Cable News Ratings Wednesday, September 8: Greg Gutfeld Lands 6th in Cable News With Trump Interview

Mediaite StaffSep 9th, 2021, 4:27 pm
 

Greg Gutfeld Interviews Donald Trump

Former President Donald Trump’s interview with Greg Gutfeld was not a huge ratings draw for Fox News, as the 11 p.m. show placed 6th in cable news.

Trump sat down with Gutfeld for an interview that aired in the 11 p.m. hour Wednesday night. The pair had a friendly interview, with Gutfeld noting that he was once critical of Trump (since Trump was elected president, Gutfeld has served as one of his most loyal boosters at Fox News).

While Gutfeld! — and every Fox News program for that matter — demolished the CNN and MSNBC competition on Wednesday night, the 11 p.m. show lost to a fleet of Fox’s other shows.

Sean Hannity had the highest rated show in cable news, drawing 3.07 million total viewers and 468,000 in the advertiser-coveted A25-54 demo. Tucker Carlson placed second, with 2.97 million viewers overall and 471,000 in the demo.

Gutfeld’s interview with Trump placed 6th in all of cable news — behind Hannity, Carlson, Laura Ingraham, The Five and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow — drawing 2.11 million total viewers and 392,000 in the demo.

Those numbers are nonetheless an increase on Gutfeld’s usual ratings: in August, the Fox News host averaged 1.7 million 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:
913		 NEW DAY:
323		 MORNING JOE:
783		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
20		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1191		 NEW DAY:
414		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
93		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1572		 NEW DAY:
550		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1580		 CNN NEWSROOM:
599		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
709		 NATIONAL REPORT:
176		 JAG:
82
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1509		 CNN NEWSROOM:
583		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
654		 — JAG:
105
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1628		 AT THIS HOUR:
666		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
684		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
140
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1714		 INSIDE POLITICS:
717		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
676		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
183		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
219
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1546		 CNN NEWSROOM:
664		 MTP DAILY:
714		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
280
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1477		 CNN NEWSROOM:
626		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
705		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
137		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
322
3p STORY, THE:
1446		 CNN NEWSROOM:
667		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
581		 — BLUE BLOODS:
221
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1233		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
716		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1108		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
202		 BLUE BLOODS:
231
5p FIVE, THE:
2962		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
662		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
237		 BLUE BLOODS:
274
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2105		 SITUATION ROOM:
519		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1086		 SPICER & CO:
308		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
108
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1860		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
687		 REIDOUT:
1010		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
393		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
54
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2971		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
979		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1284		 STINCHFIELD:
234		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
20
9p HANNITY:
3073		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
941		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2285		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
177		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
24
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2548		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
881		 MEMORY BOX: ECHOES OF 911:
1358		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
190		 BANFIELD:
28
11p GUTFELD!:
2119		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
645		 — GREG KELLY REPORTS:
124		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
25

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
164		 NEW DAY:
52		 MORNING JOE:
89		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
0		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
217		 NEW DAY:
72		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
287		 NEW DAY:
112		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
298		 CNN NEWSROOM:
125		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
91		 NATIONAL REPORT:
22		 JAG:
1
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
299		 CNN NEWSROOM:
139		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
84		 — JAG:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
341		 AT THIS HOUR:
150		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
93		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
12p OUTNUMBERED:
310		 INSIDE POLITICS:
158		 MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
79		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
25		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
20
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
308		 CNN NEWSROOM:
174		 MTP DAILY:
108		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
43
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
262		 CNN NEWSROOM:
131		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
98		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
20		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
39
3p STORY, THE:
190		 CNN NEWSROOM:
141		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
65		 — BLUE BLOODS:
25
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
166		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
159		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
99		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
35
5p FIVE, THE:
431		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
133		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
34		 BLUE BLOODS:
25
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
376		 SITUATION ROOM:
120		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
123		 SPICER & CO:
44		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
7
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
301		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
161		 REIDOUT:
130		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
39		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
0
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
471		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
249		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
169		 STINCHFIELD:
17		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
0
9p HANNITY:
468		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
225		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
274		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
36		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
0
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
415		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
214		 MEMORY BOX: ECHOES OF 911:
226		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
45		 BANFIELD:
1
11p GUTFELD!:
392		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
172		 — GREG KELLY REPORTS:
11		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
2

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

Fox News: 1.69 million

MSNBC: 890,000

CNN: 619,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 292,000

CNN: 142,000

MSNBC: 117,000

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:

Fox News: 2.86 million

MSNBC: 1.59 million

CNN: 934,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 452,000

CNN: 229,000

MSNBC: 224,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

Update: This story has been updated to better contextualize Greg Gutfeld’s ratings.

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