Cable News Ratings Tuesday May 24: CNN Viewership Surges For Breaking News

Mediaite StaffMay 25th, 2022, 5:21 pm
 

As the Uvalde elementary school massacre and Tuesday night’s primaries were unfolding, CNN saw a surge in ratings as viewers tuned in to breaking news.

Anderson Cooper’s 8 p.m. show brought in over 2.27 million total viewers, up from 706,000 the day before. His show also brought in a massive 726,000 demo viewers.

Across prime time, CNN averaged a total of 1.75 million total viewers — marking the first time in many months the network crossed the million viewer mark.

Fox News also saw a spike in viewers as the leading network averaged a total of 3.7 million viewers across prime time and won every time slot. MSNBC landed in third place across prime time with an average of 1.58 million 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:
1145		 NEW DAY:
295		 MORNING JOE:
751		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
20		 ELEMENTARY:
17
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1508		 NEW DAY:
368		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
100		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
24
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1772		 NEW DAY:
457		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1823		 CNN NEWSROOM:
391		 MORNING JOE:
774		 NATIONAL REPORT:
194		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1666		 CNN NEWSROOM:
443		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
561		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
97
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1710		 AT THIS HOUR:
454		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
470		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
174
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1713		 INSIDE POLITICS:
486		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
532		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
181		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
252
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1483		 CNN NEWSROOM:
542		 MTP DAILY:
462		 — BLUE BLOODS:
182
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1562		 CNN NEWSROOM:
510		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
492		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
194		 BLUE BLOODS:
200
3p STORY, THE:
1556		 CNN NEWSROOM:
568		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
562		 — BLUE BLOODS:
250
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1805		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
734		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1319		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
271		 BLUE BLOODS:
304
5p FIVE, THE:
3778		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1259		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
315		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
179
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
3123		 SITUATION ROOM:
1394		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1439		 SPICER & CO:
279		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
88
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3178		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1410		 REIDOUT:
1342		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
241		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
76
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
4435		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
2267		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1610		 STINCHFIELD:
248		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
118
9p HANNITY:
3750		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1681		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1607		 PRIME NEWS:
173		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
62
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2928		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1302		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1518		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
204		 BANFIELD:
36
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
1759		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
943		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1024		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
136		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
56

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
194		 NEW DAY:
41		 MORNING JOE:
111		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
7		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
232		 NEW DAY:
70		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
261		 NEW DAY:
79		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
294		 CNN NEWSROOM:
76		 MORNING JOE:
62		 NATIONAL REPORT:
18		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
254		 CNN NEWSROOM:
84		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
37		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
14
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
254		 AT THIS HOUR:
77		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
39		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
30
12p OUTNUMBERED:
251		 INSIDE POLITICS:
100		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
59		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
17		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
42
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
220		 CNN NEWSROOM:
104		 MTP DAILY:
48		 — BLUE BLOODS:
30
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
223		 CNN NEWSROOM:
109		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
44		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
28		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
3p STORY, THE:
219		 CNN NEWSROOM:
115		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
67		 — BLUE BLOODS:
37
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
269		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
191		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
151		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
18		 BLUE BLOODS:
58
5p FIVE, THE:
597		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
393		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
29		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
23
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
505		 SITUATION ROOM:
466		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
204		 SPICER & CO:
25		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
20
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
517		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
474		 REIDOUT:
180		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
23		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
22
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
809		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
726		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
222		 STINCHFIELD:
14		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
22
9p HANNITY:
693		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
595		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
231		 PRIME NEWS:
21		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
15
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
568		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
429		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
241		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
28		 BANFIELD:
6
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
364		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
284		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
161		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
18		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
7

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: 821,000

Fox News: 2.05 million

MSNBC: 908,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 237,000

Fox News: 346,000

MSNBC: 119,000

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: 1.75 million

Fox News: 3.70 million

MSNBC: 1.58 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 583,000

Fox News: 690,000

MSNBC: 231,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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