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

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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