Cable News Ratings Wednesday November 2: Tucker Carlson Wins Demo By More Than 100,000 Viewers

Mediaite StaffNov 3rd, 2022, 4:41 pm
 

Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson scored a whopping 583,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic on Wednesday night.

Carlson landed in first place in cable news in the demo, far outpacing his nearest competitor, Jesse Watters, who brought in 465,000 demo viewers.

In terms of total viewers, Carlson came in second place overall, just behind Fox News’s The Five.

Carlson’s demo numbers were so high though, his demo audience was larger than CNN’s total day average and prime time average of total viewers, which came in at 475,000 and 520,000 — respectively.

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:
1185		 CNN THIS MORNING:
315		 MORNING JOE:
832		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
24		 EARLY MORNING:
17
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1613		 CNN THIS MORNING:
388		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
103		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
27
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1768		 CNN THIS MORNING:
510		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1752		 CNN NEWSROOM:
536		 MORNING JOE:
885		 NATIONAL REPORT:
154		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1766		 CNN NEWSROOM:
541		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
650		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
25
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1818		 AT THIS HOUR:
534		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
544		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2015		 INSIDE POLITICS:
490		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
552		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
119		 BLUE BLOODS:
61
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1696		 CNN NEWSROOM:
471		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
584		 — BLUE BLOODS:
112
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1568		 CNN NEWSROOM:
519		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
613		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
124		 BLUE BLOODS:
153
3p STORY, THE:
1657		 CNN NEWSROOM:
546		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
702		 — BLUE BLOODS:
197
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1699		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
630		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1279		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
195		 BLUE BLOODS:
215
5p FIVE, THE:
3592		 SITUATION ROOM:
664		 — SPICER & CO:
205		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
99
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2709		 SITUATION ROOM:
624		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1335		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
172		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
54
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3128		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
808		 REIDOUT:
1532		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
242		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
61
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3577		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
676		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1403		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
188		 CUOMO:
96
9p HANNITY:
2847		 CNN TONIGHT:
506		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1280		 PRIME NEWS:
134		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
54
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2520		 CNN TONIGHT:
377		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1368		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
216		 BANFIELD:
47
11p GUTFELD!:
2497		 CNN TONIGHT:
260		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
972		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
128		 CUOMO:
51

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
164		 CNN THIS MORNING:
66		 MORNING JOE:
84		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
11		 EARLY MORNING:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
226		 CNN THIS MORNING:
78		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
19		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
229		 CNN THIS MORNING:
76		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
248		 CNN NEWSROOM:
99		 MORNING JOE:
105		 NATIONAL REPORT:
15		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
219		 CNN NEWSROOM:
92		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
67		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
1
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
230		 AT THIS HOUR:
99		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
47		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
278		 INSIDE POLITICS:
97		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
60		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
14		 BLUE BLOODS:
4
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
262		 CNN NEWSROOM:
91		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
73		 — BLUE BLOODS:
15
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
243		 CNN NEWSROOM:
100		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
69		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
19		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
3p STORY, THE:
265		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
81		 — BLUE BLOODS:
23
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
237		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
120		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
116		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
23		 BLUE BLOODS:
15
5p FIVE, THE:
463		 SITUATION ROOM:
135		 — SPICER & CO:
33		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
388		 SITUATION ROOM:
138		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
135		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
18		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
465		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
159		 REIDOUT:
173		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
15		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
15
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
583		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
124		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
144		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
16		 CUOMO:
19
9p HANNITY:
431		 CNN TONIGHT:
131		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
112		 PRIME NEWS:
14		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
10
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
328		 CNN TONIGHT:
76		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
145		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
21		 BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
417		 CNN TONIGHT:
44		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
114		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
10		 CUOMO:
12

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: 475,000

Fox News: 2.12 million

MSNBC: 896,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 93,000

Fox News: 295,000

MSNBC: 95,000

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: 520,000

Fox News: 2.98 million

MSNBC: 1.35 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 110,000

Fox News: 447,000

MSNBC: 133,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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