Cable News Ratings Wednesday, December 1st: CNN Global Town Hall Beats Chris Cuomo in His Time Slot

Mediaite StaffDec 2nd, 2021, 5:02 pm
 

CNN’s Global Town Hall special Wednesday, which ran during Chris Cuomo’s regular 9 p.m. time slot, topped Cuomo’s average total audience and his average viewership in the key 25-54 age demographic for November.

CNN filled the time slot with special programming, a town hall with Dr. Anthony Fauci hosted by Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta after Cuomo was suspended by the network on Tuesday for helping to dig up dirt on his brother, former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s, accusers.

Sean Hannity still dominated the 9 p.m. time slot with 3.14 million total viewers. Rachel Maddow came in second with 2.28 million viewers.

CNN’s Town Hall averaged 861,000 total viewers, which is an increase from Cuomo’s 774,000 average total viewers in November.

Hannity also led the demo with 521,000 viewers to Maddow’s 339,000. CNN scored 196,000 viewers in the demo, which is also an increase from Cuomo’s average of 170,000 demo viewers for the month of November.

CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time marked its lowest-rated month ever in November as the scandal-plagued host struggled with his audience ahead of his suspension.

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:
1114		 NEW DAY:
389		 MORNING JOE:
778		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
10		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
28
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1508		 NEW DAY:
432		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
115		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
13
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1755		 NEW DAY:
527		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1776		 CNN NEWSROOM:
653		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
650		 NATIONAL REPORT:
155		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1731		 CNN NEWSROOM:
661		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
799		 — JAG:
74
11a — AT THIS HOUR:
604		 — — JAG:
67
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1559		 INSIDE POLITICS:
613		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
170		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
111
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1570		 CNN NEWSROOM:
609		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
762		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
149
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1410		 CNN NEWSROOM:
644		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
780		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
160		 BLUE BLOODS:
134
3p STORY, THE:
1411		 CNN NEWSROOM:
728		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
816		 — BLUE BLOODS:
166
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1667		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
773		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1334		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
251		 BLUE BLOODS:
175
5p FIVE, THE:
3527		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
718		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
228		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
92
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2561		 SITUATION ROOM:
711		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1174		 SPICER & CO:
291		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
57
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2025		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
882		 REIDOUT:
1197		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
386		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
26
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3586		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
911		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1438		 STINCHFIELD:
285		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
26
9p HANNITY:
3141		 CNN GLOBAL TOWN HALL:
861		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2280		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
178		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
27
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2561		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
711		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1434		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
144		 BANFIELD:
31
11p GUTFELD!:
1965		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
463		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1002		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
111		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
24

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
183		 NEW DAY:
63		 MORNING JOE:
75		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
1		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
234		 NEW DAY:
46		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
14		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
228		 NEW DAY:
80		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
264		 CNN NEWSROOM:
144		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
64		 NATIONAL REPORT:
34		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
262		 CNN NEWSROOM:
132		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
81		 — JAG:
8
11a — AT THIS HOUR:
101		 — — JAG:
6
12p OUTNUMBERED:
266		 INSIDE POLITICS:
113		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
35		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
4
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
266		 CNN NEWSROOM:
96		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
105		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
10
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
280		 CNN NEWSROOM:
88		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
142		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
26		 BLUE BLOODS:
5
3p STORY, THE:
289		 CNN NEWSROOM:
114		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
124		 — BLUE BLOODS:
8
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
289		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
152		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
180		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
34		 BLUE BLOODS:
18
5p FIVE, THE:
557		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
125		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
29		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
1
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
404		 SITUATION ROOM:
104		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
146		 SPICER & CO:
31		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
4
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
375		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
149		 REIDOUT:
148		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
66		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
615		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
188		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
197		 STINCHFIELD:
61		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
9p HANNITY:
521		 CNN GLOBAL TOWN HALL:
196		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
339		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
48		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
441		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
165		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
162		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
23		 BANFIELD:
1
11p GUTFELD!:
393		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
118		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
130		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
15		 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: 611,000

Fox: 1.81 million

MSNBC: 959,00

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 115,000

Fox News: 313,000

MSNBC: 120,000

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: 828,000

Fox News: 3.09 million

MSNBC: 1.71 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 183,000

Fox News: 526,000

MSNBC: 233,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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