Cable News Ratings Tuesday, September 21: The Five Continues Winning Streak

Mediaite StaffSep 22nd, 2021, 4:21 pm
 

Fox News show The Five

On Tuesday, like Monday, the most-watched show on cable news wasn’t even in prime time.

It was The Five, Fox News’ 5 p.m. panel show, hosted this week by Dana Perino, Jesse Watters, Greg Gutfeld, Jeanine Pirro and Geraldo Rivera.

Typically a prime time titan like Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity or Rachel Maddow would take the top spot in cable news. But so far this week, The Five has dominated.

It drew 3.64 million viewers on Monday, an improvement on the monster Monday numbers.

Carlson, who has been placing first in cable news most of this year, came second again with 3.46 million viewers. Hannity, who fell behind Bret Baier on Monday, was back up to third place with 3.01 million viewers.

MSNBC’s Maddow, meanwhile, placed seventh in cable news.

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:
1044		 NEW DAY:
306		 MORNING JOE:
895		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
20		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1285		 NEW DAY:
410		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
113		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1707		 NEW DAY:
472		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1934		 CNN NEWSROOM:
580		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
855		 NATIONAL REPORT:
157		 JAG:
78
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1670		 CNN NEWSROOM:
668		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
799		 — JAG:
118
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1773		 AT THIS HOUR:
665		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
632		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
169
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1731		 INSIDE POLITICS:
719		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
656		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
146		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
235
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1896		 CNN NEWSROOM:
656		 MTP DAILY:
707		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
283
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1806		 CNN NEWSROOM:
680		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
660		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
151		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
311
3p STORY, THE:
1890		 CNN NEWSROOM:
692		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
717		 — BLUE BLOODS:
350
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1771		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
781		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1323		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
267		 BLUE BLOODS:
355
5p FIVE, THE:
3644		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
791		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
260		 BLUE BLOODS:
335
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2716		 SITUATION ROOM:
706		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1302		 SPICER & CO:
287		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
120
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2298		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
840		 REIDOUT:
1287		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
356		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
42
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3465		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
971		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1451		 STINCHFIELD:
258		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
13
9p HANNITY:
3016		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
998		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2220		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
170		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
13
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2580		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
795		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1471		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
160		 BANFIELD:
39
11p GUTFELD!:
1998		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
536		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1069		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
159		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
22

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
165		 NEW DAY:
61		 MORNING JOE:
103		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
1		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
209		 NEW DAY:
81		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
253		 NEW DAY:
107		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
314		 CNN NEWSROOM:
110		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
91		 NATIONAL REPORT:
25		 JAG:
3
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
252		 CNN NEWSROOM:
140		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
76		 — JAG:
11
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
273		 AT THIS HOUR:
138		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
69		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
23
12p OUTNUMBERED:
262		 INSIDE POLITICS:
157		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
55		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
14		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
19
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
327		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 MTP DAILY:
72		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
40
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
316		 CNN NEWSROOM:
166		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
73		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
20		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
36
3p STORY, THE:
324		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
88		 — BLUE BLOODS:
18
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
279		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
183		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
111		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
21		 BLUE BLOODS:
30
5p FIVE, THE:
534		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
226		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
31		 BLUE BLOODS:
28
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
453		 SITUATION ROOM:
209		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
162		 SPICER & CO:
35		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
7
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
405		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
225		 REIDOUT:
151		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
44		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
9
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
632		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
279		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
144		 STINCHFIELD:
24		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
9p HANNITY:
507		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
271		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
291		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
27		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
2
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
459		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
260		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
178		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
20		 BANFIELD:
12
11p GUTFELD!:
369		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
191		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
162		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
14		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
14

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: 640,000

Fox News: 1.93 million

MSNBC: 980,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 166,000

Fox News: 331,000

MSNBC: 118,000

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: 921,000

Fox News: 3.02 million

MSNBC: 1.71 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 270,000

Fox News: 533,000

MSNBC: 204,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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