Cable News Ratings Wednesday March 1: O’Donnell Leads MSNBC Overall, Ingraham Wins at 10 P.M.

Mediaite StaffMar 2nd, 2023, 4:37 pm
 

Lawrence O'Donnell

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell led MSNBC in both the key 25-54 age demographic and in total viewers on Wednesday.

O’Donnell scored 1.41 million total viewers, just beating Nicolle Wallace’s 1.35 million viewers.

In the demo, O’Donnell brought in 137,000, beating second place Stephanie Ruhle at 120k demo viewers.

Fox News’s Laura Ingraham won the 10 p.m. hour overall, with 2.05 million total viewers and 269k in the demo. CNN Tonight landed in a distant third at 452,000 total and just 84k 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:
945		 CNN THIS MORNING:
252		 MORNING JOE:
801		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
14		 EARLY MORNING:
12
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1332		 CNN THIS MORNING:
360		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
64		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
36
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1652		 CNN THIS MORNING:
443		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1571		 CNN NEWSROOM:
531		 MORNING JOE:
754		 NATIONAL REPORT:
105		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1624		 CNN NEWSROOM:
550		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
607		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
26
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1561		 AT THIS HOUR:
525		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
576		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1544		 INSIDE POLITICS:
578		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
662 [12:14 PM-1:06 PM]		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
143		 BLUE BLOODS:
61
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1310		 CNN NEWSROOM:
528		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
622 [1:07 PM-2:27 PM]		 — BLUE BLOODS:
109
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1358		 CNN NEWSROOM:
582		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
96		 BLUE BLOODS:
154
3p STORY, THE:
1412		 CNN NEWSROOM:
606		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
741 [2:28 PM-3:45 PM]		 — BLUE BLOODS:
195
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1574		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
637		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1353		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
166		 BLUE BLOODS:
235
5p FIVE, THE:
3133		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
599		 — SPICER & CO:
160		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
106
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2284		 SITUATION ROOM:
548		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1297		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
146		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
49
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2673		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
606		 REIDOUT:
1046		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
201		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
42
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2943		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
599		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1164		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
149		 CUOMO:
152
9p HANNITY:
2447		 CNN PRIMETIME:
577		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1189		 PRIME NEWS:
83		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
151
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2051		 CNN TONIGHT:
452		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1413		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
109		 BANFIELD:
126
11p GUTFELD!:
1956		 CNN TONIGHT:
341		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1012		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
88		 CUOMO:
89

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
129		 CNN THIS MORNING:
57		 MORNING JOE:
118		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
2		 EARLY MORNING:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
209		 CNN THIS MORNING:
74		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
6		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
238		 CNN THIS MORNING:
88		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
197		 CNN NEWSROOM:
100		 MORNING JOE:
83		 NATIONAL REPORT:
7		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
200		 CNN NEWSROOM:
113		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
79		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
1
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
223		 AT THIS HOUR:
98		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
73		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
196		 INSIDE POLITICS:
91		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
105 [12:14 PM-1:06 PM]		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
10		 BLUE BLOODS:
6
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
172		 CNN NEWSROOM:
85		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
62 [1:07 PM-2:27 PM]		 — BLUE BLOODS:
12
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
181		 CNN NEWSROOM:
76		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
6		 BLUE BLOODS:
14
3p STORY, THE:
207		 CNN NEWSROOM:
101		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
74 [2:28 PM-3:45 PM]		 — BLUE BLOODS:
17
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
220		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
136		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
119		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
6		 BLUE BLOODS:
21
5p FIVE, THE:
340		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
126		 — SPICER & CO:
8		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
4
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
229		 SITUATION ROOM:
98		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
117		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
9		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
288		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
129		 REIDOUT:
104		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
22		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
459		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
110		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
107		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
24		 CUOMO:
39
9p HANNITY:
303		 CNN PRIMETIME:
102		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
117		 PRIME NEWS:
16		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
36
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
269		 CNN TONIGHT:
84		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
137		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
12		 BANFIELD:
32
11p GUTFELD!:
308		 CNN TONIGHT:
59		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
120		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
4		 CUOMO:
9

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: 479,000

Fox News: 1.69 million

MSNBC: 861,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 87,000

Fox News: 224,000

MSNBC: 95,000

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: 543,000

Fox News: 2.48 million

MSNBC: 1.25

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 99,000

Fox News: 344,000

MSNBC: 120,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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