Cable News Ratings Tuesday, October 5: Special Report Cracks Top Five

Special Report, the 6 p.m. program on Fox News, cracked the top five most-watched cable news shows on Tuesday.
Special Report with Bret Baier, guest-anchored by Shannon Bream, scored 2.32 million viewers total and 411,000 in the key 25-54 viewer demographic.
Bream took fourth place overall as Fox News continued to dominate the cable news landscape. Tucker Carlson took first place with 3.13 million viewers, followed by The Five with 2.98 million and Sean Hannity with 2.8 million. Laura Ingraham came in fifth with 2.3 million 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: 893 |
NEW DAY: 298 |
MORNING JOE: 726 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 25 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 12 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1318 |
NEW DAY: 456 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 106 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 18 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1612 |
NEW DAY: 465 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1697 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 565 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 800 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 142 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1674 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 707 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 600 |
— | — |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1694 |
AT THIS HOUR: 763 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 564 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1623 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 669 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 617 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 134 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1363 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 581 |
MTP DAILY: 680 |
— | — |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1385 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 625 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 717 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 157 |
— |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1418 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 659 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 711 |
— | — |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1414 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 786 |
— | ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 224 |
— |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2976 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 749 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 243 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 98 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2317 |
SITUATION ROOM: 594 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1169 |
SPICER & CO: 297 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 31 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 2024 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 814 |
REIDOUT: 1219 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 397 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 20 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3129 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 765 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1334 |
STINCHFIELD: 227 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 40 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2824 |
CUOMO PRIME TIME: 866 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 1801 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 156 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 42 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2297 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 682 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1297 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 132 |
BANFIELD: 50 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1973 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 497 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 1029 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 153 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 22 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 150 |
NEW DAY: 62 |
MORNING JOE: 93 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 2 |
MURDER, SHE WROTE: 3 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 216 |
NEW DAY: 88 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 14 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 1 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 239 |
NEW DAY: 83 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 260 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 120 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 85 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 18 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 242 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 152 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 61 |
— | — |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 258 |
AT THIS HOUR: 134 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 73 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 238 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 127 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 68 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 20 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 197 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 101 |
MTP DAILY: 78 |
— | — |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 235 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 109 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 84 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 12 |
— |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 241 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 134 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 66 |
— | — |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 232 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 135 |
— | ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 20 |
— |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 469 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 152 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 25 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 11 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 411 |
SITUATION ROOM: 126 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 127 |
SPICER & CO: 15 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 3 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 384 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 164 |
REIDOUT: 137 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 27 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 2 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 592 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 165 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 129 |
STINCHFIELD: 22 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 4 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 465 |
CUOMO PRIME TIME: 160 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 204 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 23 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 10 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 453 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 170 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 122 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 17 |
BANFIELD: 16 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 414 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 142 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 99 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 17 |
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: 600,000
Fox News: 1.7 million
MSNBC: 869,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 126,000
Fox News: 298,000
MSNBC: 92,000
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: 771,000
Fox News: 2.75 million
MSNBC: 1.48 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 165,000
Fox News: 503,000
MSNBC: 152,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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