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

Mediaite StaffOct 6th, 2021, 4:26 pm
 

Shannon Bream Guest-Anchors Special Report

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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