Cable News Ratings Wednesday March 16: Gutfeld’s Late Night Show Beats Every CNN and MSNBC Program

Mediaite StaffMar 17th, 2022, 4:34 pm
 

Fox News’ 11 p.m. talk show, Gutfeld!, beat every CNN and MSNBC program in total viewers and the key 25-54 age demographic on Wednesday.

Greg Gutfeld’s show pulled in 2.17 million total viewers, far outpacing the MSNBC and CNN competition. MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show came closest with with 1.47 million.

Gutfeld! pulled in 435,000 demo viewers, which topped Anderson Cooper’s 414,000 demo viewers at 9 p.m. – the biggest demo audience for a non-Fox show.

While Cooper led CNN in the demo, Tucker Carlson’s 623,000 demo viewers landed in first place, both on Fox News and in all of cable news.

The Rachel Maddow Show led that network in the demo, with 225,000 viewers.

Across both day time and prime time averages, Fox News ranked first in the demo, followed by CNN, and MSNBC landed in third.

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:
1110		 NEW DAY:
363		 MORNING JOE:
816		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
24		 ELEMENTARY:
33
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1447		 NEW DAY:
469		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
81		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
29
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1871		 NEW DAY:
778		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2724		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1209		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1318		 NATIONAL REPORT:
215		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2424		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1143		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
831		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
61
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2122		 AT THIS HOUR:
1174		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
799		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
142
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2274		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1277		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
971		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
219		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
187
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2323		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1223		 MTP DAILY:
1088		 — BLUE BLOODS:
128
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1966		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1117		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
795		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
153		 BLUE BLOODS:
184
3p STORY, THE:
1968		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1108		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
752		 — BLUE BLOODS:
301
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1831		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1157		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1171		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
271		 BLUE BLOODS:
316
5p FIVE, THE:
3352		 SITUATION ROOM:
1100		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
236		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
154
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2456		 SITUATION ROOM:
1015		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1151		 SPICER & CO:
246		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
76
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2797		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1080		 REIDOUT:
1100		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
367		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
47
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3442		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1287		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1178		 STINCHFIELD:
259		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
68
9p HANNITY:
3063		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1233		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1479		 PRIME NEWS:
146		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
66
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2581		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1028		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1364		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
166		 BANFIELD:
62
11p GUTFELD!:
2176		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
720		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
918		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
142		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
35

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
250		 NEW DAY:
77		 MORNING JOE:
92		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
4		 ELEMENTARY:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
311		 NEW DAY:
115		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
357		 NEW DAY:
185		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
404		 CNN NEWSROOM:
293		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
132		 NATIONAL REPORT:
20		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
365		 CNN NEWSROOM:
281		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
74		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
7
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
363		 AT THIS HOUR:
278		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
71		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
22
12p OUTNUMBERED:
396		 INSIDE POLITICS:
304		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
75		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
31		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
22
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
412		 CNN NEWSROOM:
299		 MTP DAILY:
87		 — BLUE BLOODS:
14
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
331		 CNN NEWSROOM:
251		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
80		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
24		 BLUE BLOODS:
57
3p STORY, THE:
352		 CNN NEWSROOM:
249		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
111		 — BLUE BLOODS:
69
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
314		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
227		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
101		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
28		 BLUE BLOODS:
54
5p FIVE, THE:
506		 SITUATION ROOM:
280		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
36		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
27
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
369		 SITUATION ROOM:
283		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
146		 SPICER & CO:
34		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
16
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
480		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
295		 REIDOUT:
139		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
43		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
12
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
623		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
407		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
158		 STINCHFIELD:
50		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
11
9p HANNITY:
463		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
414		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
225		 PRIME NEWS:
25		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
444		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
329		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
203		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
20		 BANFIELD:
3
11p GUTFELD!:
435		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
218		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
129		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
28		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
4

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: 951,000

Fox: 2.12 million

MSNBC: 939,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 250,000

Fox News: 371,000

MSNBC: 110,000

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: 1.18 million

Fox News: 3.03 million

MSNBC: 1.34 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 383,000

Fox News: 510,000

MSNBC: 195,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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