Cable News Ratings Friday, August 13: Fox News Host Leo Terrell Beats MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow

Mediaite StaffAug 16th, 2021, 4:50 pm
 

Leo Terrell on Fox News

Fox News host Leo Terrell, filling in for Sean Hannity on Friday night, beat MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in total viewers and the demo.

Terrell was a lifelong Democrat and frequent Hannity guest until he came out as an ardent Trump supporter in 2020. He was then was hired as a Fox News host, and filling in for Hannity at 9 p.m. on Friday night he beat Maddow in both the 25-54 age demographic and total viewers.

Terrell drew 2.186 million in total viewers, compared to Maddow’s 2.046 million. In the demo, he drew 340,000 viewers to Maddow’s 267,000.

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

Total viewers:

Fox News: 1.4 million

MSNBC: 887,000

CNN: 589,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 223,000

MSNBC: 110,000

CNN: 125,000

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

Total viewers:

Fox News: 2.185 million

MSNBC: 1.474 million

CNN: 736,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 320,000

MSNBC: 190,000

CNN: 163,000

Here is the breakdown by show and hour:

Total Viewers (thousands)

 

ET FNC CNN MSNBC
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
814		 NEW DAY:
268		 MORNING JOE:
838
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1122		 NEW DAY:
396		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1337		 NEW DAY:
523		 —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1353		 CNN NEWSROOM:
587		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
714
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1358		 CNN NEWSROOM:
651		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
665
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1313		 AT THIS HOUR:
744		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
651
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1433		 INSIDE POLITICS:
797		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
776
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1248		 CNN NEWSROOM:
720		 MTP DAILY:
803
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1453		 CNN NEWSROOM:
731		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
774
3p STORY, THE:
1246		 CNN NEWSROOM:
714		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
694
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1224		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
754		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1125
5p FIVE, THE:
2476		 SITUATION ROOM:
688		 —
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1769		 SITUATION ROOM:
580		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1131
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1486		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
716		 REIDOUT:
995
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2599		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
773		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1094
9p HANNITY:
2186		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
717		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2046
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1770		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
718		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1283
11p GUTFELD!:
1360		 BEING WITH DANA BASH:
452		 —

25-54 Demo (thousands)

 

ET FNC CNN MSNBC
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
143		 NEW DAY:
69		 MORNING JOE:
93
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
175		 NEW DAY:
72		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
196		 NEW DAY:
81		 —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
241		 CNN NEWSROOM:
100		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
90
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
280		 CNN NEWSROOM:
122		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
62
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
249		 AT THIS HOUR:
154		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
84
12p OUTNUMBERED:
247		 INSIDE POLITICS:
182		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
116
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
215		 CNN NEWSROOM:
134		 MTP DAILY:
106
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
224		 CNN NEWSROOM:
133		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
113
3p STORY, THE:
198		 CNN NEWSROOM:
142		 AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS:
106
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
196		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
139		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
129
5p FIVE, THE:
301		 SITUATION ROOM:
139		 —
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
265		 SITUATION ROOM:
120		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
120
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
222		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
164		 REIDOUT:
140
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
367		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
159		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
154
9p HANNITY:
340		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
146		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
267
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
253		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
185		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
149
11p GUTFELD!:
209		 BEING WITH DANA BASH:
147		 —
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