Cable News Ratings Wednesday, August 25: Tucker Carlson Reclaims Top Spot With Monster Numbers in the Key Demo

Mediaite StaffAug 26th, 2021, 4:24 pm
 

Tucker Carlson

Without a high profile appearance from a president past or present, Tucker Carlson is proving pretty hard to take down in the ratings.

According to data from Nielsen, the Fox News host returned to the top spot just one day after a news conference from President Joe Biden helped The Five temporarily vault past him. Carlson was buoyed by a strong 648,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted adults 25-54 demographic — topping his closest rival Sean Hannity by nearly 100,000. Carlson also posted 3.71 million viewers overall — good for a clear No. 1 in that category as well.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
976		 NEW DAY:
338		 MORNING JOE:
880		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
18		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1353		 NEW DAY:
390		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
110		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1681		 NEW DAY:
588		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1788		 CNN NEWSROOM:
660		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
910		 NATIONAL REPORT:
210
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1868		 CNN NEWSROOM:
787		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
735		 —
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1954		 AT THIS HOUR:
774		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
2065		 AT THIS HOUR:
787		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
666		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
232
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1820		 CNN NEWSROOM:
864		 MTP DAILY:
645		 —
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1916		 CNN NEWSROOM:
872		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
706		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
268
3p STORY, THE:
2045		 CNN NEWSROOM:
965		 — —
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1742		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
887		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1068		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
265
5p FIVE, THE:
3327		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
760		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
279
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2359		 SITUATION ROOM:
753		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1182		 SPICER & CO:
240		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
72
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2424		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
884		 REIDOUT:
1103		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
306		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
21
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3711		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
952		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1346		 STINCHFIELD:
213		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
16
9p HANNITY:
3328		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
1082		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2503		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
153		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
12
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2702		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
893		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1758		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
202		 BANFIELD:
15
11p GUTFELD!:
2108		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
518		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
1265		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
134		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
6

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
186		 NEW DAY:
69		 MORNING JOE:
110		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
3		 —
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
236		 NEW DAY:
96		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 —
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
293		 NEW DAY:
117		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
344		 CNN NEWSROOM:
134		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
103		 NATIONAL REPORT:
35
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
303		 CNN NEWSROOM:
162		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
83		 —
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
285		 AT THIS HOUR:
157		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
279		 AT THIS HOUR:
165		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
98		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
42
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
245		 CNN NEWSROOM:
201		 MTP DAILY:
101		 —
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
292		 CNN NEWSROOM:
180		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
122		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
44
3p STORY, THE:
333		 CNN NEWSROOM:
217		 — —
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
294		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
194		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
97		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
48
5p FIVE, THE:
495		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
149		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
49
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
378		 SITUATION ROOM:
174		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
184		 SPICER & CO:
22		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
9
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
397		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
220		 REIDOUT:
170		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
20		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
648		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
272		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
178		 STINCHFIELD:
18		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
0
9p HANNITY:
559		 CUOMO PRIME TIME:
286		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
302		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
20		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
0
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
457		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
251		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
213		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
30		 BANFIELD:
2
11p GUTFELD!:
434		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
154		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
170		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
14		 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: 1.98 million

MSNBC: 990,000

CNN: 703,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 339,000

CNN: 164,000

MSNBC: 124,000

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: 3.25 million

MSNBC: 1.87 million

CNN: 976,000

25-54 Demo:

Fox News: 555,000

CNN: 270,000

MSNBC: 231,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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