Cable News Ratings Tuesday, November 2: Laura Ingraham Draws Biggest Audience on Election Night

Mediaite StaffNov 3rd, 2021, 5:13 pm
 

Laura Ingraham on Election Night 2021

Fox News romped in the ratings for coverage of the elections Tuesday night, drawing far more viewers than the competition on MSNBC and CNN.

Both Fox News and CNN saw a big increase in their prime time audiences on Tuesday night. MSNBC saw an increase as well, but it was far more modest.

Fox’s 10 p.m. hour, hosted by Laura Ingraham, drew monster ratings for coverage of the election results in Virginia, where Republicans swept and Glenn Youngkin was elected governor.

Ingraham drew 5.14 million total viewers and more than 1 million viewers in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic — big numbers.

Compare that to the competition: CNN drew 1.23 million in total viewers and 432,000 in the demo, while MSNBC averaged 1.55 million viewers and 289,000 demo viewers between the hours of 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. (Nielsen did not provide numbers for MSNBC in each individual hour, as you can see below).

Networks also kept an eye on the mayoral election in New York City, where Democrat Eric Adams handily beat Republican Chris Sliwa, and New Jersey, where current Gov. Philip Murphy, a Democrat, appears poised to beat Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli.

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:
1045		 NEW DAY:
263		 MORNING JOE:
749		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
24		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
24
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1343		 NEW DAY:
314		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
93		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
11
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1657		 NEW DAY:
411		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1764		 CNN NEWSROOM:
521		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
688		 NATIONAL REPORT:
161		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1714		 CNN NEWSROOM:
600		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
578		 — JAG:
98
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1714		 AT THIS HOUR:
487		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
513		 — JAG:
141
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1913		 INSIDE POLITICS:
520		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
547		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
148		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
152
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1754		 CNN NEWSROOM:
525		 MTP DAILY:
600		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
183
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1632		 CNN NEWSROOM:
597		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
570		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
171		 BLUE BLOODS:
167
3p STORY, THE:
1634		 CNN NEWSROOM:
678		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
636		 — BLUE BLOODS:
215
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1704		 SITUATION ROOM:
683		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1099		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
279		 BLUE BLOODS:
304
5p FIVE, THE:
3319		 SITUATION ROOM:
654		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
358		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
90
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2876		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
647		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1194		 SPICER & CO:
413		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
37
7p VIRGINIA SHOWDOWN:
3175		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
773		 — VOTE FOR AMERICA 2021:
384		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
31
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
4303		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
929		 DECISION 2021:
1553		 — DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
25
9p HANNITY:
4926		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
1075		 — — NEWSNATION PRIME:
14
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
5146		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
1230		 — VOTE FOR AMERICA 2021:
343		 BANFIELD:
31
11p VIRGINIA SHOWDOWN:
4041		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
917		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1151		 — ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
146		 NEW DAY:
65		 MORNING JOE:
79		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
3		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
180		 NEW DAY:
70		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
5		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
174		 NEW DAY:
95		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
261		 CNN NEWSROOM:
134		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
79		 NATIONAL REPORT:
21		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
266		 CNN NEWSROOM:
138		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
77		 — JAG:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
266		 AT THIS HOUR:
120		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
55		 — JAG:
4
12p OUTNUMBERED:
343		 INSIDE POLITICS:
149		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
52		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
27		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
14
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
303		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 MTP DAILY:
54		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
31
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
278		 CNN NEWSROOM:
96		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
49		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
14
3p STORY, THE:
260		 CNN NEWSROOM:
114		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
48		 — BLUE BLOODS:
23
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
259		 SITUATION ROOM:
150		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
93		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
42		 BLUE BLOODS:
45
5p FIVE, THE:
509		 SITUATION ROOM:
146		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
56		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
9
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
502		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
158		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
177		 SPICER & CO:
50		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5
7p VIRGINIA SHOWDOWN:
644		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
201		 — VOTE FOR AMERICA 2021:
92		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
890		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
247		 DECISION 2021:
289		 — DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
9p HANNITY:
1012		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
387		 — — NEWSNATION PRIME:
1
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1028		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
432		 — VOTE FOR AMERICA 2021:
68		 BANFIELD:
1
11p VIRGINIA SHOWDOWN:
904		 ELECTION NIGHT IN AMERICA:
316		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
239		 — ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 633,000

Fox 2.45 million

MSNBC: 905,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 172,000

Fox News: 461,000

MSNBC: 130,000

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: 1.07 million

Fox News: 4.79 million

MSNBC: 1.55 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 355,000

Fox News: 977,000

MSNBC: 289,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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