Cable News Ratings Friday July 8: Fox News Quadruples MSNBC In Prime Time Demo
Fox News quadrupled MSNBC in the key 25-54 age demographic during prime time on Friday night.
Fox News led overall in terms of both total viewers and in the demo on Friday, but particularly outpaced both CNN and MSNBC during prime time.
Fox News won the prime time demo with 366,000 viewers. CNN came in second with 140,000 demo viewers, while MSNBC lagged behind with only 88,000 viewers in the demo.
In terms of total prime time viewers, Fox News won with 2.21 million average viewers. MSNBC came in second in prime time with 1.20 million average viewers and CNN landed in third with only 660,ooo total average prime time 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: 1024 |
NEW DAY: 358 |
MORNING JOE: 838 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 7 |
EARLY MORNING: 2 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1328 |
NEW DAY: 398 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 63 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 30 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1446 |
NEW DAY: 523 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1551 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 618 |
MORNING JOE: 921 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 120 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1452 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 660 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 646 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 110 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1470 |
AT THIS HOUR: 632 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 643 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 139 |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1748 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 754 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 767 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 139 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 184 |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1295 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 801 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 672 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 166 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1242 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 760 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 776 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 166 |
BLUE BLOODS: 203 |
3p | STORY, THE: 1284 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 682 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 842 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 210 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1375 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 673 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1456 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 192 |
BLUE BLOODS: 208 |
5p | FIVE, THE: 3183 |
SITUATION ROOM: 705 |
— | SPICER & CO: 148 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 89 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2107 |
SITUATION ROOM: 616 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1456 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 172 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 60 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2375 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 674 |
REIDOUT: 1136 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 156 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 26 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2876 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 842 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1265 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 146 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 36 |
9p | HANNITY: 2091 |
CNN TONIGHT: 600 |
MSNBC PRIME: 1213 |
PRIME NEWS: 111 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 41 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1660 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 539 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1087 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 161 |
BANFIELD: 49 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 1813 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 427 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 775 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 62 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 22 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 169 |
NEW DAY: 69 |
MORNING JOE: 93 |
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 2 |
EARLY MORNING: 0 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 228 |
NEW DAY: 67 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 11 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 1 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 217 |
NEW DAY: 77 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 208 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 95 |
MORNING JOE: 114 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 19 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 173 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 126 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 69 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 12 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 154 |
AT THIS HOUR: 136 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 85 |
— | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 29 |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 162 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 166 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 96 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 17 |
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT: 35 |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 147 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 161 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 84 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 17 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 182 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 171 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 86 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 13 |
BLUE BLOODS: 33 |
3p | STORY, THE: 157 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 147 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 100 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 30 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 196 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 129 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 108 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 6 |
BLUE BLOODS: 29 |
5p | FIVE, THE: 406 |
SITUATION ROOM: 145 |
— | SPICER & CO: 12 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 10 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 282 |
SITUATION ROOM: 185 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 151 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 17 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 11 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 343 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 170 |
REIDOUT: 112 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 10 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 2 |
8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 501 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 164 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 100 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 11 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 11 |
9p | HANNITY: 324 |
CNN TONIGHT: 125 |
MSNBC PRIME: 80 |
PRIME NEWS: 20 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 8 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 274 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 131 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 85 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 16 |
BANFIELD: 12 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 279 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 126 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 103 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 11 |
NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT: 2 |
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: 579,000
Fox News: 1.59 million
MSNBC: 893,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 123,000
Fox News: 230,000
MSNBC: 91,000
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: 660,000
Fox News: 2.21 million
MSNBC: 1.20 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 140,000
Fox News: 366,000
MSNBC: 88,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.