Cable News Ratings Wednesday July 6: CNN’s New Day Continues to Trail Morning Show Competition

 

CNN’s morning show, New Day, continues to struggle in the ratings — not only coming in third place, but getting less than half the total viewers of the top-ranked show.

Fox & Friends still leads in the morning show ratings, regularly scoring an audience of over 1 million total viewers and a quarter million viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic.

During the 8 a.m. hour on Thursday, Fox & Friends brought in 1.35 million total viewers and 235,000 demo viewers. MSNBC’s Morning Joe averaged 826,000 total viewers from 6 to 9 a.m. and had some 113,000 average demo viewers tuning in.

CNN, meanwhile, had 449,000 total viewers at 8 a.m. and 103,000 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:
957
NEW DAY:
328
MORNING JOE:
826
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
19
EARLY MORNING:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1235
NEW DAY:
308
WAKE UP AMERICA:
74
MORNING IN AMERICA:
29
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1353
NEW DAY:
449
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1440
CNN NEWSROOM:
554
MORNING JOE:
866
NATIONAL REPORT:
109
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1427
CNN NEWSROOM:
617
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
641
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
124
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1447
AT THIS HOUR:
592
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
609
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
198
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1641
INSIDE POLITICS:
632
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
690
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
120
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
237
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1341
CNN NEWSROOM:
634
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
705
BLUE BLOODS:
115
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1445
CNN NEWSROOM:
560
KATY TUR REPORTS:
678
AMERICAN AGENDA:
112
BLUE BLOODS:
104
3p STORY, THE:
1427
CNN NEWSROOM:
600
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
762
BLUE BLOODS:
162
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1380
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
652
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1416
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
213
BLUE BLOODS:
180
5p FIVE, THE:
3254
SITUATION ROOM:
640
SPICER & CO:
154
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
113
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2261
SITUATION ROOM:
675
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1315
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
113
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
73
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2523
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
713
REIDOUT:
1127
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
166
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
18
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3156
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
858
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1287
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
169
NEWSNATION PRIME:
44
9p HANNITY:
2353
CNN TONIGHT:
784
MSNBC PRIME:
1515
PRIME NEWS:
128
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
48
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2048
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
663
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1430
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
157
BANFIELD:
34
11p GUTFELD!:
2099
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
473
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
966
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
94
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
31

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
138
NEW DAY:
86
MORNING JOE:
113
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
2
EARLY MORNING:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
248
NEW DAY:
73
WAKE UP AMERICA:
10
MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
237
NEW DAY:
103
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
201
CNN NEWSROOM:
140
MORNING JOE:
146
NATIONAL REPORT:
17
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
183
CNN NEWSROOM:
147
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
70
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
15
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
193
AT THIS HOUR:
115
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
82
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
12p OUTNUMBERED:
216
INSIDE POLITICS:
128
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
73
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
11
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
27
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
186
CNN NEWSROOM:
141
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
68
BLUE BLOODS:
8
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
228
CNN NEWSROOM:
115
KATY TUR REPORTS:
76
AMERICAN AGENDA:
18
BLUE BLOODS:
10
3p STORY, THE:
218
CNN NEWSROOM:
113
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
88
BLUE BLOODS:
34
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
205
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
122
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
148
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
26
BLUE BLOODS:
38
5p FIVE, THE:
425
SITUATION ROOM:
146
SPICER & CO:
14
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
29
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
313
SITUATION ROOM:
173
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
168
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
11
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
24
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
305
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
167
REIDOUT:
129
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
9
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
507
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
165
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
126
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
13
NEWSNATION PRIME:
3
9p HANNITY:
313
CNN TONIGHT:
176
MSNBC PRIME:
157
PRIME NEWS:
18
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
2
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
248
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
172
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
129
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
20
BANFIELD:
0
11p GUTFELD!:
379
DON LEMON TONIGHT:
112
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
121
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
12
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
2

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: 548,000

Fox News: 1.70 million

MSNBC: 921,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 120,000

Fox News: 253,000

MSNBC: 107,000

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: 768,000

Fox News: 2.52 million

MSNBC: 1.41 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 171,000

Fox News: 356,000

MSNBC: 138,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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