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

Mediaite StaffMar 23rd, 2022, 4:58 pm
 

Martha MacCallum and Jonathan Turley

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:
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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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