Cable News Ratings Wednesday, October 20: Bret Baier Beats Fox News Primetime

Mediaite StaffOct 21st, 2021, 5:17 pm
 

Will Cain hosts Fox News Primetime

Fox News anchor Bret Baier, host of news-heavy 6 p.m. show Special Report, beat the opinion program that follows him at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night.

Fox News Primetime, the network’s new opinion show at 7, has been hosted by a rotating cast of Fox personalities. This week, Will Cain has been at the helm, and has certainly drummed up controversy with a routine one could refer to as “Tucker Carlson Lite”: raising questions about the coronavirus vaccines that have knowable answers.

That has not translated into ratings, however. On Wednesday night, Cain’s edition of Fox News Primetime drew 2.17 million total viewers and 360,000 in the demo.

Special Report, meanwhile, pulled in 2.3 million viewers and 395,000 in the demo.

Here is a full breakdown of Wednesday cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
984		 NEW DAY:
316		 MORNING JOE:
812		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
27		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
19
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1263		 NEW DAY:
453		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
113		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
8
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1606		 NEW DAY:
515		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1714		 CNN NEWSROOM:
573		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
765		 NATIONAL REPORT:
195		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1562		 CNN NEWSROOM:
650		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
615		 — JAG:
77
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1542		 AT THIS HOUR:
623		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
575		 — JAG:
105
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1681		 INSIDE POLITICS:
620		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
646		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
185		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
111
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1821		 CNN NEWSROOM:
713		 MTP DAILY:
680		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
150
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1734		 CNN NEWSROOM:
817		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
746		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
175		 BLUE BLOODS:
134
3p STORY, THE:
1824		 CNN NEWSROOM:
799		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
772		 — BLUE BLOODS:
163
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1965		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
884		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1301		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
204		 BLUE BLOODS:
223
5p FIVE, THE:
3280		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
749		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
241		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
134
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2301		 SITUATION ROOM:
698		 — SPICER & CO:
296		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
37
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2166		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
741		 REIDOUT:
1143		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
341		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
25
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3243		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
917		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1238		 STINCHFIELD:
248		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
42
9p HANNITY:
3136		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
971		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2241		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
168		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
65
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2370		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
636		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1423		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
158		 BANFIELD:
56
11p GUTFELD!:
1976		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
352		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1044		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
153		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
29

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
147		 NEW DAY:
54		 MORNING JOE:
89		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
2		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
220		 NEW DAY:
94		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
14		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
272		 NEW DAY:
107		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
291		 CNN NEWSROOM:
121		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
64		 NATIONAL REPORT:
20		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
296		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
52		 — JAG:
13
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
263		 AT THIS HOUR:
153		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
58		 — JAG:
18
12p OUTNUMBERED:
264		 INSIDE POLITICS:
118		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
59		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
25		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
7
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
304		 CNN NEWSROOM:
137		 MTP DAILY:
79		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
10
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
300		 CNN NEWSROOM:
166		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
92		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
19		 BLUE BLOODS:
4
3p STORY, THE:
301		 CNN NEWSROOM:
174		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
85		 — BLUE BLOODS:
12
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
314		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
162		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
123		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
22		 BLUE BLOODS:
18
5p FIVE, THE:
498		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
126		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
16		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
31
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
395		 SITUATION ROOM:
134		 — SPICER & CO:
24		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
6
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
360		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
166		 REIDOUT:
119		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
29		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
535		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
192		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
135		 STINCHFIELD:
42		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
6
9p HANNITY:
475		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
183		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
252		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
22		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
18
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
396		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
170		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
137		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
36		 BANFIELD:
18
11p GUTFELD!:
366		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
79		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
132		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
43		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5

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: 616,000

Fox News: 1.82 million

MSNBC: 942,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 127,000

Fox News: 309,000

MSNBC: 105,000

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: 841,000

Fox News: 2.91 million

MSNBC: 1.63 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 182,000

Fox News: 469,000

MSNBC: 175,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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