Cable News Ratings Wednesday February 16: Wolf Blitzer Leads CNN to 2nd Place in Daytime Demo

Mediaite StaffFeb 17th, 2022, 4:30 pm
 

Wolf Blitzer led CNN to a second-place finish in the cable ratings on Wednesday in the key 25-54 age demographic during the day time.

Blitzer’s Situation Room brought in 138,000 demo viewers, which just edged out Jake Tapper’s 135,000 demo viewers to lead to the network.

CNN landed in second place overall in the demo viewers during the day time hours. Fox News’ continued its first-place streak with an average of 297,000 day time demo viewers. CNN came in second with an average of 100,000 and MSNBC was in third with 86,000 average day time demo viewers.

During prime time, CNN and MSNBC flipped second and third place, while Fox stayed on top 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:
1144		 NEW DAY:
259		 MORNING JOE:
805		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
11		 ELEMENTARY:
19
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1513		 NEW DAY:
356		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
113		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
20
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1813		 NEW DAY:
433		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1874		 CNN NEWSROOM:
491		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
663		 NATIONAL REPORT:
216		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1847		 CNN NEWSROOM:
579		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
518		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
64
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1710		 AT THIS HOUR:
589		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
490		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
104
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1776		 INSIDE POLITICS:
588		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
604		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
182		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
192
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1493		 CNN NEWSROOM:
581		 MTP DAILY:
572		 — BLUE BLOODS:
162
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1444		 CNN NEWSROOM:
595		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
599		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
192		 BLUE BLOODS:
220
3p STORY, THE:
1503		 CNN NEWSROOM:
614		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
641		 — BLUE BLOODS:
279
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1597		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
607		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1231		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
240		 BLUE BLOODS:
332
5p FIVE, THE:
3577		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
682		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
260		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
188
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2518		 SITUATION ROOM:
623		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1222		 SPICER & CO:
305		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
47
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2905		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
592		 REIDOUT:
1141		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
345		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
23
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3584		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
622		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1267		 STINCHFIELD:
253		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
37
9p HANNITY:
2956		 CNN TONIGHT:
572		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1462		 PRIME NEWS:
122		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
29
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2347		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
573		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1259		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
191		 BANFIELD:
31
11p GUTFELD!:
1826		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
423		 11TH HOUR:
762		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
188		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
32

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
234		 NEW DAY:
44		 MORNING JOE:
76		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
3		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
300		 NEW DAY:
62		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
24		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
267		 NEW DAY:
77		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
302		 CNN NEWSROOM:
114		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
48		 NATIONAL REPORT:
40		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
326		 CNN NEWSROOM:
87		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
56		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
16
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
300		 AT THIS HOUR:
103		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
70		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
12p OUTNUMBERED:
309		 INSIDE POLITICS:
108		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
56		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
36		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
28
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
214		 CNN NEWSROOM:
111		 MTP DAILY:
45		 — BLUE BLOODS:
32
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
201		 CNN NEWSROOM:
105		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
46		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
34		 BLUE BLOODS:
49
3p STORY, THE:
228		 CNN NEWSROOM:
100		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
59		 — BLUE BLOODS:
49
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
215		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
102		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
114		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
42		 BLUE BLOODS:
54
5p FIVE, THE:
466		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
135		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
42		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
30
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
371		 SITUATION ROOM:
138		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
120		 SPICER & CO:
33		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
14
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
418		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
116		 REIDOUT:
150		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
51		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
552		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
117		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
160		 STINCHFIELD:
38		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
8
9p HANNITY:
437		 CNN TONIGHT:
122		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
182		 PRIME NEWS:
17		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
362		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
128		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
122		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
38		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
286		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
111		 11TH HOUR:
98		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
29		 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: 504,000

Fox: 1.88 million

MSNBC: 819,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 100,000

Fox News: 297,000

MSNBC: 86,000

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: 589,000

Fox News: 2.96 million

MSNBC: 1.33 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 122,000

Fox News: 451,000

MSNBC: 155,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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