Cable News Ratings Wednesday May 4: MSNBC Nearly Doubles CNN Across Prime Time — Even Without Maddow

Mediaite StaffMay 5th, 2022, 4:40 pm
 

MSNBC landed again in second place in the cable news ratings on Wednesday, in terms of overall viewership.

CNN remained in third place, while Fox News continued its long-held dominance as the most-watched network in cable news.

The distance between the three networks was on stark display, particularly across prime time on Wednesday night. CNN brought in an average of 654,000 total viewers, while MSNBC did almost double that with an average of 1.27 million total viewers. MSNBC’s haul is particularly of note as its top-rated host Rachel Maddow is now only on-air on Monday nights, her 9 p.m time slot was instead hosted by Ali Velshi.

Fox News more than doubled MSNBC with a total of 2.82 million total viewers across prime time, led by Tucker Carlson’s impressive 3.28 million total 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:
1058		 NEW DAY:
275		 MORNING JOE:
849		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
17		 ELEMENTARY:
24
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1401		 NEW DAY:
353		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
86		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
25
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1765		 NEW DAY:
492		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1743		 CNN NEWSROOM:
548		 MORNING JOE:
808		 NATIONAL REPORT:
146		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1646		 CNN NEWSROOM:
568		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
602		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
117
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1632		 AT THIS HOUR:
562		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
559		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
133
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1789		 INSIDE POLITICS:
590		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
613		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
176		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
200
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1518		 CNN NEWSROOM:
603		 MTP DAILY:
591		 — BLUE BLOODS:
158
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1392		 CNN NEWSROOM:
580		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
591		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
226		 BLUE BLOODS:
190
3p STORY, THE:
1387		 CNN NEWSROOM:
610		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
699		 — BLUE BLOODS:
224
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1432		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
664		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1109		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
271		 BLUE BLOODS:
223
5p FIVE, THE:
3182		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
659		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
196		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
94
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2379		 SITUATION ROOM:
603		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1044		 SPICER & CO:
257		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
32
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2308		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
670		 REIDOUT:
944		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
280		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
18
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3284		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
743		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1153		 NEWSMAX DEBATE: PENNSYLVA:
364		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
36
9p HANNITY:
2876		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
663		 MSNBC PRIME:
1332		 PRIME NEWS:
207		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
89
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2288		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
557		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1329		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
165		 BANFIELD:
65
11p GUTFELD!:
2038		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
422		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
839		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
134		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
40

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
211		 NEW DAY:
59		 MORNING JOE:
94		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
0		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
227		 NEW DAY:
88		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
279		 NEW DAY:
117		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
240		 CNN NEWSROOM:
89		 MORNING JOE:
104		 NATIONAL REPORT:
19		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
229		 CNN NEWSROOM:
117		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
84		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
10
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
210		 AT THIS HOUR:
113		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
73		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
28
12p OUTNUMBERED:
225		 INSIDE POLITICS:
127		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
71		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
29		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
31
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
226		 CNN NEWSROOM:
110		 MTP DAILY:
40		 — BLUE BLOODS:
14
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
215		 CNN NEWSROOM:
146		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
62		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
46		 BLUE BLOODS:
38
3p STORY, THE:
197		 CNN NEWSROOM:
136		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
72		 — BLUE BLOODS:
42
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
209		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
135		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
75		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
41		 BLUE BLOODS:
39
5p FIVE, THE:
474		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
127		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
37		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
8
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
326		 SITUATION ROOM:
153		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
80		 SPICER & CO:
35		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
2
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
288		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
186		 REIDOUT:
111		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
35		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
480		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
155		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
117		 NEWSMAX DEBATE: PENNSYLVA:
50		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
9p HANNITY:
426		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
132		 MSNBC PRIME:
124		 PRIME NEWS:
33		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
12
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
362		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
104		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
173		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
23		 BANFIELD:
18
11p GUTFELD!:
360		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
85		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
140		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
23		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
8

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: 521,000

Fox News: 1.79 million

MSNBC: 811,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 112,000

Fox News: 271,000

MSNBC: 89,000

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: 654,000

Fox News: 2.82 million

MSNBC: 1.27 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 130,000

Fox News: 423,000

MSNBC: 138,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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