MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Debuts With 2 Million Viewers

Mediaite StaffAug 17th, 2022, 4:33 pm
 

Alex Wagner Tonight

MSNBC’s new 9 p.m. show, Alex Wagner Tonight, debuted with 2 million total viewers on Tuesday night. That impressive debut was enough to make Alex Wagner the most watched host on MSNBC, but not in cable news — Sean Hannity on Fox News landed first at 9 p.m., with more than 3 million viewers.

Alex Wagner is taking over the time slot from Rachel Maddow, who is only hosting her show on Mondays. Yesterday, Maddow raked in an impressive 2.75 million total viewers, which put her right on the heels of Hannity who brought in 2.83 million viewers on Monday.

On Tuesday night, however, Hannity well outpaced Wagner as he brought in nearly 3.1 million total viewers to win the hour.

CNN landed in third place at 9 p.m. with 866,000 total viewers and has yet to name a replacement for Chris Cuomo, who hosted the hour before being fired.

Here is a full breakdown of Tuesday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
932		 NEW DAY:
342		 MORNING JOE:
1005		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
26		 EARLY MORNING:
11
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1281		 NEW DAY:
427		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
105		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
38
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1559		 NEW DAY:
570		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1749		 CNN NEWSROOM:
626		 MORNING JOE:
1146		 NATIONAL REPORT:
165		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1742		 CNN NEWSROOM:
646		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
800		 — BLUE BLOODS:
107
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1669		 AT THIS HOUR:
686		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
739		 — BLUE BLOODS:
155
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1927		 INSIDE POLITICS:
703		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
799		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
151		 BLUE BLOODS:
209
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1591		 CNN NEWSROOM:
773		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
798		 — BLUE BLOODS:
241
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1438		 CNN NEWSROOM:
815		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
843		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
154		 BLUE BLOODS:
274
3p STORY, THE:
1512		 CNN NEWSROOM:
866		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
954		 — BLUE BLOODS:
272
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1566		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
875		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1500		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
252		 BLUE BLOODS:
326
5p FIVE, THE:
3499		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
873		 — SPICER & CO:
232		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
117
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2382		 SITUATION ROOM:
854		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1475		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
252		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
55
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2533		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
907		 REIDOUT:
1237		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
309		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
50
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3294		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
884		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1568		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
265		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
62
9p HANNITY:
3071		 CNN TONIGHT:
866		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
2004		 PRIME NEWS:
226		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
73
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
3004		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
1115		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1857		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
313		 BANFIELD:
58
11p GUTFELD!:
2515		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
676		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1181		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
211		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
33

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
178		 NEW DAY:
59		 MORNING JOE:
113		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
13		 EARLY MORNING:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
238		 NEW DAY:
65		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
20		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
230		 NEW DAY:
110		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
177		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 MORNING JOE:
125		 NATIONAL REPORT:
32		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
178		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
87		 — BLUE BLOODS:
12
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
164		 AT THIS HOUR:
126		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
77		 — BLUE BLOODS:
19
12p OUTNUMBERED:
226		 INSIDE POLITICS:
108		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
86		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
27
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
224		 CNN NEWSROOM:
117		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
78		 — BLUE BLOODS:
27
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
178		 CNN NEWSROOM:
151		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
87		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
24		 BLUE BLOODS:
30
3p STORY, THE:
196		 CNN NEWSROOM:
151		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
101		 — BLUE BLOODS:
30
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
197		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
150		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
151		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
19		 BLUE BLOODS:
34
5p FIVE, THE:
429		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
162		 — SPICER & CO:
16		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
8
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
288		 SITUATION ROOM:
167		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
171		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
19		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
5
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
312		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
164		 REIDOUT:
146		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
23		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
453		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
186		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
166		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
24		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
2
9p HANNITY:
404		 CNN TONIGHT:
176		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
183		 PRIME NEWS:
29		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
441		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
220		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
148		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
39		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
434		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
150		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
127		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
37		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
7

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: 688,000

Fox News: 1.92 million

MSNBC: 1.1 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 129,000

Fox News: 258,000

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:

CNN: 955,000

Fox News: 3.12 million

MSNBC: 1.81 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 194,000

Fox News: 432,000

MSNBC: 166,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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