Cable News Ratings Friday September 2: Fox News Beats CNN and MSNBC Combined in Demo and Total Viewers

Mediaite StaffSep 6th, 2022, 6:16 pm
 

The Five

Fox News beat its cable rivals, CNN and MSNBC, in both combined total viewership and combined viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic.

In total day viewers, Fox brought in 1.7 million viewers, while CNN raked in 588,000 and MSNBC scored 992,000.

In the demo, Fox landed in first place with 236,000 viewers while CNN and MSNBC tied with 105,000 demo viewers each.

Notably, Fox News landed in third place overall on Friday among both cable and broadcast networks and The Five was the second most watched show on all of television with some 3.1 million total viewers.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
998		 NEW DAY:
282		 MORNING JOE:
998		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
20		 EARLY MORNING:
20
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1258		 NEW DAY:
381		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
103		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
32
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1525		 NEW DAY:
455		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1664		 CNN NEWSROOM:
575		 MORNING JOE:
1111		 NATIONAL REPORT:
179		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1745		 CNN NEWSROOM:
665		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
834		 — BLUE BLOODS:
59
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1777		 AT THIS HOUR:
706		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
818		 — BLUE BLOODS:
99
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1886		 INSIDE POLITICS:
836		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
812		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
187		 BLUE BLOODS:
134
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1672		 CNN NEWSROOM:
810		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
712		 — BLUE BLOODS:
187
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1561		 CNN NEWSROOM:
835		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
819		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
153		 BLUE BLOODS:
233
3p STORY, THE:
1613		 CNN NEWSROOM:
789		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
918		 — BLUE BLOODS:
291
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1622		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
751		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1518		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
287		 BLUE BLOODS:
310
5p FIVE, THE:
3166		 SITUATION ROOM:
699		 — SPICER & CO:
183		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
115
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2234		 SITUATION ROOM:
693		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1280		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
163		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
54
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2176		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
718		 REIDOUT:
1162		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
172		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
41
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2534		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
702		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1294		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
174		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
32
9p HANNITY:
2056		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
589		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1251		 PRIME NEWS:
91		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
41
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1811		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
497		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1366		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
135		 BANFIELD:
42
11p GUTFELD!:
2123		 ANDERSON COOPER SPCL RPT:
416		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
921		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
54		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
23

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
190		 NEW DAY:
38		 MORNING JOE:
100		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
1		 EARLY MORNING:
9
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
221		 NEW DAY:
53		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
12		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
10
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
255		 NEW DAY:
80		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
242		 CNN NEWSROOM:
96		 MORNING JOE:
120		 NATIONAL REPORT:
12		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
223		 CNN NEWSROOM:
83		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
126		 — BLUE BLOODS:
19
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
227		 AT THIS HOUR:
110		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
111		 — BLUE BLOODS:
21
12p OUTNUMBERED:
228		 INSIDE POLITICS:
127		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
102		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
14		 BLUE BLOODS:
18
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
211		 CNN NEWSROOM:
147		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
84		 — BLUE BLOODS:
20
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
177		 CNN NEWSROOM:
158		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
83		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
18		 BLUE BLOODS:
30
3p STORY, THE:
187		 CNN NEWSROOM:
131		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
128		 — BLUE BLOODS:
29
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
192		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
139		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
127		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
28		 BLUE BLOODS:
21
5p FIVE, THE:
406		 SITUATION ROOM:
170		 — SPICER & CO:
10		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
11
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
299		 SITUATION ROOM:
144		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
127		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
5		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
5
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
301		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
148		 REIDOUT:
129		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
9		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
380		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
123		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
126		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
6		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
9p HANNITY:
217		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
89		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
136		 PRIME NEWS:
5		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
2
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
201		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
87		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
114		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
3		 BANFIELD:
2
11p GUTFELD!:
319		 ANDERSON COOPER SPCL RPT:
91		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
101		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
2		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1

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: 588,000

Fox News: 1.70 million

MSNBC: 992,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 105,000

Fox News: 236,000

MSNBC: 105,000

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: 596,000

Fox News: 2.13 million

MSNBC: 1.30 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 100,000

Fox News: 266,000

MSNBC: 125,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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