Cable News Ratings Wednesday April 20: Tucker Carlson Sextuples Chris Hayes

Mediaite StaffApr 21st, 2022, 4:53 pm
 

Fox News’ dominance of the cable news industry was on stark display Tuesday as Tucker Carlson far outpaced his time slot rivals.

Carlson brought in a whopping 619,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic. Carlson’s 8 p.m. rivals Anderson Cooper and Chris Hayes lagged far behind.

CNN’s Cooper brought in 190,000 demo viewers, while MSNBC’s Hayes raked in only 96,000 demo viewers. That means Carlson more than sextupled Hayes.

In terms of total viewers, Carlson brought in 3.53 million total viewers. While Cooper scored 868,000 and Hayes raked in 1.12 million total viewers.

Carlson was the top-rated show on cable news Tuesday, in both the demo and in total viewers.

Here is a full breakdown of Wednesday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1004		 NEW DAY:
350		 MORNING JOE:
812		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
14		 ELEMENTARY:
35
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1331		 NEW DAY:
385		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
91		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
35
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1796		 NEW DAY:
519		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1812		 CNN NEWSROOM:
621		 MORNING JOE:
940		 NATIONAL REPORT:
197		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1520		 CNN NEWSROOM:
694		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
641		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
91
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1365		 AT THIS HOUR:
784		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
552		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
182
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1458		 INSIDE POLITICS:
696		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
562		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
284		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
252
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1503		 CNN NEWSROOM:
738		 MTP DAILY:
626		 — BLUE BLOODS:
155
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1558		 CNN NEWSROOM:
869		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
618		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
264		 BLUE BLOODS:
194
3p STORY, THE:
1670		 CNN NEWSROOM:
856		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
569		 — BLUE BLOODS:
222
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1616		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
833		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1105		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
309		 BLUE BLOODS:
275
5p FIVE, THE:
3272		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
874		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
335		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
130
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2505		 SITUATION ROOM:
742		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1092		 SPICER & CO:
347		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
57
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2532		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
750		 REIDOUT:
1045		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
394		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
62
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3525		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
868		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1123		 NEWSMAX?S TOWN HALL:
211		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
51
9p HANNITY:
2588		 CNN TONIGHT:
716		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1988		 PRIME NEWS:
108		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
25
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2212		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
618		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1435		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
129		 BANFIELD:
36
11p GUTFELD!:
1911		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
477		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
758		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
109		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
32

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
206		 NEW DAY:
73		 MORNING JOE:
98		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
17
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
242		 NEW DAY:
66		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
5		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
11
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
291		 NEW DAY:
105		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
272		 CNN NEWSROOM:
135		 MORNING JOE:
105		 NATIONAL REPORT:
29		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
236		 CNN NEWSROOM:
140		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
66		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
7
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
196		 AT THIS HOUR:
156		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
70		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
12p OUTNUMBERED:
196		 INSIDE POLITICS:
132		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
53		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
40		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
30
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
278		 CNN NEWSROOM:
158		 MTP DAILY:
55		 — BLUE BLOODS:
5
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
323		 CNN NEWSROOM:
194		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
81		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
28		 BLUE BLOODS:
11
3p STORY, THE:
303		 CNN NEWSROOM:
176		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
62		 — BLUE BLOODS:
26
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
256		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
178		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
84		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
29		 BLUE BLOODS:
27
5p FIVE, THE:
439		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
228		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
33		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
27
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
376		 SITUATION ROOM:
216		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
71		 SPICER & CO:
29		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
2
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
414		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
183		 REIDOUT:
87		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
64		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
16
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
619		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
190		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
96		 NEWSMAX?S TOWN HALL:
46		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
7
9p HANNITY:
378		 CNN TONIGHT:
188		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
218		 PRIME NEWS:
28		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
368		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
153		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
154		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
24		 BANFIELD:
2
11p GUTFELD!:
303		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
95		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
89		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
12		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
2

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: 637,000

Fox News: 1.79 million

MSNBC: 852,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 145,00

Fox News: 297,000

MSNBC: 88,000

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: 734,000

Fox News: 2.77 million

MSNBC: 1.52 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 177,000

Fox News: 455,000

MSNBC: 156,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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