Cable News Ratings Wednesday March 2: CNN Beats MSNBC in Prime Time, Fox Remains Dominant

Mediaite StaffMar 4th, 2022, 11:45 am
 

CNN beat MSNBC during prime time on Wednesday in terms of overall viewers. While CNN regularly beats MSNBC in the key 25-54 age demographic, the network has lagged behind MSNBC for total viewers in recent months.

On Wednesday night CNN brought in a total of 1.85 million average prime time viewers, while MSNBC brought in only 1.73 million.

Fox News continued to dominate with a soaring 3.91 million total average viewers across prime time.

Fox also landed in first place, with CNN in second and MSNBC in third across the demo for both day time and prime time. The networks landed in the same order for day time as well, in terms of overall average 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:
1430		 NEW DAY:
555		 MORNING JOE:
1119		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
18		 ELEMENTARY:
13
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1913		 NEW DAY:
856		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
144		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
24
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
2291		 NEW DAY:
1046		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2458		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1292		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
999		 NATIONAL REPORT:
173		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2648		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1417		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
843		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
86
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2593		 AT THIS HOUR:
1320		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
856		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
158
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2542		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1343		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
898		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
193		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
232
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2243		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1335		 MTP DAILY:
831		 — BLUE BLOODS:
173
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2268		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1511		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
820		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
213		 BLUE BLOODS:
170
3p STORY, THE:
2414		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1684		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
992		 — BLUE BLOODS:
268
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2424		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1591		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1547		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
315		 BLUE BLOODS:
271
5p FIVE, THE:
4230		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1661		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
336		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
118
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
3220		 SITUATION ROOM:
1523		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1385		 SPICER & CO:
352		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
55
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3564		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1768		 REIDOUT:
1342		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
468		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
56
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
4453		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
2144		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1537		 STINCHFIELD:
366		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
73
9p HANNITY:
3918		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1844		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2057		 PRIME NEWS:
219		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
60
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
3348		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1578		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1594		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
235		 BANFIELD:
54
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
2201		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1247		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1149		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
164		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
24

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
301		 NEW DAY:
157		 MORNING JOE:
139		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
2		 ELEMENTARY:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
423		 NEW DAY:
202		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
31		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
6
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
390		 NEW DAY:
254		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
462		 CNN NEWSROOM:
288		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
112		 NATIONAL REPORT:
32		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
478		 CNN NEWSROOM:
321		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
106		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
456		 AT THIS HOUR:
345		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
121		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
26
12p OUTNUMBERED:
494		 INSIDE POLITICS:
373		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
99		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
41		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
25
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
462		 CNN NEWSROOM:
350		 MTP DAILY:
107		 — BLUE BLOODS:
29
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
474		 CNN NEWSROOM:
399		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
106		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
41		 BLUE BLOODS:
18
3p STORY, THE:
545		 CNN NEWSROOM:
440		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
91		 — BLUE BLOODS:
28
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
514		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
433		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
175		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
55		 BLUE BLOODS:
26
5p FIVE, THE:
754		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
477		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
72		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
678		 SITUATION ROOM:
413		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
184		 SPICER & CO:
71		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
709		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
506		 REIDOUT:
220		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
72		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
847		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
640		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
201		 STINCHFIELD:
70		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
8
9p HANNITY:
750		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
622		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
276		 PRIME NEWS:
28		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
7
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
734		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
486		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
228		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
40		 BANFIELD:
9
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
532		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
422		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
203		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
11		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
5

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: 1.33 million

Fox: 2.54 million

MSNBC: 1.13 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 374,000

Fox News: 518,000

MSNBC: 149,000

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: 1.85 million

Fox News: 3.91 million

MSNBC: 1.73 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 582,000

Fox News: 777,000

MSNBC: 235,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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