Cable News Ratings Wednesday February 22: Alex Wagner Leads MSNBC in Total Viewers

MSNBC’s Alex Wagner landed in first place on her network on Wednesday in terms of total viewers.
Wagner just edged out Lawrence O’Donnell with 1.411 million total viewers for the top spot. O’Donnell brought in 1.402 for a close second place.
Nicolle Wallace landed in third place with 1.39 million total viewers.
While Wagner topped her network, she still came in second at 9 p.m., as Fox News’s Hannity won the hour with 2.61 million 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: 1015 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 289 |
MORNING JOE: 908 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 13 |
EARLY MORNING: 12 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1215 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 358 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 83 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 40 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1458 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 504 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1530 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 593 |
MORNING JOE: 866 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 115 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1528 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 564 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 617 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 28 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1539 |
AT THIS HOUR: 556 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 627 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1640 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 616 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 646 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 112 |
BLUE BLOODS: 48 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1403 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 709 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 676 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 152 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1372 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 667 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 170 |
BLUE BLOODS: 161 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1456 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 677 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 757 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 196 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1466 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 617 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1388 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 181 |
BLUE BLOODS: 189 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3239 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 709 |
— | SPICER & CO: 146 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 66 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2395 |
SITUATION ROOM: 616 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1337 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 125 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 31 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2653 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 593 |
REIDOUT: 1104 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 185 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 36 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3184 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 728 |
ALL IN SPECIAL REPORT: 1092 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 137 |
CUOMO: 71 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2612 |
CNN TOWN HALL: 446 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1411 |
PRIME NEWS: 91 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 109 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2139 |
— | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1402 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 132 |
BANFIELD: 104 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1889 |
CNN TONIGHT: 248 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 984 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 47 |
CUOMO: 60 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 142 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 73 |
MORNING JOE: 119 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 1 |
EARLY MORNING: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 146 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 69 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 4 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 7 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 189 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 84 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 200 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 85 |
MORNING JOE: 71 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 7 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 175 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 93 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 61 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 3 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 172 |
AT THIS HOUR: 89 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 55 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 179 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 98 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 67 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 10 |
BLUE BLOODS: 5 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 176 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 117 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 61 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 11 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 153 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 106 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 19 |
BLUE BLOODS: 13 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 181 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 103 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 87 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 23 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 175 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 105 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 131 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 14 |
BLUE BLOODS: 29 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 355 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 134 |
— | SPICER & CO: 6 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 265 |
SITUATION ROOM: 139 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 134 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 6 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 4 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 282 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 125 |
REIDOUT: 94 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 14 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 5 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 391 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 119 |
ALL IN SPECIAL REPORT: 94 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 22 |
CUOMO: 6 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 312 |
CNN TOWN HALL: 101 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 139 |
PRIME NEWS: 16 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 14 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 267 |
— | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 146 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 12 |
BANFIELD: 15 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 297 |
CNN TONIGHT: 50 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 132 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 1 |
CUOMO: 10 |
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: 499,000
Fox News: 1.70 million
MSNBC: 909,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 91,000
Fox News: 208,000
MSNBC: 94,000
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: 540,000
Fox News: 2.64 million
MSNBC: 1.30 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 107,000
Fox News: 323,000
MSNBC: 126,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.