Cable News Ratings Tuesday March 8: Don Lemon Leads Resurgent CNN in the Demo

Mediaite StaffMar 9th, 2022, 4:29 pm
 

CNN’s Don Lemon led the network in the key 25-54 age demographic on Tuesday night.

Lemon’s 10 p.m. hour of Don Lemon Tonight brought in 433,000 viewers in the demo, which just edged out Anderson Cooper’s 421,000 demo viewers for first place on the network. Fox’s Laura Ingraham won the 10 p.m. time slot in the demo, while MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell came in third.

In the demo, Erin Burnett landed as the third-highest ranked anchor with her 7 p.m. hour bringing in 361,000 demo viewers. However, Cooper’s second hour at 8 p.m. was the third-highest rated hour on the network, beating Burnett with 384,000 demo viewers.

Fox News dominated the demo, with 712,000 average viewers across prime time. The network also beat MSNBC and CNN combined in both the demo and in terms of total viewers across both day time and prime time.

CNN came in second place with 413,000 average prime time viewers, which MSNBC lagged behind with only 256,000 average demo viewers across prime time.

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:
1170		 NEW DAY:
477		 MORNING JOE:
892		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
12		 ELEMENTARY:
13
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1596		 NEW DAY:
659		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
90		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
27
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1848		 NEW DAY:
820		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2052		 CNN NEWSROOM:
910		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
870		 NATIONAL REPORT:
219		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2160		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1085		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
778		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
109
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2705		 AT THIS HOUR:
1295		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
834		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
184
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2575		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1208		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
883		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
209		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
254
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2267		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1149		 MTP DAILY:
847		 — BLUE BLOODS:
239
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2206		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1230		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
878		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
190		 BLUE BLOODS:
313
3p STORY, THE:
2097		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1312		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
1006		 — BLUE BLOODS:
362
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2183		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1242		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1438		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
262		 BLUE BLOODS:
441
5p FIVE, THE:
4038		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1126		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
260		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
165
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
3075		 SITUATION ROOM:
1107		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1253		 SPICER & CO:
263		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
57
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3438		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1153		 REIDOUT:
1191		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
349		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
38
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
4371		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1323		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1404		 STINCHFIELD:
290		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
79
9p HANNITY:
3342		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1329		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1718		 PRIME NEWS:
117		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
66
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2728		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1265		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1452		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
157		 BANFIELD:
53
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
1606		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
877		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1009		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
113		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
45

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
244		 NEW DAY:
123		 MORNING JOE:
109		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
331		 NEW DAY:
175		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
12		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
348		 NEW DAY:
211		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
348		 CNN NEWSROOM:
233		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
116		 NATIONAL REPORT:
30		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
392		 CNN NEWSROOM:
283		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
90		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
474		 AT THIS HOUR:
301		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
96		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
12p OUTNUMBERED:
542		 INSIDE POLITICS:
314		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
115		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
41		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
21
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
454		 CNN NEWSROOM:
263		 MTP DAILY:
104		 — BLUE BLOODS:
37
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
397		 CNN NEWSROOM:
225		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
129		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
49		 BLUE BLOODS:
73
3p STORY, THE:
374		 CNN NEWSROOM:
281		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
146		 — BLUE BLOODS:
70
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
403		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
262		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
158		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
46		 BLUE BLOODS:
74
5p FIVE, THE:
662		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
288		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
61		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
23
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
539		 SITUATION ROOM:
329		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
147		 SPICER & CO:
55		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
639		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
361		 REIDOUT:
194		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
42		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
878		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
384		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
269		 STINCHFIELD:
39		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
9p HANNITY:
686		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
421		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
280		 PRIME NEWS:
16		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
571		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
433		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
219		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
17		 BANFIELD:
8
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
360		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
344		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
169		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
14		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
10

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: 1.02 million

Fox: 2.29 million

MSNBC: 1.00 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 275,000

Fox News: 445,000

MSNBC: 144,000

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: 1.31 million

Fox News: 3.48 million

MSNBC: 1.53 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 413,000

Fox News: 712,000

MSNBC: 256,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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