Cable News Ratings Wednesday, October 6: Fox News Dominates Demo, Taking All Top 10 Spots

Mediaite StaffOct 7th, 2021, 4:57 pm
 

Tucker Carlson

Fox News dominated in the demo — and, to be frank, total viewers as well — on Wednesday, taking the top 10 spots in the cable news rankings.

Tucker Carlson came first in cable news, in both total viewers (3.3 million) and the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demo (551,000). The Five placed second, followed by Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Outnumbered, America Reports, Gutfeld!, Fox News Primetime, Special Report and The Faulkner Focus.

Rachel Maddow had the highest demo ratings for any non-Fox show, placing 11th with 316,000 in the demo and 2.43 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:
925		 NEW DAY:
357		 MORNING JOE:
746		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
17		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
5
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1153		 NEW DAY:
453		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
104		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
8
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1569		 NEW DAY:
494		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1820		 CNN NEWSROOM:
534		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
697		 NATIONAL REPORT:
130		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1795		 CNN NEWSROOM:
593		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
649		 — JAG:
75
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1852		 AT THIS HOUR:
628		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
601		 — JAG:
136
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2103		 INSIDE POLITICS:
817		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
761		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
124		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
165
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1915		 CNN NEWSROOM:
740		 MTP DAILY:
754		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
179
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1681		 CNN NEWSROOM:
738		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
761		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
159		 BLUE BLOODS:
183
3p STORY, THE:
1542		 CNN NEWSROOM:
654		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
752		 — BLUE BLOODS:
204
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1557		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
647		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1264		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
198		 BLUE BLOODS:
260
5p FIVE, THE:
3177		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
683		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
244		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
113
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2387		 SITUATION ROOM:
638		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1142		 SPICER & CO:
261		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
61
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2142		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
897		 REIDOUT:
1289		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
357		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
46
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3304		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
957		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1364		 STINCHFIELD:
194		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
41
9p HANNITY:
2997		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
925		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2430		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
156		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
40
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2478		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
710		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1471		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
158		 BANFIELD:
64
11p GUTFELD!:
1967		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
492		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1093		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
131		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
49

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
157		 NEW DAY:
75		 MORNING JOE:
96		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
5		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
198		 NEW DAY:
95		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
10		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
213		 NEW DAY:
107		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
282		 CNN NEWSROOM:
134		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
70		 NATIONAL REPORT:
10		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
307		 CNN NEWSROOM:
165		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
59		 — JAG:
2
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
323		 AT THIS HOUR:
130		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
67		 — JAG:
9
12p OUTNUMBERED:
390		 INSIDE POLITICS:
162		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
102		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
18		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
18
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
372		 CNN NEWSROOM:
150		 MTP DAILY:
108		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
304		 CNN NEWSROOM:
148		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
117		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
11		 BLUE BLOODS:
13
3p STORY, THE:
279		 CNN NEWSROOM:
151		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
81		 — BLUE BLOODS:
6
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
254		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
139		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
109		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
13		 BLUE BLOODS:
21
5p FIVE, THE:
476		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
125		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
17		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
340		 SITUATION ROOM:
145		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
125		 SPICER & CO:
15		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
357		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
173		 REIDOUT:
179		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
31		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
551		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
178		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
181		 STINCHFIELD:
20		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
2
9p HANNITY:
490		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
171		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
316		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
21		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
410		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
151		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
182		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
18		 BANFIELD:
12
11p GUTFELD!:
368		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
107		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
150		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
16		 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: 616,000

Fox News: 1.83 million

MSNBC: 958,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 132,000

Fox News: 310,000

MSNBC: 116,000

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: 864,000

Fox News: 2.92 million

MSNBC: 1.75 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 167,000

Fox News: 484,000

MSNBC: 226,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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