Cable News Ratings Tuesday, September 14: California Recall Coverage Boosts All Nets in Prime Time; Fox Takes Top Spot

Mediaite StaffSep 15th, 2021, 5:22 pm
 

Brian Williams Covers CA Recall Results

The big three cable news networks all saw a ratings boost in late night as the nation braced for news in the California recall.

The polls closed at 8 p.m. PDT, and to the surprise of many the race was called within the hour for incumbent Governor Gavin Newsom.

CNN managed to crack a million viewers for each of its shows through primetime — 1 million at 8 pm, 1.1 million at 9 pm, 1.05 million at 10 pm, and 1.01 million at 11 pm (the hour the results came in).

MSNBC took second place overall, with 1.53 million at 8 pm, 2.61 million at 9, 1.81 million at 10, and 1.9 million at 11.

Fox News once again took first place, with 3.78 million viewers at 8, 3.53 million at 9, 2.86 million at 10, and 2.05 million at 11.

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:
875		 NEW DAY:
374		 MORNING JOE:
822		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
16		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1295		 NEW DAY:
525		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
104		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1604		 NEW DAY:
651		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1653		 CNN NEWSROOM:
617		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
776		 NATIONAL REPORT:
170		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1649		 CNN NEWSROOM:
596		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
648		 — —
11a SR/BLINKEN TESTIFYING:
1554		 AT THIS HOUR:
602		 — — —
12p SR/BLINKEN TESTIFYING:
1646		 INSIDE POLITICS:
686		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
214		 —
1p SR/BLINKEN TESTIFYING:
1449		 CNN NEWSROOM:
685		 MTP DAILY:
753		 — —
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1455		 CNN NEWSROOM:
722		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
763		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
250		 —
3p STORY, THE:
1576		 CNN NEWSROOM:
814		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
742		 — —
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1564		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
821		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1429		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
314		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
3294		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
706		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
309		 —
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2524		 SITUATION ROOM:
655		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1424		 SPICER & CO:
432		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
107
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2352		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
804		 REIDOUT:
1243		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
489		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
44
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3776		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1000		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1527		 STINCHFIELD:
325		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
36
9p HANNITY:
3528		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
1108		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2611		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
203		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
30
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2858		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1049		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1805		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
205		 BANFIELD:
24
11p CALIFORNIA ELECT RECALL:
2050		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1013		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1901		 — DONLON REPORT, THE:
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25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
126		 NEW DAY:
112		 MORNING JOE:
96		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
6		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
223		 NEW DAY:
138		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
262		 NEW DAY:
174		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
232		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
78		 NATIONAL REPORT:
39		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
248		 CNN NEWSROOM:
141		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
66		 — —
11a SR/BLINKEN TESTIFYING:
257		 AT THIS HOUR:
137		 — — —
12p SR/BLINKEN TESTIFYING:
261		 INSIDE POLITICS:
148		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
24		 —
1p SR/BLINKEN TESTIFYING:
234		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 MTP DAILY:
94		 — —
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
204		 CNN NEWSROOM:
161		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
86		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
27		 —
3p STORY, THE:
232		 CNN NEWSROOM:
164		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
97		 — —
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
243		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
170		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
139		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
17		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
491		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
171		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
31		 —
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
337		 SITUATION ROOM:
180		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
123		 SPICER & CO:
57		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
3
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
363		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
213		 REIDOUT:
132		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
65		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
629		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
259		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
176		 STINCHFIELD:
53		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
0
9p HANNITY:
538		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
259		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
315		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
43		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
437		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
309		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
202		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
45		 BANFIELD:
3
11p CALIFORNIA ELECT RECALL:
411		 CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
344		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
226		 — DONLON REPORT, THE:
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As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

Fox News: 1.85 million

MSNBC: 1.09 million

CNN: 726,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 296,000

CNN: 189,000

MSNBC: 123,000

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:

Fox News: 3.39 million

MSNBC: 1.98 million

CNN: 1.05 million

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 535,000

CNN: 276,000

MSNBC: 231,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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