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

Mediaite StaffOct 20th, 2021, 4:48 pm
 

Sean Hannity

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.

New: The Mediaite One-Sheet "Newsletter of Newsletters"
Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. Subscribe now!

Tags: