Cable News Ratings Tuesday May 17: CNN Fails to Crack 1 Million Viewers With Election Night Coverage

Mediaite StaffMay 18th, 2022, 4:49 pm
 

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On a night of key primary battles and special election coverage, CNN failed to surpass 1 million total viewers for any of the network’s prime time shows.

Fox News and MSNBC, meanwhile, raked in well over 1 million viewers for each program between 4 and 11 p.m. — Fox broke the million viewer mark for all of its programming on Tuesday.

MSNBC’s highest-rated hour was its 9 p.m. election night coverage, bringing in 1.34 million total viewers. Fox News peaked at 8 p.m. during Tucker Carlson Tonight.

CNN’s top-rated hour was its 9 p.m. election coverage, bringing in 819,000 total 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:
1114		 NEW DAY:
351		 MORNING JOE:
804		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
12		 ELEMENTARY:
23
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1523		 NEW DAY:
484		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
78		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
22
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1662		 NEW DAY:
499		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1302		 CNN NEWSROOM:
573		 MORNING JOE:
851		 NATIONAL REPORT:
175		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1284		 CNN NEWSROOM:
516		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
532		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
88
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1460		 AT THIS HOUR:
486		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
485		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
121
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1517		 INSIDE POLITICS:
657		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
590		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
157		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
214
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1312		 CNN NEWSROOM:
653		 MTP DAILY:
638		 — BLUE BLOODS:
194
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1373		 CNN NEWSROOM:
618		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
563		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
179		 BLUE BLOODS:
186
3p STORY, THE:
1370		 CNN NEWSROOM:
564		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
674		 — BLUE BLOODS:
166
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1367		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
603		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1263		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
273		 BLUE BLOODS:
234
5p FIVE, THE:
3138		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
616		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
274		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
114
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2564		 SITUATION ROOM:
601		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1219		 SPICER & CO:
266		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
53
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2670		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
628		 REIDOUT:
1038		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
326		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
42
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3201		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
756		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1222		 STINCHFIELD:
276		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
71
9p HANNITY:
2866		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
819		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1339		 SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTCOV:
159		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
58
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2688		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
802		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1291		 SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTCOV:
217		 BANFIELD:
57
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
1825		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
660		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1048		 — NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
58

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
196		 NEW DAY:
67		 MORNING JOE:
110		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
1		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
257		 NEW DAY:
120		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
14		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
221		 NEW DAY:
128		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
177		 CNN NEWSROOM:
140		 MORNING JOE:
95		 NATIONAL REPORT:
20		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
197		 CNN NEWSROOM:
109		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
57		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
11
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
171		 AT THIS HOUR:
100		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
44		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
25
12p OUTNUMBERED:
171		 INSIDE POLITICS:
123		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
68		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
21		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
29
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
194		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 MTP DAILY:
82		 — BLUE BLOODS:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
193		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
72		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
26		 BLUE BLOODS:
14
3p STORY, THE:
201		 CNN NEWSROOM:
130		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
112		 — BLUE BLOODS:
12
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
213		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
123		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
130		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
36		 BLUE BLOODS:
15
5p FIVE, THE:
418		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
112		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
36		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
3
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
359		 SITUATION ROOM:
118		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
105		 SPICER & CO:
32		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
2
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
389		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
147		 REIDOUT:
100		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
37		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
559		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
199		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
139		 STINCHFIELD:
39		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
15
9p HANNITY:
507		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
185		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
171		 SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTCOV:
22		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
479		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
199		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
154		 SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTCOV:
40		 BANFIELD:
3
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
355		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
199		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
123		 — NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
16

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: 567,000

Fox News: 1.74 million

MSNBC: 882,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 131,000

Fox News: 279,000

MSNBC: 103,000

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: 792,000

Fox News: 2.92 million

MSNBC: 1.28 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 194,000

Fox News: 515,000

MSNBC: 155,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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