Cable News Ratings Thursday August 25: 2.2 Million Viewers Tuned In For Dana Perino Guest-Hosting Gutfeld!

Mediaite StaffAug 26th, 2022, 6:25 pm
 

Dana Perino

Fox News anchor of America’s Newsroom and co-host of The Five, Dana Perino, pulled triple duty on Thursday by also guest-hosting Gutfeld! at 11 p.m.

Perino, who served as press secretary to President George W. Bush brought in 2.2 million total viewers while guest-hosting Gutfeld! — making it the 6th most-watched show on cable news for the day.

The Five landed in second place overall and America’s Newsroom came in at 9th overall.

Fox News had the top ten shows on cable news Thursday and Perino led three of them.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1102		 NEW DAY:
344		 MORNING JOE:
806		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
25		 EARLY MORNING:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1466		 NEW DAY:
392		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
88		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
30
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1647		 NEW DAY:
445		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1643		 CNN NEWSROOM:
559		 MORNING JOE:
953		 NATIONAL REPORT:
145		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1816		 CNN NEWSROOM:
572		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
724		 — BLUE BLOODS:
50
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1684		 AT THIS HOUR:
571		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
709		 — BLUE BLOODS:
83
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1828		 INSIDE POLITICS:
582		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
685		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
160		 BLUE BLOODS:
126
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1545		 CNN NEWSROOM:
657		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
696		 — BLUE BLOODS:
150
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1328		 CNN NEWSROOM:
671		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
710		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
166		 BLUE BLOODS:
199
3p STORY, THE:
1433		 CNN NEWSROOM:
652		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
786		 — BLUE BLOODS:
255
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1532		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
606		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1434		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
242		 BLUE BLOODS:
277
5p FIVE, THE:
3263		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
610		 — SPICER & CO:
201		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
88
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2284		 SITUATION ROOM:
595		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1365		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
210		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
51
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2767		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
682		 REIDOUT:
1263		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
233		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
29
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3277		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
939		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1418		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
171		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
37
9p HANNITY:
2397		 CNN TONIGHT:
741		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1491		 PRIME NEWS:
113		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
69
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2006		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
618		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1566		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
214		 BANFIELD:
54
11p GUTFELD!:
2211		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
441		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1068		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
172		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
35

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
165		 NEW DAY:
66		 MORNING JOE:
94		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
2		 EARLY MORNING:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
228		 NEW DAY:
71		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
9		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
217		 NEW DAY:
86		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
204		 CNN NEWSROOM:
112		 MORNING JOE:
112		 NATIONAL REPORT:
19		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
205		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
97		 — BLUE BLOODS:
12
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
198		 AT THIS HOUR:
102		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
83		 — BLUE BLOODS:
11
12p OUTNUMBERED:
233		 INSIDE POLITICS:
111		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
87		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
20		 BLUE BLOODS:
19
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
175		 CNN NEWSROOM:
124		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
93		 — BLUE BLOODS:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
160		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
72		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
3p STORY, THE:
181		 CNN NEWSROOM:
120		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
83		 — BLUE BLOODS:
46
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
198		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
113		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
136		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
16		 BLUE BLOODS:
51
5p FIVE, THE:
371		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
92		 — SPICER & CO:
13		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
9
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
320		 SITUATION ROOM:
111		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
154		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
15		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
335		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
130		 REIDOUT:
158		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
19		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
458		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
155		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
143		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
15		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
6
9p HANNITY:
299		 CNN TONIGHT:
129		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
168		 PRIME NEWS:
9		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
7
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
266		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
136		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
149		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
16		 BANFIELD:
10
11p GUTFELD!:
333		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
91		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
141		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
16		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
0

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: 554,000

Fox News: 1.79 million

MSNBC: 970,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 104,000

Fox News: 241,000

MSNBC: 114,000

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: 766,000

Fox News: 2.56 million

MSNBC: 1.49 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 140,000

Fox News: 341,000

MSNBC: 153,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

Tags: