Cable News Ratings Tuesday March 15: The Five Tops All of Cable News in Total Viewers and Demo

Mediaite StaffMar 16th, 2022, 4:39 pm
 

The Five led cable news on Tuesday, both in total viewers and in the key 25-54 age demographic.

The Five topped the charts bringing in a total of 3.88 million total average viewers at 5 p.m.

Tucker Carlson’s 8 p.m. show brought in 3.63 million total viewers, while Sean Hannity at 9 p.m. landed in third place with 3.35 million total viewers.

In the advertiser-coveted demo, The Five scored a whopping 665,000 viewers – just enough to beat out Tucker’s 663,000 demo viewers to be first in all of cable news.

Hannity, again, landed in third place with 610,000 demo viewers.

Fox led all the networks overall in the demo, while CNN landed in a solid second place. Anderson Cooper’s 368,00 demo viewers led the network.

Meanwhile, The Rachel Maddow Show led MSNBC to a third-place finish overall in the demo with 190,000 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:
1135		 NEW DAY:
459		 MORNING JOE:
851		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
25		 ELEMENTARY:
25
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1355		 NEW DAY:
535		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
102		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
20
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1776		 NEW DAY:
727		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2076		 CNN NEWSROOM:
846		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
771		 NATIONAL REPORT:
173		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2131		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1023		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
656		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
75
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2075		 AT THIS HOUR:
1084		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
728		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
130
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2188		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1101		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
793		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
151		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
213
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2146		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1086		 MTP DAILY:
804		 — BLUE BLOODS:
178
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1893		 CNN NEWSROOM:
980		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
755		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
149		 BLUE BLOODS:
272
3p STORY, THE:
1911		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1063		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
800		 — BLUE BLOODS:
341
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2118		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1062		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1204		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
261		 BLUE BLOODS:
321
5p FIVE, THE:
3880		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1037		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
199		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
138
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
3033		 SITUATION ROOM:
1021		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1152		 SPICER & CO:
178		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
56
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3077		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1136		 REIDOUT:
1011		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
289		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
50
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3632		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1384		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1227		 STINCHFIELD:
226		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
53
9p HANNITY:
3349		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1226		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1489		 PRIME NEWS:
153		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
57
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2709		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1035		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1384		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
167		 BANFIELD:
51
11p GUTFELD!:
2372		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
750		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
909		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
98		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
40

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
331		 NEW DAY:
90		 MORNING JOE:
106		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
316		 NEW DAY:
120		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
6		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
363		 NEW DAY:
185		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
351		 CNN NEWSROOM:
208		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
111		 NATIONAL REPORT:
17		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
369		 CNN NEWSROOM:
241		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
99		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
346		 AT THIS HOUR:
229		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
97		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
18
12p OUTNUMBERED:
386		 INSIDE POLITICS:
239		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
107		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
22		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
26
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
408		 CNN NEWSROOM:
228		 MTP DAILY:
109		 — BLUE BLOODS:
15
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
325		 CNN NEWSROOM:
223		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
95		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
19		 BLUE BLOODS:
27
3p STORY, THE:
353		 CNN NEWSROOM:
243		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
94		 — BLUE BLOODS:
20
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
425		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
222		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
118		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
19
5p FIVE, THE:
665		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
232		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
17		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
8
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
516		 SITUATION ROOM:
260		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
140		 SPICER & CO:
4		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
4
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
519		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
304		 REIDOUT:
140		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
14		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
10
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
663		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
336		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
149		 STINCHFIELD:
28		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
10
9p HANNITY:
610		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
368		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
190		 PRIME NEWS:
33		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
13
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
469		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
293		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
179		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
35		 BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
446		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
207		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
150		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
13		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
5

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: 913,000

Fox: 2.18 million

MSNBC: 888,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 224,000

Fox News: 410,000

MSNBC: 115,000

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: 1.22 million

Fox News: 3.23 million

MSNBC: 1.37 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 332,000

Fox News: 581,000

MSNBC: 173,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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