Cable News Ratings Tuesday, August 17: Trump Interview Vaults Hannity to the Top of the Charts
On Monday, the current president drew a massive audience for Fox News. On Tuesday, his predecessor showed he can still bring viewers into the tent.
Thanks to an exclusive with former President Donald Trump, Hannity topped the night for Fox News in both total viewers and the advertiser-coveted adults 25-54 demographic — pulling down a massive 4.82 million viewers in the former category and 884 thousand in the latter.
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: 2.08 million
MSNBC: 940,000
CNN: 722,000
25-54 Demo:
Fox News: 376,000
CNN: 178,000
MSNBC: 114,000
Here are the prime time averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
Total viewers:
Fox News: 3.89 million
MSNBC: 1.61 million
CNN: 957,000
25-54 Demo:
Fox News: 711,000
CNN: 265,000
MSNBC: 206,000
Here is the breakdown by show and hour:
Total Viewers (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1009 |
NEW DAY: 366 |
MORNING JOE: 869 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 12 |
— |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1429 |
NEW DAY: 462 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 133 |
— |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1679 |
NEW DAY: 574 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1868 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 613 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 843 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 233 |
|
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1852 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 810 |
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 784 |
— | |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1719 |
AT THIS HOUR: 800 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 675 |
— | |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1826 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 862 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 743 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 193 |
|
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1966 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 813 |
MTP DAILY: 715 |
— | |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 2040 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 962 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 195 |
|
3p | STORY, THE: 1941 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 879 |
AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS: 774 |
— | |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1935 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 897 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1189 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 244 |
|
5p | FIVE, THE: 3493 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 911 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 260 |
|
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2559 |
SITUATION ROOM: 836 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1089 |
SPICER & CO: 292 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 119 |
7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 2268 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 910 |
REIDOUT: 997 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 358 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 61 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3764 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 962 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1073 |
STINCHFIELD: 271 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 35 |
9p | HANNITY: 4820 |
CUOMO PRIME TIME: 1043 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2073 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 155 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 22 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 3082 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 864 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1690 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 114 |
BANFIELD: 14 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 2120 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 570 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 1120 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 106 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 24 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 199 |
NEW DAY: 87 |
MORNING JOE: 93 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 1 |
— |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 260 |
NEW DAY: 104 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 16 |
— |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 298 |
NEW DAY: 108 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 328 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 132 |
STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS: 96 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 59 |
|
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 354 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 169 |
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 82 |
— | |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 324 |
AT THIS HOUR: 194 |
CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS: 79 |
— | |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 323 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 207 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 72 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 41 |
|
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 370 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 191 |
MTP DAILY: 77 |
— | |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 355 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 233 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 47 |
|
3p | STORY, THE: 363 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 211 |
AYMAN MOHYELDIN REPORTS: 110 |
— | |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 334 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 215 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 120 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 41 |
|
5p | FIVE, THE: 512 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 175 |
— | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 45 |
|
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 451 |
SITUATION ROOM: 216 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 119 |
SPICER & CO: 59 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 9 |
7p | FOX NEWS PRIMETIME: 360 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 254 |
REIDOUT: 130 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 64 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 5 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 634 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 262 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 166 |
STINCHFIELD: 61 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 3 |
9p | HANNITY: 884 |
CUOMO PRIME TIME: 274 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 242 |
CORTES & PELLEGRINO: 46 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 3 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 614 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 260 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 211 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 21 |
BANFIELD: 2 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 434 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 186 |
11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS: 167 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 4 |
DONLON REPORT, THE: 3 |
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