Cable News Ratings Tuesday, August 24: Fox News’ The Five Tops the Charts With Assist from Biden Presser

Mediaite StaffAug 25th, 2021, 4:30 pm
 

The Five tops Cable News Ratings

Seldom does the No. 1 program of the day come from outside of primetime. But on Tuesday, it was a Fox News afternoon show that topped the charts — thanks to an assist from the president.

According to data from Nielsen, The Five finished No. 1 in cable news, and No. 2 in all of television, with 4.17 million total viewers. The program also drew 620,000 in the advertiser coveted adults 25-54 demographic. Undoubtedly, the numbers were bolstered by a 13-minute address from President Joe Biden — which began shortly after 5:00 p.m. ET.

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

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1004		 NEW DAY:
346		 MORNING JOE:
820		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
24		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1342		 NEW DAY:
430		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
93		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1633		 NEW DAY:
551		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1876		 CNN NEWSROOM:
615		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
866		 NATIONAL REPORT:
170
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1840		 CNN NEWSROOM:
645		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
767		 —
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1889		 AT THIS HOUR:
742		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2139		 CNN NEWSROOM:
809		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
772		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
197
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
2109		 CNN NEWSROOM:
803		 MTP DAILY:
815		 —
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
2096		 CNN NEWSROOM:
876		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
797		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
256
3p STORY, THE:
2371		 CNN NEWSROOM:
897		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
697		 —
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2609		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
996		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1185		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
376
5p FIVE, THE:
4165		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1044		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
323
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2813		 SITUATION ROOM:
897		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1373		 SPICER & CO:
394		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
74
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2630		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
804		 REIDOUT:
1220		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
412		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
41
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3652		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
949		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1372		 STINCHFIELD:
294		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
21
9p HANNITY:
3015		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
823		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2434		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
206		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2614		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
734		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1685		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
221		 BANFIELD:
12
11p GUTFELD!:
1937		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
542		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1297		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
170		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
11

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
153		 NEW DAY:
73		 MORNING JOE:
88		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
2		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
238		 NEW DAY:
82		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
16		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
227		 NEW DAY:
104		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
318		 CNN NEWSROOM:
133		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
91		 NATIONAL REPORT:
18		 JAG:
11
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
301		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
77		 — JAG:
14
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
283		 AT THIS HOUR:
145		 — — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
14
12p OUTNUMBERED:
306		 CNN NEWSROOM:
159		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
93		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
38		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
29
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
301		 CNN NEWSROOM:
167		 MTP DAILY:
97		 —
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
342		 CNN NEWSROOM:
171		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
91		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
48
3p STORY, THE:
354		 CNN NEWSROOM:
155		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
83		 —
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
356		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
164		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
132		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
52
5p FIVE, THE:
620		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
236		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
35
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
486		 SITUATION ROOM:
232		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
168		 SPICER & CO:
55		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
9
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
447		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
195		 REIDOUT:
151		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
80		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
602		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
202		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
180		 STINCHFIELD:
95		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
9p HANNITY:
552		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
228		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
322		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
57		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
0
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
501		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
190		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
229		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
34		 BANFIELD:
1
11p GUTFELD!:
427		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
157		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
196		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
31		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
0

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: 2.09 million

MSNBC: 1.01 million

CNN: 702,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 349,000

CNN: 156,000

MSNBC: 131,000

Here are the prime time averages— encompassing shows which air from 8:00-11:00 p.m. — in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

Fox News: 3.09 million

MSNBC: 1.83 million

CNN: 835,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 552,000

MSNBC: 244,000

CNN: 207,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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