Cable News Ratings Tuesday September 20: Lawrence O’Donnell Leads MSNBC in Demo and Total Viewers

Mediaite StaffSep 21st, 2022, 4:57 pm
 

Lawrence O'Donnell

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell led his network on Tuesday night in both terms of total viewers and in the key 25-54 age demographic.

O’Donnell, who is regularly one of the top hosts on the network, brought in 1.74 million total viewers and beat out Ari Melber’s 1.6 million viewers for first place.

O’Donnell also topped MSNBC in the demo with 166,000 viewers, beating Chris Hayes’s 145,000 demo viewers.

Fox News’s Laura Ingraham landed in first place overall at the 10 p.m. hour beating both O’Donnell and CNN’s Don Lemon in both the demo and in total 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:
1014		 NEW DAY:
371		 MORNING JOE:
919		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
25		 EARLY MORNING:
7
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1414		 NEW DAY:
449		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
106		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
33
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1723		 NEW DAY:
517		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1568		 CNN NEWSROOM:
612		 MORNING JOE:
965		 NATIONAL REPORT:
184		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1636		 CNN NEWSROOM:
672		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
706		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
20
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1654		 AT THIS HOUR:
738		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
685		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1806		 INSIDE POLITICS:
704		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
811		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
164		 BLUE BLOODS:
108
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1609		 CNN NEWSROOM:
741		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
813		 — BLUE BLOODS:
151
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1513		 CNN NEWSROOM:
679		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
907		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
137		 BLUE BLOODS:
190
3p STORY, THE:
1487		 CNN NEWSROOM:
672		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
907		 — BLUE BLOODS:
218
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1686		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
669		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1579		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
204		 BLUE BLOODS:
292
5p FIVE, THE:
3678		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
721		 — SPICER & CO:
186		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
113
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2440		 SITUATION ROOM:
682		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1603		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
180		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
63
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2918		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
769		 REIDOUT:
1427		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
223		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
46
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3208		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
853		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1580		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
180		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
30
9p HANNITY:
2677		 CNN TONIGHT:
670		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1495		 PRIME NEWS:
111		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
58
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2311		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
660		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1739		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
159		 BANFIELD:
26
11p GUTFELD!:
2236		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
482		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1164		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
93		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
31

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
162		 NEW DAY:
78		 MORNING JOE:
93		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
2		 EARLY MORNING:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
198		 NEW DAY:
101		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
12		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
237		 NEW DAY:
105		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
180		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 MORNING JOE:
89		 NATIONAL REPORT:
20		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
226		 CNN NEWSROOM:
103		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
56		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
3
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
190		 AT THIS HOUR:
112		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
58		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
194		 INSIDE POLITICS:
123		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
76		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
19
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
192		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
72		 — BLUE BLOODS:
26
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
210		 CNN NEWSROOM:
120		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
65		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
36		 BLUE BLOODS:
22
3p STORY, THE:
204		 CNN NEWSROOM:
131		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
78		 — BLUE BLOODS:
26
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
216		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
132		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
136		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
30		 BLUE BLOODS:
31
5p FIVE, THE:
490		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
162		 — SPICER & CO:
22		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
291		 SITUATION ROOM:
161		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
121		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
19		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
9
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
339		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
184		 REIDOUT:
137		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
30		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
468		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
178		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
145		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
21		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
9
9p HANNITY:
367		 CNN TONIGHT:
158		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
138		 PRIME NEWS:
15		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
10
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
351		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
144		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
166		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
13		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
354		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
127		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
139		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
7		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

CNN: 605,000

Fox News: 1.85 million

MSNBC: 1.06 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 123,000

Fox News: 256,000

MSNBC: 100,000

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: 727,000

Fox News: 2.73 million

MSNBC: 1.61 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 160,000

Fox News: 395,000

MSNBC: 150,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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