Cable News Ratings Friday, August 27: Fox News’ The Five Takes Top Spot in Total Viewers, Demo
Fox News’ The Five took the top spot in all of cable news Friday, ahead of the network’s own primetime shows.
Co-hosted by Jesse Watters, Katie Pavlich, Richard Fowler, Kennedy, and Greg Gutfeld, the 5 pm show was watched by 3.69 million viewers and 579,000 viewers in the 25-54 demographic.
Tucker Carlson Tonight, usually the highest-rated show on Fox News, came in second with 3.36 million viewers and 534,000 in the demo. Hannity was third with 3.1 million viewers and 500,000 in the demo.
Here is a full breakdown of Thursday’s cable news ratings by show:
Total Viewers (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1090 |
NEW DAY: 327 |
MORNING JOE: 795 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 13 |
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| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1585 |
NEW DAY: 417 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 107 |
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| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 2042 |
NEW DAY: 571 |
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| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 2260 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 793 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 773 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 252 |
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| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 2203 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 822 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 760 |
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| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 2319 |
AT THIS HOUR: 974 |
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| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 2133 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1041 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 671 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 237 |
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| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 2098 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1122 |
MTP DAILY: 702 |
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| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 2227 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1164 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 181 |
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| 3p | STORY, THE: 2164 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 1069 |
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| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 2173 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 992 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1001 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 329 |
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| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3694 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 1003 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 291 |
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| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2566 |
SITUATION ROOM: 786 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1173 |
SPICER & CO: 315 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 100 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 2511 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 828 |
REIDOUT: 990 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 336 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 41 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3358 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 824 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1207 |
STINCHFIELD: 219 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 15 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 3098 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 747 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2367 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 199 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 26 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2553 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 783 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1256 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 186 |
BANFIELD: 29 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1874 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 621 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 872 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 130 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 16 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 190 |
NEW DAY: 64 |
MORNING JOE: 98 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 0 |
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| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 323 |
NEW DAY: 80 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 8 |
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| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 380 |
NEW DAY: 111 |
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| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 418 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 168 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 72 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 44 |
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| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 395 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 154 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 79 |
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| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 403 |
AT THIS HOUR: 176 |
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| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 323 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 217 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 81 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 31 |
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| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 318 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 230 |
MTP DAILY: 60 |
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| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 414 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 230 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 32 |
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| 3p | STORY, THE: 417 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 232 |
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| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 412 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 196 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 96 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 28 |
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| 5p | FIVE, THE: 579 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 227 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 30 |
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| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 405 |
SITUATION ROOM: 189 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 140 |
SPICER & CO: 35 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
| 7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 362 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 194 |
REIDOUT: 119 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 35 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 8 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 534 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 157 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 129 |
STINCHFIELD: 36 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 6 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 500 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 137 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 258 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 31 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 2 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 463 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 170 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 125 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 33 |
BANFIELD: 1 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 355 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 134 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 96 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 8 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 1 |
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: 2.12 million
MSNBC: 901,000
CNN: 765,000.
25-54 Demo:
Fox News: 370,000
CNN: 156,000
MSNBC: 102,000
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 million
MSNBC: 1.61 million
CNN: 785,000
25-54 Demo:
Fox News: 499,000
MSNBC: 171,000
CNN: 155,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.