Cable News Ratings Wednesday, September 1st: Hannity Triples Cuomo in the Demo

Mediaite StaffSep 2nd, 2021, 8:31 pm
 

Fox News continued to dominate the ratings on Wednesday, September 1 with coverage of the fallout from the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and extreme weather across the country.

One notable standout: Sean Hannity, Fox’s 9 p.m. host, tripled his CNN rival Chris Cuomo in the advertiser-coveted A25-54 demographic.

Hannity drew a massive 613,000 viewers in the demo on Wednesday night. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow was far behind in second place at 225,000, and Cuomo drew 204,000. In total viewers, Hannity placed first again with 3.39 million, Maddow came second with 2.17 million and Cuomo came third with 890,000.

Tucker Carlson remained the most watched host in cable news, however, drawing 3.51 million in total viewers and 634,000 in the demo.

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:
1012		 NEW DAY:
333		 MORNING JOE:
841		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
8		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1413		 NEW DAY:
448		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
126		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1793		 NEW DAY:
539		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1942		 CNN NEWSROOM:
604		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
884		 NATIONAL REPORT:
231		 JAG:
79
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1737		 CNN NEWSROOM:
767		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
877		 — JAG:
143
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1783		 AT THIS HOUR:
760		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
771		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
150
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1875		 AT THIS HOUR:
802		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
733		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
226		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
217
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1861		 CNN NEWSROOM:
846		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
788		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
232
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1835		 CNN NEWSROOM:
761		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
683		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
203		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
297
3p STORY, THE:
1795		 CNN NEWSROOM:
782		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
746		 — BLUE BLOODS:
222
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1921		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
751		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1358		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
253		 BLUE BLOODS:
242
5p FIVE, THE:
3506		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
769		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
292		 BLUE BLOODS:
262
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2347		 SITUATION ROOM:
740		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1290		 SPICER & CO:
309		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
81
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2139		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
843		 REIDOUT:
1170		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
366		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
38
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3519		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
881		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1316		 STINCHFIELD:
233		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
26
9p HANNITY:
3393		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
890		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2173		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
152		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
26
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2864		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
815		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1365		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
150		 BANFIELD:
13
11p GUTFELD!:
2136		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
730		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1061		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
122		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
24

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
193		 NEW DAY:
80		 MORNING JOE:
97		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
2		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
250		 NEW DAY:
104		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
15		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
312		 NEW DAY:
148		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
309		 CNN NEWSROOM:
136		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
84		 NATIONAL REPORT:
20		 JAG:
9
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
284		 CNN NEWSROOM:
171		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
93		 — JAG:
16
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
300		 AT THIS HOUR:
153		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
79		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
12p OUTNUMBERED:
306		 AT THIS HOUR:
180		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
53		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
43		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
45
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
316		 CNN NEWSROOM:
212		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
81		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
64
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
328		 CNN NEWSROOM:
169		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
80		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
31		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
73
3p STORY, THE:
297		 CNN NEWSROOM:
130		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
75		 — BLUE BLOODS:
27
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
318		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
145		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
124		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
37		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
5p FIVE, THE:
552		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
164		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
24		 BLUE BLOODS:
21
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
350		 SITUATION ROOM:
173		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
134		 SPICER & CO:
28		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
343		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
184		 REIDOUT:
138		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
41		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
13
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
634		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
176		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
141		 STINCHFIELD:
68		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11
9p HANNITY:
613		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
204		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
225		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
49		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
11
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
508		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
224		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
137		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
29		 BANFIELD:
2
11p GUTFELD!:
427		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
220		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
106		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
16		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
6

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: 1.97 million

MSNBC: 974,000

CNN: 707,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 347,000

CNN: 164,000

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:

Fox News: 3.25 million

MSNBC: 1.61 million

CNN: 862 million

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 585,000

CNN: 201,000

MSNBC: 168,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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