Cable News Ratings Wednesday, September 29: The Five Back on Top Overall, But Loses to Hannity in Demo

Mediaite StaffSep 30th, 2021, 4:35 pm
 

Fox News Channel's The Five

There’s another twist in the cable news ratings race: The Five is back on top, after its winning streak was put to a brief end by Tucker Carlson.

The surprising run from The Five started last week, and saw the daytime Fox News panel show winning six times in a row.

Carlson, who emerged this year as the reliable king of cable news, put that streak to an end on Tuesday night.

But The Five was back on top on Wednesday, drawing 3.43 million viewers overall to Carlson’s 3.21 million. Carlson still won in the demo, pulling in 521,000. Sean Hannity placed second in the demo, with 494,000, while The Five placed third, with 489,000.

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:
930		 NEW DAY:
313		 MORNING JOE:
788		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
7		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1320		 NEW DAY:
377		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
83		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
13
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1539		 NEW DAY:
546		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1730		 CNN NEWSROOM:
573		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
698		 NATIONAL REPORT:
134		 —
10a SR/HOUSE HRNG-AFGHANISTAN:
1744		 CNN NEWSROOM:
628		 — — JAG:
101
11a SR/HOUSE HRNG-AFGHANISTAN:
1824		 AT THIS HOUR:
630		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
494		 — JAG:
116
12p SR/HOUSE HRNG-AFGHANISTAN:
1891		 INSIDE POLITICS:
646		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
605		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
153		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
179
1p SR/HOUSE HRNG-AFGHANISTAN:
1858		 CNN NEWSROOM:
647		 MTP DAILY:
604		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
231
2p SR/HOUSE HRNG-AFGHANISTAN:
1800		 CNN NEWSROOM:
697		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
678		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
181		 BLUE BLOODS:
194
3p STORY, THE:
1821		 CNN NEWSROOM:
698		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
732		 — BLUE BLOODS:
204
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1790		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
694		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1276		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
317		 BLUE BLOODS:
244
5p FIVE, THE:
3431		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
698		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
276		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
79
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2380		 SITUATION ROOM:
635		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1183		 SPICER & CO:
306		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
21
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2068		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
774		 REIDOUT:
1194		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
357		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
20
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3211		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
919		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1325		 STINCHFIELD:
272		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
27
9p HANNITY:
2984		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
883		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2468		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
169		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
44
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2489		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
669		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1641		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
184		 BANFIELD:
47
11p GUTFELD!:
2119		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
525		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1100		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
162		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
27

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
163		 NEW DAY:
51		 MORNING JOE:
107		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
2		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
230		 NEW DAY:
53		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
12		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
238		 NEW DAY:
107		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
247		 CNN NEWSROOM:
141		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
86		 NATIONAL REPORT:
18		 —
10a SR/HOUSE HRNG-AFGHANISTAN:
250		 CNN NEWSROOM:
129		 — — JAG:
8
11a SR/HOUSE HRNG-AFGHANISTAN:
256		 AT THIS HOUR:
142		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
60		 — JAG:
8
12p SR/HOUSE HRNG-AFGHANISTAN:
299		 INSIDE POLITICS:
148		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
52		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
24		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
11
1p SR/HOUSE HRNG-AFGHANISTAN:
300		 CNN NEWSROOM:
132		 MTP DAILY:
57		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
35
2p SR/HOUSE HRNG-AFGHANISTAN:
276		 CNN NEWSROOM:
153		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
71		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
23		 BLUE BLOODS:
26
3p STORY, THE:
316		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
80		 — BLUE BLOODS:
21
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
302		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
139		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
112		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
30		 BLUE BLOODS:
25
5p FIVE, THE:
489		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
139		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
36		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
20
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
345		 SITUATION ROOM:
168		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
122		 SPICER & CO:
28		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
8
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
308		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
194		 REIDOUT:
121		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
26		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
521		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
226		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
126		 STINCHFIELD:
39		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
5
9p HANNITY:
494		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
164		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
315		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
30		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
451		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
150		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
201		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
30		 BANFIELD:
9
11p GUTFELD!:
436		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
122		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
151		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
44		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
3

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: 598,000

Fox News: 1.87 million

MSNBC: 937,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 131,000

Fox News: 312,000

MSNBC: 106,000

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: 823,000

Fox News: 2.89 million

MSNBC: 1.81 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 180,000

Fox News: 489,000

MSNBC: 214,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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