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.