Cable News Ratings Tuesday, October 26: Tucker Carlson Falls From First Place in Tuesday Ratings

Mediaite StaffOct 27th, 2021, 5:25 pm
 

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The Five stunned cable news ratings nerd-o-nauts last month when it embarked on a winning streak in the daily ratings, beating out usual ratings king Tucker Carlson for more than a week straight.

Yet while the 5 p.m. Fox News panel show beat the 8 p.m. prime time host in total viewers, Carlson still held on to the top spot in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic.

Now, Carlson’s iron grip on the demo is also under threat: The Five placed first in total viewers AND the demo on Tuesday night, drawing 3.26 million viewers in the former and 459,000 viewers in the latter.

Carlson came second, with 3.11 million total viewers and 449,000 in the demo.

Here is a full breakdown of Tuesday cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
910		 NEW DAY:
278		 MORNING JOE:
801		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
8		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
39
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1223		 NEW DAY:
346		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
100		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
18
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1554		 NEW DAY:
409		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1727		 CNN NEWSROOM:
476		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
721		 NATIONAL REPORT:
160		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1614		 CNN NEWSROOM:
564		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
567		 — JAG:
76
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1610		 AT THIS HOUR:
529		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
529		 — JAG:
124
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1656		 INSIDE POLITICS:
565		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
658		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
162		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
234
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1525		 CNN NEWSROOM:
584		 MTP DAILY:
647		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
244
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1484		 CNN NEWSROOM:
582		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
604		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
172		 BLUE BLOODS:
238
3p STORY, THE:
1584		 CNN NEWSROOM:
558		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
741		 — BLUE BLOODS:
235
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1585		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
664		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1265		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
217		 BLUE BLOODS:
290
5p FIVE, THE:
3264		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
589		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
265		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
177
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2389		 SITUATION ROOM:
575		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1109		 SPICER & CO:
315		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
57
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2094		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
663		 REIDOUT:
1109		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
367		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
68
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3113		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
680		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1239		 STINCHFIELD:
251		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
52
9p HANNITY:
2775		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
718		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2157		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
132		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
59
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2361		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
629		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1309		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
118		 BANFIELD:
52
11p GUTFELD!:
1812		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
356		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
941		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
89		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
13

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
164		 NEW DAY:
54		 MORNING JOE:
89		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
1		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
5
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
218		 NEW DAY:
70		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
213		 NEW DAY:
72		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
248		 CNN NEWSROOM:
74		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
70		 NATIONAL REPORT:
13		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
223		 CNN NEWSROOM:
101		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
50		 — JAG:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
247		 AT THIS HOUR:
116		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
48		 — JAG:
15
12p OUTNUMBERED:
258		 INSIDE POLITICS:
112		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
52		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
25		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
246		 CNN NEWSROOM:
90		 MTP DAILY:
57		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
228		 CNN NEWSROOM:
98		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
49		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
27		 BLUE BLOODS:
39
3p STORY, THE:
222		 CNN NEWSROOM:
99		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
96		 — BLUE BLOODS:
30
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
194		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
133		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
122		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
21		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
5p FIVE, THE:
459		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
102		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
33		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
343		 SITUATION ROOM:
113		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
131		 SPICER & CO:
40		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
1
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
293		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
144		 REIDOUT:
161		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
33		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
449		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
142		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
163		 STINCHFIELD:
59		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
10
9p HANNITY:
347		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
128		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
273		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
31		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
18
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
349		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
112		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
162		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
36		 BANFIELD:
18
11p GUTFELD!:
304		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
93		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
155		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
20		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2

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: 503,000

Fox 1.73 million

MSNBC: 882,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 97,000

Fox News: 259,000

MSNBC: 104,000

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: 676,000

Fox News: 2.75 million

MSNBC: 1.56 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 127,000

Fox News: 382,000

MSNBC: 199,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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