Cable News Ratings Tuesday May 3: Don Lemon Leads CNN and MSNBC in the Demo

Mediaite StaffMay 4th, 2022, 4:38 pm
 

CNN’s Don Lemon led both his network and MSNBC in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic on Tuesday.

Lemon brought in 179,00 demo viewers, just edging out Anderson Cooper’s 176,000 demo viewers.

Jake Tapper landed in third on CNN with 152,000 demo viewers. Meanwhile, Lawrence O’Donnell led MSNBC in the demo with 163,000 viewers. Rachel Maddow did not host her show on Tuesday night now that she is only hosting on Mondays.

Fox News still beat out CNN and MSNBC across the board in both the demo and in terms of total viewers. In fact, Laura Ingraham more than doubled Lemon in the demo at 10 p.m. with 444,000 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:
1126		 NEW DAY:
375		 MORNING JOE:
756		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
29		 ELEMENTARY:
33
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1621		 NEW DAY:
379		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
84		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
42
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1764		 NEW DAY:
467		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1929		 CNN NEWSROOM:
538		 MORNING JOE:
887		 NATIONAL REPORT:
153		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1808		 CNN NEWSROOM:
648		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
582		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
115
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1881		 AT THIS HOUR:
654		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
611		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
145
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1878		 INSIDE POLITICS:
683		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
697		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
160		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
204
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1704		 CNN NEWSROOM:
650		 MTP DAILY:
669		 — BLUE BLOODS:
164
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1775		 CNN NEWSROOM:
615		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
654		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
177		 BLUE BLOODS:
200
3p STORY, THE:
1620		 CNN NEWSROOM:
660		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
690		 — BLUE BLOODS:
236
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1664		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
636		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1203		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
258		 BLUE BLOODS:
319
5p FIVE, THE:
3431		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
637		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
289		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
144
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2738		 SITUATION ROOM:
612		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1114		 SPICER & CO:
337		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
71
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2587		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
567		 REIDOUT:
1081		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
400		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
58
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3449		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
688		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1237		 STINCHFIELD:
250		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
44
9p HANNITY:
2768		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
595		 MSNBC PRIME:
1234		 PRIME NEWS:
142		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
52
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2453		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
558		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1134		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
135		 BANFIELD:
35
11p GUTFELD!:
2221		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
453		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
764		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
90		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
23

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
209		 NEW DAY:
94		 MORNING JOE:
107		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
12		 ELEMENTARY:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
288		 NEW DAY:
81		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
287		 NEW DAY:
113		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
322		 CNN NEWSROOM:
119		 MORNING JOE:
107		 NATIONAL REPORT:
26		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
263		 CNN NEWSROOM:
125		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
77		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
305		 AT THIS HOUR:
127		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
80		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
12p OUTNUMBERED:
323		 INSIDE POLITICS:
138		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
68		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
37		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
29
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
269		 CNN NEWSROOM:
123		 MTP DAILY:
68		 — BLUE BLOODS:
30
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
283		 CNN NEWSROOM:
128		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
69		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
31		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
3p STORY, THE:
292		 CNN NEWSROOM:
103		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
84		 — BLUE BLOODS:
39
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
324		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
129		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
103		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
39		 BLUE BLOODS:
69
5p FIVE, THE:
533		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
152		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
41		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
29
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
411		 SITUATION ROOM:
140		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
91		 SPICER & CO:
41		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
24
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
407		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
139		 REIDOUT:
127		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
57		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
20
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
623		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
176		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
135		 STINCHFIELD:
20		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
7
9p HANNITY:
475		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
160		 MSNBC PRIME:
152		 PRIME NEWS:
12		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
2
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
444		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
179		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
163		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
13		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
344		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
155		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
111		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
6		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
2

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: 535,000

Fox News: 1.95 million

MSNBC: 821,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 125,000

Fox News: 329,000

MSNBC: 97,000

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: 614,000

Fox News: 2.89 million

MSNBC: 1.20 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 171,000

Fox News: 514,000

MSNBC: 150,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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