Cable News Ratings Tuesday, December 21st: Every Fox News Show Beat the Highest-Rated Show on CNN and MSNBC in the Demo

Mediaite StaffDec 22nd, 2021, 6:58 pm
 

Every Fox News show beat the highest-rated show on CNN or MSNBC in the key 25-54 age demographic on Tuesday.

After Fox, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow had the most viewers in the demo with 215,000.

Tucker Carlson Tonight won the demo with 524,000 viewers and finished second in cable news with 3.1 million total viewers. The Five was the top-rated show with 3.4 million total viewers and second in the demo with 471,000 viewers.

All of Fox’s day time programs including The Story, America’s Newsroom, America Reports, Your World, The Faulkner Focus, Outnumbered and Fox & Friends beat Maddow in the demo and every other show on MSNBC and CNN.

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:
1022		 NEW DAY:
310		 MORNING JOE:
753		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
17		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
41
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1384		 NEW DAY:
340		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
68		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
9
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1632		 NEW DAY:
451		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1806		 CNN NEWSROOM:
567		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
749		 NATIONAL REPORT:
121		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1730		 CNN NEWSROOM:
656		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
630		 — JAG:
65
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1760		 AT THIS HOUR:
640		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
586		 — JAG:
108
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1858		 AT THIS HOUR:
618		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
695		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
123		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
121
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1655		 CNN NEWSROOM:
571		 MTP DAILY:
734		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
169
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1881		 CNN NEWSROOM:
753		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
755		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
127		 BLUE BLOODS:
211
3p STORY, THE:
1947		 CNN NEWSROOM:
943		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
271
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1760		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
774		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1154		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
182		 BLUE BLOODS:
233
5p FIVE, THE:
3432		 SITUATION ROOM:
775		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
211		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
97
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2301		 SITUATION ROOM:
641		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
904		 SPICER & CO:
224		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
42
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1911		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
602		 REIDOUT:
916		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
299		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
32
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3053		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
628		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1189		 STINCHFIELD:
231		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
34
9p HANNITY:
2347		 CNN TONIGHT:
539		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1995		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
164		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
35
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2155		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
539		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1409		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
161		 BANFIELD:
46
11p GUTFELD!:
1864		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
417		 11TH HOUR:
881		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
95		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
21

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
195		 NEW DAY:
56		 MORNING JOE:
92		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
2		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
9
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
280		 NEW DAY:
72		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
264		 NEW DAY:
100		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
306		 CNN NEWSROOM:
110		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
93		 NATIONAL REPORT:
26		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
297		 CNN NEWSROOM:
145		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
75		 — JAG:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
264		 AT THIS HOUR:
114		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
84		 — JAG:
18
12p OUTNUMBERED:
255		 AT THIS HOUR:
130		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
80		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
8		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
7
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
249		 CNN NEWSROOM:
144		 MTP DAILY:
73		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
12
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
327		 CNN NEWSROOM:
144		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
86		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
10		 BLUE BLOODS:
22
3p STORY, THE:
320		 CNN NEWSROOM:
183		 — — BLUE BLOODS:
33
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
273		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
165		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
101		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
8		 BLUE BLOODS:
36
5p FIVE, THE:
471		 SITUATION ROOM:
164		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
11		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
25
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
329		 SITUATION ROOM:
143		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
89		 SPICER & CO:
17		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
13
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
278		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
149		 REIDOUT:
89		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
30		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
524		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
119		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
121		 STINCHFIELD:
33		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
9p HANNITY:
422		 CNN TONIGHT:
117		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
215		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
32		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
394		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
137		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
112		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
31		 BANFIELD:
12
11p GUTFELD!:
336		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
109		 11TH HOUR:
85		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
6		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 557,000

Fox: 1.79 million

MSNBC: 872,00

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 120,000

Fox News: 296,000

MSNBC: 92,000

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: 569,000

Fox News: 2.52 million

MSNBC: 1.53 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 124,000

Fox News: 447,000

MSNBC: 149,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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