Cable News Ratings Wednesday March 9: MSNBC Beats CNN in Prime Time Total Viewers

Mediaite StaffMar 10th, 2022, 4:44 pm
 

MSNBC retained its edge over CNN across prime time on Wednesday.

While CNN effectively tied MSNBC during the day time in terms of total viewers, MSNBC continues to land in a solid second in prime time – behind Fox News.

Across day time MSNBC brought in an average of 1.013 million viewers, while CNN was very close behind with an average of 1.010 million viewers.

In prime time, however, MSNBC brought in an average of 1.64 million viewers compared to CNN’s 1.27 million viewers.

CNN managed to handily beat MSNBC in the prime time demo, however, averaging 433,000 to MSNBC’s 226,000.

Fox News still led the way with an average of 2.16 million day time viewers and 3.17 million prime time viewers. In the demo MSNBC landed in third in both day time and prime time, while CNN was in second and Fox News scored first place – yet again.

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:
1157		 NEW DAY:
497		 MORNING JOE:
962		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
16		 ELEMENTARY:
20
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1620		 NEW DAY:
640		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
92		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
40
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1973		 NEW DAY:
769		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2130		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1029		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
880		 NATIONAL REPORT:
186		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2171		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1068		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
762		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
82
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2044		 AT THIS HOUR:
1172		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
777		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
115
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2149		 INSIDE POLITICS:
1247		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
175		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
194
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2238		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1155		 MTP DAILY:
866		 — BLUE BLOODS:
150
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2173		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1208		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
874		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
165		 BLUE BLOODS:
284
3p STORY, THE:
2262		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1254		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
876		 — BLUE BLOODS:
330
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2230		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1307		 — ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
193		 BLUE BLOODS:
345
5p FIVE, THE:
3871		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1277		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
252		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
161
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2937		 SITUATION ROOM:
1138		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1225		 SPICER & CO:
343		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
72
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2826		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1261		 REIDOUT:
1266		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
412		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
63
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3989		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1374		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1456		 STINCHFIELD:
304		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
79
9p HANNITY:
3167		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1230		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1881		 PRIME NEWS:
129		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
79
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2364		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1210		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1570		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
151		 BANFIELD:
54
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
1453		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
826		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1058		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
154		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
63

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
273		 NEW DAY:
127		 MORNING JOE:
121		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
335		 NEW DAY:
174		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
10		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
6
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
380		 NEW DAY:
207		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
388		 CNN NEWSROOM:
218		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
136		 NATIONAL REPORT:
36		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
458		 CNN NEWSROOM:
233		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
119		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
3
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
445		 AT THIS HOUR:
217		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
109		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
10
12p OUTNUMBERED:
395		 INSIDE POLITICS:
277		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
40		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
17
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
423		 CNN NEWSROOM:
292		 MTP DAILY:
118		 — BLUE BLOODS:
27
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
415		 CNN NEWSROOM:
329		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
115		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
30		 BLUE BLOODS:
46
3p STORY, THE:
392		 CNN NEWSROOM:
315		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
121		 — BLUE BLOODS:
52
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
403		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
262		 — ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
28		 BLUE BLOODS:
78
5p FIVE, THE:
620		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
266		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
33		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
21
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
539		 SITUATION ROOM:
297		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
121		 SPICER & CO:
27		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
12
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
507		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
383		 REIDOUT:
183		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
44		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
13
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
743		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
427		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
191		 STINCHFIELD:
34		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
8
9p HANNITY:
584		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
428		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
292		 PRIME NEWS:
16		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
504		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
444		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
195		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
18		 BANFIELD:
5
11p FOX NEWS AT NIGHT:
335		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
273		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
164		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
7		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
6

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: 1.01 million

Fox: 2.16 million

MSNBC: 1.01 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 268,000

Fox News: 417,000

MSNBC: 139,000

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: 1.27 million

Fox News: 3.17 million

MSNBC: 1.64 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 433,000

Fox News: 610,000

MSNBC: 226,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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