Cable News Ratings Tuesday, October 19: Fox News Beats CNN and MSNBC Combined in Total Day Numbers

Fox News dominated CNN and MSNBC combined in the ratings Tuesday.
In total day numbers, Fox scored 1.66 million average viewers and 263,000 in the 25-54 viewer demographic. MSNBC took second overall with 931,000, followed by CNN with 545,000. CNN narrowly beat MSNBC in the demo, 110,000 to 95,000.
Fox’s comfortable win lasted into prime time, with 2.77 million average viewers and 421,000 in the demo. MSNBC took second with 1.73 million overall and 186,000 in the demo, and CNN again in third with 760,000 overall and 169,000 in the demo.
Sean Hannity came in a close second to Tucker Carlson, getting 2.95 million viewers at 9 p.m. to Carlson’s 3.08 million at 8 p.m.
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: 928 |
NEW DAY: 326 |
MORNING JOE: 768 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 39 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 35 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1233 |
NEW DAY: 390 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 139 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 15 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1579 |
NEW DAY: 479 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1656 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 545 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 723 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 199 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1659 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 574 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 596 |
— | JAG: 63 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1614 |
AT THIS HOUR: 565 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 542 |
— | JAG: 90 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1668 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 625 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 597 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 184 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 185 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1630 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 592 |
MTP DAILY: 619 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 232 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1360 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 578 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 602 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 219 |
BLUE BLOODS: 202 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1306 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 597 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 663 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 251 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1328 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 629 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1257 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 247 |
BLUE BLOODS: 309 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2709 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 605 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 263 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 146 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2093 |
SITUATION ROOM: 576 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1205 |
SPICER & CO: 288 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 25 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 1873 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 736 |
REIDOUT: 1355 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 365 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 17 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3078 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 859 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1454 |
STINCHFIELD: 207 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 37 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2950 |
CUOMO PRIME TIME: 836 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2211 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 134 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 27 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2280 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 587 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1514 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 105 |
BANFIELD: 25 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1758 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 379 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 1056 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 94 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 9 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 164 |
NEW DAY: 46 |
MORNING JOE: 78 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 3 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 216 |
NEW DAY: 68 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 13 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 2 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 262 |
NEW DAY: 98 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 240 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 91 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 70 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 29 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 253 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 127 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 65 |
— | JAG: 2 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 241 |
AT THIS HOUR: 109 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 61 |
— | JAG: 3 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 276 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 142 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 59 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 38 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 14 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 245 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 102 |
MTP DAILY: 52 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 29 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 206 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 95 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 41 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 56 |
BLUE BLOODS: 21 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 193 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 110 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 53 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 28 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 216 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 112 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 103 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 53 |
BLUE BLOODS: 33 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 354 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 119 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 65 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 17 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 323 |
SITUATION ROOM: 120 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 113 |
SPICER & CO: 42 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 2 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 306 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 166 |
REIDOUT: 175 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 53 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 5 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 474 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 176 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 174 |
STINCHFIELD: 47 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 16 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 422 |
CUOMO PRIME TIME: 189 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 238 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 28 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 8 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 368 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 142 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 147 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 12 |
BANFIELD: 5 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 338 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 92 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 127 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 10 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 3 |
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: 545,000
Fox News: 1.66 million
MSNBC: 931,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 110,000
Fox News: 263,000
MSNBC: 95,000
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: 760,000
Fox News: 2.77 million
MSNBC: 1.73 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 169,000
Fox News: 421,000
MSNBC: 186,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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