 |
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: 508,000
Fox News: 1.63 million
MSNBC: 859,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 102,000
Fox News: 213,000
MSNBC: 84,000
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: 607,000
Fox News: 2.35 million
MSNBC: 1.39 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 141,000
Fox News: 321,000
MSNBC: 118,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.