Cable News Ratings Wednesday, November 3: Tucker Carlson Draws Higher Ratings in Demo Alone Than Most CNN Shows’ TOTAL Viewers

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson not only beat every CNN show in the ratings Wednesday night, but the viewers he got in the key demo alone were enough to beat most CNN shows’ total numbers.

Tucker Carlson Tonight scored 3.92 million viewers overall and 758,000 in the 25-54 viewer demographic.

CNN’s highest-rated show Wednesday was Anderson Cooper 360 with 790,000 total viewers. Every single other CNN program scored less total viewers than Carlson did in just the demo.

In prime time alone, CNN averaged 703,000 viewers overall, while Fox News averaged — in the demo alone — 627,000 viewers.

It was a big morning for Fox News too. Two shows also had their highest ratings of the year, in both total viewers and the demo: Fox & Friends and America’s Newsroom.

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:
1375		 NEW DAY:
289		 MORNING JOE:
745		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
25		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
26
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1836		 NEW DAY:
311		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
135		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
19
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
2261		 NEW DAY:
415		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2503		 CNN NEWSROOM:
557		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
729		 NATIONAL REPORT:
264		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
2504		 CNN NEWSROOM:
589		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
605		 — JAG:
86
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
2273		 AT THIS HOUR:
507		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
582		 — JAG:
119
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2330		 INSIDE POLITICS:
561		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
562		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
225		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
202
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2199		 CNN NEWSROOM:
544		 MTP DAILY:
564		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
203
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1994		 CNN NEWSROOM:
628		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
511		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
247		 BLUE BLOODS:
129
3p STORY, THE:
1957		 CNN NEWSROOM:
566		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
584		 — BLUE BLOODS:
158
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2088		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
617		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1035		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
297		 BLUE BLOODS:
167
5p FIVE, THE:
3893		 SITUATION ROOM:
567		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
366		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
92
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
3329		 SITUATION ROOM:
571		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
997		 SPICER & CO:
392		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
67
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2645		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
712		 REIDOUT:
847		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
510		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
39
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3918		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
790		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1024		 STINCHFIELD:
331		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
26
9p HANNITY:
3537		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
706		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1920		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
207		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
29
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2831		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
613		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1217		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
194		 BANFIELD:
34
11p GUTFELD!:
2278		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
386		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
869		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
193		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
16

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
247		 NEW DAY:
71		 MORNING JOE:
83		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
3		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
13
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
344		 NEW DAY:
71		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
17		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
337		 NEW DAY:
87		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
401		 CNN NEWSROOM:
136		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
71		 NATIONAL REPORT:
37		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
461		 CNN NEWSROOM:
161		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
68		 — JAG:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
392		 AT THIS HOUR:
134		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
81		 — JAG:
13
12p OUTNUMBERED:
370		 INSIDE POLITICS:
127		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
54		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
36		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
38
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
436		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 MTP DAILY:
63		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
46
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
344		 CNN NEWSROOM:
104		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
53		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
48		 BLUE BLOODS:
33
3p STORY, THE:
340		 CNN NEWSROOM:
120		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
68		 — BLUE BLOODS:
17
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
292		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
135		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
104		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
36		 BLUE BLOODS:
17
5p FIVE, THE:
523		 SITUATION ROOM:
112		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
36		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
5
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
538		 SITUATION ROOM:
138		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
95		 SPICER & CO:
47		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
3
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
499		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
200		 REIDOUT:
84		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
74		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
758		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
193		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
132		 STINCHFIELD:
61		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
5
9p HANNITY:
626		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
191		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
247		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
47		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
498		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
173		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
161		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
44		 BANFIELD:
4
11p GUTFELD!:
428		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
123		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
131		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
36		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4

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: 512,000

Fox 2.31 million

MSNBC: 794,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 124,000

Fox News: 409,000

MSNBC: 93,000

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: 703,000

Fox News: 3.43 million

MSNBC: 1.39 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 186,000

Fox News: 627,000

MSNBC: 180,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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