Cable News Ratings Wednesday March 23: Anderson Cooper 360 Leads All Non-Fox News Cable Shows in Demo
Both hours of Anderson Cooper 360 led all non-Fox News Channel cable news shows in the advertiser-coveted 25 to 54 age demographic on Wednesday.
The first and second hours of Anderson Cooper’s show notched 378,000 and 392,000 viewers in the demo, respectively.
The first hour of Don Lemon Tonight, which follows AC360, was the only other CNN or MSNBC program on Wednesday to crack 300,000 in the demo, with 341,000.
It was business as usual over at Fox News, which dominated the demo in every time slot. Tucker Carlson Tonight, which airs during the first hour of AC360, grabbed 654,000. Hannity, which airs during the second hour, had 531,000.
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: 997 |
NEW DAY: 391 |
MORNING JOE: 889 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 15 |
ELEMENTARY: 26 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1463 |
NEW DAY: 504 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 80 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 28 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1768 |
NEW DAY: 601 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1873 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 814 |
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: 916 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 151 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1818 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 851 |
— | — | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 99 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1980 |
AT THIS HOUR: 890 |
— | — | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 123 |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 2142 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 851 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 821 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 170 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 202 |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1906 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 836 |
MTP DAILY: 772 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 203 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1816 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 950 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 869 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 166 |
BLUE BLOODS: 233 |
3p | STORY, THE: 1763 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 927 |
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: 1086 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 281 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1956 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 1113 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1223 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 215 |
BLUE BLOODS: 286 |
5p | FIVE, THE: 3570 |
SITUATION ROOM: 1147 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 204 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 155 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2796 |
SITUATION ROOM: 1022 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1337 |
SPICER & CO: 255 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 95 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2940 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 1154 |
REIDOUT: 1247 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 327 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 58 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3702 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 1328 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1595 |
STINCHFIELD: 283 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 59 |
9p | HANNITY: 3171 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 1242 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 1902 |
PRIME NEWS: 153 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 68 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2586 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 1097 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1708 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 133 |
BANFIELD: 61 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 2126 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 781 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 984 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 119 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 34 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 241 |
NEW DAY: 79 |
MORNING JOE: 108 |
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 2 |
ELEMENTARY: 0 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 283 |
NEW DAY: 119 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 18 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 1 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 256 |
NEW DAY: 157 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 334 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 190 |
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: 99 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 14 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 309 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 188 |
— | — | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 9 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 320 |
AT THIS HOUR: 177 |
— | — | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 20 |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 363 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 151 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 66 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 29 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 22 |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 323 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 157 |
MTP DAILY: 48 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 49 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 272 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 199 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 96 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 23 |
BLUE BLOODS: 68 |
3p | STORY, THE: 288 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 208 |
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE: 102 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 63 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 365 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 248 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 134 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 21 |
BLUE BLOODS: 37 |
5p | FIVE, THE: 562 |
SITUATION ROOM: 286 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 24 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 36 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 478 |
SITUATION ROOM: 267 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 168 |
SPICER & CO: 43 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 21 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 488 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 328 |
REIDOUT: 184 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 53 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 9 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 654 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 378 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 241 |
STINCHFIELD: 53 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 11 |
9p | HANNITY: 531 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 392 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 239 |
PRIME NEWS: 38 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 23 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 417 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 341 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 173 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 36 |
BANFIELD: 18 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 353 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 240 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 127 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 30 |
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: 854,000
Fox: 2.04 million
MSNBC: 1.03 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 218,000
Fox News: 353,000
MSNBC: 123,000
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: 1.22 million
Fox News: 3.15 million
MSNBC: 1.74 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 370,000
Fox News: 534,000
MSNBC: 218,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.