Cable News Ratings Wednesday, November 10: Tucker Carlson Draws Big Ratings For Rittenhouse Coverage

Mediaite StaffNov 11th, 2021, 5:41 pm
 

J.D. Vance on Tucker Carlson Tonight

Fox News anchors Tucker Carlson drew big ratings for coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, surging ahead of (newly-crowned) regular ratings winner, The Five.

Carlson, who had an interview with Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance about the trial, drew 3.53 million total viewers and a whopping 639,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic. Carlson also had an animated interview with Republican Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), in which Turner explained to a baffled Carlson why the United States backs Ukraine (a democracy with borders) over Russia (an autocracy with no respect for borders.)

The Five, which has been beating Tucker Carlson Tonight in recent months, drew 3.24 million total viewers and 500,000 in the demo.

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:
1175		 NEW DAY:
285		 MORNING JOE:
893		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
11		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
29
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1490		 NEW DAY:
427		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
103		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
30
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1812		 NEW DAY:
492		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1839		 CNN NEWSROOM:
556		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
832		 NATIONAL REPORT:
160		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1821		 CNN NEWSROOM:
628		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
645		 — JAG:
90
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1904		 AT THIS HOUR:
637		 — — JAG:
132
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2184		 INSIDE POLITICS:
773		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
158		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
158
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1881		 CNN NEWSROOM:
678		 MTP DAILY:
735		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
222
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1916		 CNN NEWSROOM:
755		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
687		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
127		 BLUE BLOODS:
177
3p STORY, THE:
1925		 CNN NEWSROOM:
950		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
219
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1853		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
848		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1356		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
187		 BLUE BLOODS:
263
5p FIVE, THE:
3243		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
771		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
232		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
78
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2390		 SITUATION ROOM:
687		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1196		 SPICER & CO:
312		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
41
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2157		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
824		 REIDOUT:
1135		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
377		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
51
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3532		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
824		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1243		 STINCHFIELD:
239		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
58
9p HANNITY:
3139		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
859		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2146		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
171		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
65
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2471		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
657		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1444		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
165		 BANFIELD:
39
11p GUTFELD!:
2005		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
444		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1132		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
117		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
31

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
242		 NEW DAY:
37		 MORNING JOE:
87		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
3		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
250		 NEW DAY:
79		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
16		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
0
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
256		 NEW DAY:
119		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
298		 CNN NEWSROOM:
136		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
62		 NATIONAL REPORT:
31		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
277		 CNN NEWSROOM:
155		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
64		 — JAG:
13
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
264		 AT THIS HOUR:
174		 — — JAG:
22
12p OUTNUMBERED:
374		 INSIDE POLITICS:
188		 — JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
33		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
26
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
293		 CNN NEWSROOM:
163		 MTP DAILY:
66		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
356		 CNN NEWSROOM:
177		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
67		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
22		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
3p STORY, THE:
320		 CNN NEWSROOM:
212		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
26
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
284		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
165		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
132		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
29		 BLUE BLOODS:
36
5p FIVE, THE:
500		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
155		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
28		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
11
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
388		 SITUATION ROOM:
155		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
133		 SPICER & CO:
30		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
3
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
370		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
192		 REIDOUT:
165		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
45		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
639		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
185		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
169		 STINCHFIELD:
47		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
5
9p HANNITY:
511		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
218		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
269		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
36		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
459		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
191		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
166		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
23		 BANFIELD:
14
11p GUTFELD!:
432		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
140		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
135		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
20		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
0

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 614,000

Fox: 1.96 million

MSNBC: 977,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 149,000

Fox News: 338,000

MSNBC: 111,000

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: 780,000

Fox News: 3.04 million

MSNBC: 1.61 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 198,000

Fox News: 536,000

MSNBC: 201,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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