Cable News Ratings Wednesday January 25: Lawrence O’Donnell Leads MSNBC in Total Viewers, Ties Joy Reid to Top the Demo

Mediaite StaffJan 26th, 2023, 4:36 pm
 

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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell led his network on Wednesday night in total viewers and tied Joy Reid for first place in the key 25-54 age demographic.

In terms of total viewers, O’Donnell topped MSNBC with 1.427 million viewers — just beating Chris Hayes’s 1.416 million average viewers. But, while O’Donnell far outpaced his CNN competition, he lost the 10 p.m. hour to Fox News’s Laura Ingraham.

In the demo, Reid and Lawrence tied with 156,000 viewers. Ari Melber came in second on MSNBC with 142,000 demo 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:
910		 CNN THIS MORNING:
242		 MORNING JOE:
788		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
22		 EARLY MORNING:
12
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1381		 CNN THIS MORNING:
335		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
73		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
24
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1687		 CNN THIS MORNING:
505		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1718		 CNN NEWSROOM:
541		 MORNING JOE:
834		 NATIONAL REPORT:
142		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1697		 CNN NEWSROOM:
683		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
563		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
26
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1742		 AT THIS HOUR:
634		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
540		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1910		 INSIDE POLITICS:
734		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
702		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
127		 BLUE BLOODS:
68
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1688		 CNN NEWSROOM:
627		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
707		 — BLUE BLOODS:
127
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1733		 CNN NEWSROOM:
567		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
761		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
94		 BLUE BLOODS:
181
3p STORY, THE:
1626		 CNN NEWSROOM:
562		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
772		 — BLUE BLOODS:
194
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1490		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
566		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1366		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
178		 BLUE BLOODS:
220
5p FIVE, THE:
3598		 SITUATION ROOM:
642		 — SPICER & CO:
140		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
90
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2641		 SITUATION ROOM:
555		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1391		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
129		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
58
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3108		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
576		 REIDOUT:
1193		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
237		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
48
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3508		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
580		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1416		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
167		 CUOMO:
154
9p HANNITY:
2897		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
521		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1279		 PRIME NEWS:
93		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
116
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2060		 CNN TONIGHT:
384		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1427		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
164		 BANFIELD:
92
11p GUTFELD!:
1945		 CNN TONIGHT:
323		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
901		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
74		 CUOMO:
86

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
124		 CNN THIS MORNING:
49		 MORNING JOE:
73		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
0		 EARLY MORNING:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
162		 CNN THIS MORNING:
75		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
3		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
227		 CNN THIS MORNING:
100		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
202		 CNN NEWSROOM:
95		 MORNING JOE:
74		 NATIONAL REPORT:
9		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
208		 CNN NEWSROOM:
109		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
46		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
3
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
225		 AT THIS HOUR:
102		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
59		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
230		 INSIDE POLITICS:
101		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
57		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
8		 BLUE BLOODS:
19
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
254		 CNN NEWSROOM:
94		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
73		 — BLUE BLOODS:
25
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
239		 CNN NEWSROOM:
86		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
72		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
4		 BLUE BLOODS:
30
3p STORY, THE:
230		 CNN NEWSROOM:
75		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
66		 — BLUE BLOODS:
32
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
204		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
74		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
93		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
13		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
5p FIVE, THE:
396		 SITUATION ROOM:
86		 — SPICER & CO:
5		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
27
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
361		 SITUATION ROOM:
111		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
142		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
6		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
26
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
376		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
100		 REIDOUT:
156		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
18		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
489		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
120		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
128		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
19		 CUOMO:
22
9p HANNITY:
317		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
126		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
124		 PRIME NEWS:
5		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
16
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
233		 CNN TONIGHT:
104		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
156		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
16		 BANFIELD:
7
11p GUTFELD!:
274		 CNN TONIGHT:
75		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
105		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
0		 CUOMO:
14

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: 490,000

Fox News: 1.87 million

MSNBC: 900,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 86,000

Fox News: 241,000

MSNBC: 90,000

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: 495,000

Fox News: 2.82 million

MSNBC: 1.37 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 117,000

Fox News: 346,000

MSNBC: 136,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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