Cable News Ratings Tuesday, August 17: Trump Interview Vaults Hannity to the Top of the Charts

Mediaite StaffAug 18th, 2021, 4:27 pm
 

Donald Trump

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

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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