Cable News Ratings Tuesday September 6: Fox & Friends Crushes Morning Show Competition — Again
Fox & Friends crushed the competition on Tuesday morning as people went back to work after the long Labor Day weekend. The performance continued the longtime trend of the Fox News morning show dominating its rivals on MSNBC and CNN.
Fox scored over 1 million total viewers across all three hours from 6 to 10 a.m. During the 9 to 10 a.m. hour, Fox & Friends raked in some 1.6 million total viewers almost doubling MSNBC’s Morning Joe’s average from 6 to 10 a.m.
CNN’s New Day peaked at 462,000 total viewers in the 9 to 10 a.m. hour.
Here is a full breakdown of Tuesday’s cable news ratings by show:
Total Viewers (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1042 |
NEW DAY: 254 |
MORNING JOE: 832 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 26 |
EARLY MORNING: 14 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1320 |
NEW DAY: 347 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 90 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 38 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1600 |
NEW DAY: 462 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1763 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 522 |
MORNING JOE: 877 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 164 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1867 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 628 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 695 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 65 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1850 |
AT THIS HOUR: 635 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 687 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 82 |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 2007 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 586 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 697 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 145 |
BLUE BLOODS: 119 |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1688 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 623 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 653 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 194 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1561 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 590 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 820 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 131 |
BLUE BLOODS: 250 |
3p | STORY, THE: 1502 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 650 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 761 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 315 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1472 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 730 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1427 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 195 |
BLUE BLOODS: 374 |
5p | FIVE, THE: 3513 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 712 |
— | SPICER & CO: 208 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 120 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2670 |
SITUATION ROOM: 621 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1454 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 208 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 88 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2962 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 698 |
REIDOUT: 1212 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 251 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 62 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 3291 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 831 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1536 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 208 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 62 |
9p | HANNITY: 2762 |
CNN TONIGHT: 653 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1719 |
PRIME NEWS: 158 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 73 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 2202 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 603 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1577 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 220 |
BANFIELD: 52 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 2138 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 480 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 972 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 100 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 38 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 181 |
NEW DAY: 47 |
MORNING JOE: 103 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 5 |
EARLY MORNING: 3 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 195 |
NEW DAY: 64 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 9 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 196 |
NEW DAY: 95 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 249 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 73 |
MORNING JOE: 84 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 13 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 295 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 97 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 55 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 10 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 286 |
AT THIS HOUR: 121 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 54 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 17 |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 316 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 113 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 64 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 11 |
BLUE BLOODS: 20 |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 234 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 114 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 74 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 20 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 189 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 112 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 75 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 18 |
BLUE BLOODS: 30 |
3p | STORY, THE: 191 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 92 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 74 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 43 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 179 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 111 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 110 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 22 |
BLUE BLOODS: 35 |
5p | FIVE, THE: 416 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 142 |
— | SPICER & CO: 22 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 11 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 366 |
SITUATION ROOM: 127 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 163 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 22 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 11 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 413 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 146 |
REIDOUT: 131 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 28 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 17 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 557 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 194 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 140 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 23 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 12 |
9p | HANNITY: 425 |
CNN TONIGHT: 139 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 181 |
PRIME NEWS: 8 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 15 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 363 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 130 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 154 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 25 |
BANFIELD: 9 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 394 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 110 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 117 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 9 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 6 |
As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
Total viewers:
CNN: 549,000
Fox News: 1.87 million
MSNBC: 972,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 108,000
Fox News: 280,000
MSNBC: 99,000
Here are the prime time averages — encompassing shows which air from 8-11 p.m. — in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
Total viewers:
CNN: 696,000
Fox News: 2.75 million
MSNBC: 1.61 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 155,000
Fox News: 449,000
MSNBC: 159,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.