Cable News Ratings Wednesday October 12: Tucker Carlson Cracks 500,000 in the Demo

Wednesday’s edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News beat all other cable news shows in the 25-54 age demographic sought by advertisers.
The show pulled in 3.37 million viewers overall, with 515,000 of those in the demo. In terms of total viewers, Tucker Carlson came in second, behind The Five on Fox News, which notched 3.54 million viewers, including 448,000 in the demo.
Also in primetime, The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell led all MSNBC primetime shows, with 1.61 million viewers, including 147,000 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: 1058 |
NEW DAY: 309 |
MORNING JOE: 922 |
BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE: 36 |
EARLY MORNING: 12 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1309 |
NEW DAY: 389 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 104 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 37 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1587 |
NEW DAY: 510 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1647 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 586 |
MORNING JOE: 939 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 153 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1618 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 663 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 705 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 52 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1651 |
AT THIS HOUR: 669 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 614 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1797 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 616 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 682 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 128 |
BLUE BLOODS: 84 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1496 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 646 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 658 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 134 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1477 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 579 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 718 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 155 |
BLUE BLOODS: 168 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1422 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 735 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 883 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 182 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1555 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 739 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1679 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 225 |
BLUE BLOODS: 218 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3539 |
SITUATION ROOM: 724 |
— | SPICER & CO: 219 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 89 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2457 |
SITUATION ROOM: 769 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1534 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 224 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 68 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2825 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 839 |
REIDOUT: 1413 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 260 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 46 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3369 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 826 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1509 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 189 |
CUOMO: 181 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2856 |
CNN TONIGHT: 737 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1468 |
PRIME NEWS: 123 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 83 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2152 |
CNN TONIGHT: 534 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1607 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 150 |
BANFIELD: 61 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 2262 |
CNN TONIGHT: 436 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 923 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 81 |
CUOMO: 56 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 132 |
NEW DAY: 55 |
MORNING JOE: 102 |
BIDEN CHRONICLES; THE: 6 |
EARLY MORNING: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 215 |
NEW DAY: 67 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 11 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 192 |
NEW DAY: 119 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 208 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 110 |
MORNING JOE: 104 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 23 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 195 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 128 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 78 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 8 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 188 |
AT THIS HOUR: 122 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 62 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 230 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 126 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 72 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 24 |
BLUE BLOODS: 3 |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 225 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 137 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 81 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 8 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 211 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 139 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 80 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 24 |
BLUE BLOODS: 9 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 189 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 153 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 94 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 15 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 188 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 150 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 142 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 20 |
BLUE BLOODS: 17 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 448 |
SITUATION ROOM: 132 |
— | SPICER & CO: 16 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 7 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 309 |
SITUATION ROOM: 156 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 148 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 20 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 11 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 311 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 192 |
REIDOUT: 174 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 25 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 10 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 515 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 143 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 181 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 22 |
CUOMO: 46 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 361 |
CNN TONIGHT: 130 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 116 |
PRIME NEWS: 3 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 14 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 293 |
CNN TONIGHT: 113 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 147 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 9 |
BANFIELD: 9 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 310 |
CNN TONIGHT: 123 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 97 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 11 |
CUOMO: 10 |
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: 585,000
Fox News: 1.83 million
MSNBC: 1.01 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 118,000
Fox News: 248,000
MSNBC: 107,000
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: 699,000
Fox News: 2.79 million
MSNBC: 1.53 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 129,000
Fox News: 390,000
MSNBC: 148,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.