Cable News Ratings Tuesday, September 28: Tucker Carlson Back on Top After Streak From The Five

Mediaite StaffSep 29th, 2021, 4:38 pm
 

Tucker Carlson on Fox News

Fox News host Tucker Carlson placed first in the ratings on Tuesday night, in both total viewers and the demo, putting an end to a surprising run from The Five in which the daytime show placed first in cable news six times in a row.

Carlson, who was the regular cable news king before The Five went on its winning streak last week, drew 3.24 million viewers overall and 528,000 in the demo.

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:
958		 NEW DAY:
355		 MORNING JOE:
802		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
26		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
20
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1317		 NEW DAY:
421		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
83		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
13
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1567		 NEW DAY:
519		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1689		 CNN NEWSROOM:
566		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
823		 NATIONAL REPORT:
132		 —
10a SR/SENATE HRNG-AFGHANISTN:
1799		 CNN NEWSROOM:
654		 — — JAG:
81
11a SR/SENATE HRNG-AFGHANISTN:
1939		 AT THIS HOUR:
648		 — — JAG:
124
12p SR/SENATE HRNG-AFGHANISTN:
1903		 INSIDE POLITICS:
663		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
158		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
157
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1964		 CNN NEWSROOM:
692		 MTP DAILY:
610		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
226
2p SR/SENATE HRNG-AFGHANISTN:
1799		 CNN NEWSROOM:
665		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
612		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
164		 BLUE BLOODS:
189
3p SR/SENATE HRNG-AFGHANISTN:
1958		 CNN NEWSROOM:
678		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
210
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1855		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
695		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1272		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
230		 BLUE BLOODS:
326
5p FIVE, THE:
3176		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
627		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
234		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
136
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2376		 SITUATION ROOM:
587		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1186		 SPICER & CO:
233		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
73
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2162		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
786		 REIDOUT:
1181		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
403		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
30
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3243		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
864		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1369		 KRISTI NOEM NEWSMAX TOWNH:
245		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
46
9p HANNITY:
2889		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
914		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2424		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
199		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
59
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2575		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
747		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1630		 KRISTI NOEM NEWSMAX TOWNH:
164		 BANFIELD:
43
11p GUTFELD!:
2050		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
510		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1105		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
180		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
25

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
165		 NEW DAY:
85		 MORNING JOE:
93		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
3		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
207		 NEW DAY:
83		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
9		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
226		 NEW DAY:
89		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
227		 CNN NEWSROOM:
89		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
91		 NATIONAL REPORT:
30		 —
10a SR/SENATE HRNG-AFGHANISTN:
261		 CNN NEWSROOM:
97		 — — JAG:
8
11a SR/SENATE HRNG-AFGHANISTN:
278		 AT THIS HOUR:
115		 — — JAG:
14
12p SR/SENATE HRNG-AFGHANISTN:
266		 INSIDE POLITICS:
121		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
22		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
8
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
242		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 MTP DAILY:
72		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
11
2p SR/SENATE HRNG-AFGHANISTN:
274		 CNN NEWSROOM:
121		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
68		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
11
3p SR/SENATE HRNG-AFGHANISTN:
321		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
17
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
297		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
134		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
98		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
30		 BLUE BLOODS:
34
5p FIVE, THE:
463		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
126		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
37		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
369		 SITUATION ROOM:
124		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
142		 SPICER & CO:
33		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
3
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
349		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
197		 REIDOUT:
149		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
47		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
528		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
202		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
164		 KRISTI NOEM NEWSMAX TOWNH:
32		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
9p HANNITY:
418		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
192		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
352		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
27		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
21
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
410		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
152		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
210		 KRISTI NOEM NEWSMAX TOWNH:
18		 BANFIELD:
16
11p GUTFELD!:
413		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
116		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
167		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
23		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2

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: 601,000

Fox News: 1.88 million

MSNBC: 951,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 119,000

Fox News: 297,000

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: 842,000

Fox News: 2.9 million

MSNBC: 1.8 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 182,000

Fox News: 452,000

MSNBC: 242,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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