Cable News Ratings Wednesday, November 24: CNN Pulls Off a Rare Win Over Fox News

Mediaite StaffNov 29th, 2021, 4:56 pm
 

CNN's Alisyn Camerota

CNN Newsroom at 2 p.m., anchored by Alisyn Camerota, topped its Fox News time-slot competition in the key 25-54 age demographic on Wednesday, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Minutes before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, three men were found guilty of murder for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

Newsroom drew a whopping 401,000 demo viewers in the hour, beating out the 363,000 that Fox News’ America Reports saw, marking a rare moment in the cable news ratings of late: A Fox News program not winning its time-slot. While a few CNN weekend shows — notably Jim Acosta’s program — have bested Fox in the demo in certain hours, it has been a long time since a CNN show has won during the week.

MSNBC’s Katy Tur lagged far behind the competition with only 154,000 demo viewers.

Fox News still won out in total viewers for the 2 p.m. hour, beating both CNN and MSNBC.

The only other close competition to Fox News in the charts was MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace at 4 p.m., who notched an average of 1.46 million total viewers. Wallace’s viewership total, which is an average of her two-hour program, came close to Neil Cavuto’s 1.52 million total viewers at 4 p.m.

CNN’s The Lead Jake Tapper ranked third place in his time-slot with 1.14 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:
1064		 NEW DAY:
329		 MORNING JOE:
831		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
17		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
44
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1321		 NEW DAY:
404		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
106		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
28
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1659		 NEW DAY:
450		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1749		 CNN NEWSROOM:
641		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
834		 NATIONAL REPORT:
122		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1749		 CNN NEWSROOM:
695		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
693		 — JAG:
91
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1713		 AT THIS HOUR:
715		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
642		 — JAG:
117
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1884		 INSIDE POLITICS:
724		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
689		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
122		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
150
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1957		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1082		 MTP DAILY:
931		 TROOPATHON 2021:
81		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
176
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1594		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1471		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
1316		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
164		 BLUE BLOODS:
215
3p STORY, THE:
1477		 CNN NEWSROOM:
1233		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
1101		 — BLUE BLOODS:
278
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1518		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1141		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1461		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
231		 BLUE BLOODS:
252
5p FIVE, THE:
3250		 SITUATION ROOM:
991		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
214		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
170
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2218		 SITUATION ROOM:
860		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1365		 SPICER & CO:
261		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
65
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1914		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
918		 REIDOUT:
1162		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
259		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
32
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2945		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
762		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1294		 STINCHFIELD:
164		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
44
9p HANNITY:
2522		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
747		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1610		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
104		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
30
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1984		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
577		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
934		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
152		 BANFIELD:
58
11p GUTFELD!:
1874		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
461		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
846		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
127		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
45

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
145		 NEW DAY:
83		 MORNING JOE:
82		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
3		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
24
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
226		 NEW DAY:
81		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
14
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
285		 NEW DAY:
97		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
330		 CNN NEWSROOM:
167		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
114		 NATIONAL REPORT:
10		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
321		 CNN NEWSROOM:
177		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
106		 — JAG:
12
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
344		 AT THIS HOUR:
179		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
117		 — JAG:
10
12p OUTNUMBERED:
394		 INSIDE POLITICS:
184		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
102		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
6		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
379		 CNN NEWSROOM:
274		 MTP DAILY:
133		 TROOPATHON 2021:
9		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
363		 CNN NEWSROOM:
401		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
154		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
23		 BLUE BLOODS:
22
3p STORY, THE:
359		 CNN NEWSROOM:
317		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
139		 — BLUE BLOODS:
45
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
339		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
292		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
167		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
42		 BLUE BLOODS:
44
5p FIVE, THE:
502		 SITUATION ROOM:
226		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
38		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
28
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
330		 SITUATION ROOM:
177		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
193		 SPICER & CO:
36		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
287		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
218		 REIDOUT:
182		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
35		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
382		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
113		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
225		 STINCHFIELD:
41		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
9p HANNITY:
338		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
135		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
241		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
24		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
303		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
135		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
158		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
35		 BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
342		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
98		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
155		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
15		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1

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: 719,000

Fox: 1.73 million

MSNBC: 957,00

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 169,000

Fox News: 307,000

MSNBC: 134,000

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: 695,000

Fox News: 2.48 million

MSNBC: 1.27 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 128,000

Fox News: 341,000

MSNBC: 208,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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