Cable News Ratings Wednesday March 30: Lawrence O’Donnell Leads MSNBC in Total Viewers

Mediaite StaffMar 31st, 2022, 4:34 pm
 

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell led his network in the ratings on Wednesday, just barely eclipsing The Rachel Maddow Show, which was guest-hosted by Ali Velshi.

O’Donnell raked in some 1.525 million total average viewers at 10 p.m., just enough to top Velshi’s 1.502 million viewer total at 9 p.m.

Chris Hayes at 8 p.m. landed the third-highest rated show on the network with 1.45 million total average viewers.

MSNBC averaged 1.49 million viewers across prime time, putting the network in a solid second place behind Fox News, which averaged 3.15 million viewers across prime time. CNN came in third place with 864,000 average viewers in prime time.

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:
1014		 NEW DAY:
334		 MORNING JOE:
831		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
10		 ELEMENTARY:
34
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1368		 NEW DAY:
429		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
83		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
32
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1680		 NEW DAY:
586		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1789		 CNN NEWSROOM:
645		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
741		 NATIONAL REPORT:
129		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1774		 CNN NEWSROOM:
776		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
666		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
108
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1798		 AT THIS HOUR:
748		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
621		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
159
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1872		 INSIDE POLITICS:
774		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
809		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
138		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
231
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1676		 CNN NEWSROOM:
799		 MTP DAILY:
741		 — BLUE BLOODS:
149
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1549		 CNN NEWSROOM:
839		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
672		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
172		 BLUE BLOODS:
199
3p STORY, THE:
1591		 CNN NEWSROOM:
790		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
710		 — BLUE BLOODS:
243
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1617		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
861		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1196		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
276		 BLUE BLOODS:
240
5p FIVE, THE:
3556		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
823		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
198		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
109
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2642		 SITUATION ROOM:
788		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1273		 SPICER & CO:
247		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
71
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2959		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
894		 REIDOUT:
1139		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
338		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
70
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3676		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
890		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1445		 STINCHFIELD:
294		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
85
9p HANNITY:
3287		 CNN TONIGHT:
936		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1502		 PRIME NEWS:
143		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
115
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2482		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
767		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1525		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
152		 BANFIELD:
96
11p GUTFELD!:
2292		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
607		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
999		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
116		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
55

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
233		 NEW DAY:
82		 MORNING JOE:
80		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
5
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
256		 NEW DAY:
82		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
9		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
10
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
254		 NEW DAY:
121		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
299		 CNN NEWSROOM:
124		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
62		 NATIONAL REPORT:
13		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
296		 CNN NEWSROOM:
152		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
58		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
22
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
283		 AT THIS HOUR:
135		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
73		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
36
12p OUTNUMBERED:
301		 INSIDE POLITICS:
155		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
76		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
29		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
27
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
245		 CNN NEWSROOM:
173		 MTP DAILY:
80		 — BLUE BLOODS:
18
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
226		 CNN NEWSROOM:
171		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
72		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
38		 BLUE BLOODS:
42
3p STORY, THE:
284		 CNN NEWSROOM:
162		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
88		 — BLUE BLOODS:
45
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
289		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
179		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
105		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
41		 BLUE BLOODS:
51
5p FIVE, THE:
528		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
179		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
36		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
25
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
379		 SITUATION ROOM:
202		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
140		 SPICER & CO:
40		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
11
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
422		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
279		 REIDOUT:
154		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
59		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
22
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
581		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
230		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
177		 STINCHFIELD:
63		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
11
9p HANNITY:
454		 CNN TONIGHT:
230		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
205		 PRIME NEWS:
36		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
349		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
221		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
187		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
17		 BANFIELD:
18
11p GUTFELD!:
376		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
162		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
138		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
7		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
11

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: 686,000

Fox: 1.96 million

MSNBC: 899,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 159,000

Fox News: 313,000

MSNBC: 100,000

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: 864,000

Fox News: 3.15 million

MSNBC: 1.49 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 227,000

Fox News: 461,000

MSNBC: 190,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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