Cable News Ratings Tuesday March 22: Fox News Wins Big During Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing

Fox News continued to dominate ratings during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
On Tuesday, the network raked in 1.4 million total viewers between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, including 231,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25 to 54 age demographic. By contrast, CNN notched just 711,000 total viewers and 144,000 in the demo. MSNBC, meanwhile, had 858,000 viewers with 84,000 in the demo.
Fox News was also the ratings leader for the confirmation hearing on Monday, with 1.7 million viewers tuning in during the 3 p.m. hour, when Jackson made her opening statement.
Total Viewers (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1084 |
NEW DAY: 421 |
MORNING JOE: 769 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 36 |
ELEMENTARY: 54 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1475 |
NEW DAY: 507 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 105 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 33 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1701 |
NEW DAY: 639 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1496 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 703 |
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: 820 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 171 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1363 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 674 |
— | — | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 89 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1557 |
AT THIS HOUR: 735 |
— | — | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 167 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1477 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 694 |
— | JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 225 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 249 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1530 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 764 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 845 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 171 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1510 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 755 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 196 |
BLUE BLOODS: 204 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1535 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 877 |
— | — | BLUE BLOODS: 232 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1448 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 943 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1169 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 235 |
BLUE BLOODS: 297 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3290 |
SITUATION ROOM: 905 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 271 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 156 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2522 |
SITUATION ROOM: 769 |
— | SPICER & CO: 275 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 61 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2997 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 881 |
— | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 360 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 50 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3498 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 1097 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1501 |
STINCHFIELD: 287 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 65 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2745 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 1026 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 1561 |
PRIME NEWS: 144 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 75 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2486 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 899 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1343 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 200 |
BANFIELD: 49 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2012 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 676 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 953 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 147 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 24 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 237 |
NEW DAY: 101 |
MORNING JOE: 89 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 7 |
ELEMENTARY: 11 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 299 |
NEW DAY: 129 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 13 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 6 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 281 |
NEW DAY: 146 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 251 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 163 |
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: 91 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 23 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 281 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 135 |
— | — | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 16 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 263 |
AT THIS HOUR: 144 |
— | — | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 24 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 251 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 134 |
— | JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 33 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 44 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 254 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 165 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 59 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 19 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 250 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 169 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 32 |
BLUE BLOODS: 27 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 244 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 231 |
— | — | BLUE BLOODS: 32 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 281 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 218 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 116 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 45 |
BLUE BLOODS: 57 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 539 |
SITUATION ROOM: 228 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 44 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 30 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 435 |
SITUATION ROOM: 186 |
— | SPICER & CO: 36 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 11 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 454 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 246 |
— | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 45 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 8 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 577 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 340 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 242 |
STINCHFIELD: 76 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 11 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 472 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 302 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 234 |
PRIME NEWS: 29 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 16 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 451 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 234 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 173 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 43 |
BANFIELD: 10 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 331 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 149 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 134 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 24 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 1 |
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: 723,000
Fox: 1.81 million
MSNBC: 976,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 181,000
Fox News: 320,000
MSNBC: 125,000
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 million
Fox News: 2.91 million
MSNBC: 1.46 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 292,000
Fox News: 500,000
MSNBC: 217,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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