Cable News Ratings Thursday, August 19: Tucker Carlson Returns to No. 1, Edging Out Hannity

Mediaite StaffAug 20th, 2021, 4:29 pm
 

After a two day absence from his regular place atop the cable news ratings charts, Tucker Carlson is back to No. 1.

According to data from Nielsen, the Fox News 8 p.m. host eked out the win over his 9 p.m. colleague Sean Hannity in both total viewers (3.45 million to 3.32 million) and the advertiser-coveted adults 25-54 demographic (608,000 to 541,000).

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: 1.92 million

MSNBC: 971,000

CNN: 708,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 307,000

CNN: 174,000

MSNBC: 128,000

Here are the prime time averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

Fox News: 3.11 million

MSNBC: 1.64 million

CNN: 943,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 543,000

CNN: 240,000

MSNBC: 205,000

Here is the breakdown by show and hour:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
958		 NEW DAY:
366		 MORNING JOE:
820		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
22		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1362		 NEW DAY:
438		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
126		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1695		 NEW DAY:
518		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1768		 CNN NEWSROOM:
594		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
796		 NATIONAL REPORT:
206
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1866		 CNN NEWSROOM:
733		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
755		 —
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1849		 AT THIS HOUR:
819		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1860		 INSIDE POLITICS:
814		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
870		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
188
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1871		 CNN NEWSROOM:
830		 MTP DAILY:
841		 —
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1994		 CNN NEWSROOM:
834		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
800		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
196
3p STORY, THE:
1878		 CNN NEWSROOM:
910		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
763		 —
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1815		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
920		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1280		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
243
5p FIVE, THE:
3091		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
805		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
241
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2398		 SITUATION ROOM:
800		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1269		 SPICER & CO:
326		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
146
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2077		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
820		 REIDOUT:
1087		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
415		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
58
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3450		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
944		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1111		 STINCHFIELD:
237		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
17
9p HANNITY:
3319		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
969		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2281		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
223		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
19
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2573		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
916		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1534		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
134		 BANFIELD:
17
11p GUTFELD!:
1966		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
627		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1049		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
133		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
9

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
163		 NEW DAY:
88		 MORNING JOE:
105		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
4		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
266		 NEW DAY:
77		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
21		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
292		 NEW DAY:
86		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
285		 CNN NEWSROOM:
130		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
100		 NATIONAL REPORT:
26
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
298		 CNN NEWSROOM:
186		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
97		 —
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
272		 AT THIS HOUR:
192		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
269		 INSIDE POLITICS:
227		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
98		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
15
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
302		 CNN NEWSROOM:
204		 MTP DAILY:
117		 —
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
314		 CNN NEWSROOM:
215		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
105		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
25
3p STORY, THE:
240		 CNN NEWSROOM:
233		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
109		 —
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
238		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
258		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
134		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
23
5p FIVE, THE:
401		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
226		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
18
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
344		 SITUATION ROOM:
210		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
153		 SPICER & CO:
39		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
23
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
331		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
210		 REIDOUT:
145		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
47		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
12
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
608		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
172		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
163		 STINCHFIELD:
44		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
9p HANNITY:
541		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
201		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
347		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
46		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
452		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
241		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
209		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
24		 BANFIELD:
1
11p GUTFELD!:
347		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
179		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
131		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
21		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
2

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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