Fox News topped the cable news ratings across the board on Monday, winning in both the total viewer and key 25-54 age demographic averages for total day and prime time viewers.
Fox’s Bret Baier came in second place overall with his sitdown interview with former President Donald Trump, which brought in 2.6 million total viewers. The Five landed first in total viewers with 2.78 million, but Baier did win overall in the demo, beating The Five — 289,000 to 273,000, respectively.
Fox News scored four shows over 2 million viewers with Jesse Watters and Sean Hannity joining Baier and The Five. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell were also over the 2 million viewers mark — both beating Fox and CNN in their respective time slots (although Fox won in the demo).
Fox returned to number one last week, notching its highest-rated week since Tucker Carlson’s ouster in late April.
Notably, NewsNation beat Newsmax in 5-straight hours in the demo, from 7 through 11 p.m.
Here is a full breakdown of Monday’s cable news ratings by show:
Total Viewers (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 735 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 298 |
MORNING JOE: 920 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 58 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 21 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1007 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 313 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 157 |
— |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1087 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 347 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1252 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 522 |
MORNING JOE: 1087 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 178 |
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| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1255 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 570 |
ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 739 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 33 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1267 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 522 |
— | — | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1586 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 554 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 613 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 134 |
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| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1342 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 526 |
— | — | NEWSNATION NOW: 32 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1201 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 557 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 758 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 144 |
— |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1176 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 590 |
— | — | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 63 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1293 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 621 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1409 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 253 |
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| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2786 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 641 |
— | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 227 |
HILL, THE: 31 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2600 |
SITUATION ROOM: 505 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1405 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 277 |
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 49 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2411 |
JUNETEENTH ON CNN: 399 |
REIDOUT: 1234 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 355 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 68 |
| 8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 1886 |
JUNETEENTH: A CELEBRATION: 612 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1300 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 406 |
CUOMO: 155 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2093 |
— | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2373 |
CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 239 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 109 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1788 |
— | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 2009 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 243 |
BANFIELD: 106 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1750 |
JUNETEENTH ON CNN: 361 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1183 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 152 |
CUOMO: 98 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 88 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 77 |
MORNING JOE: 89 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 2 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 129 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 72 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 14 |
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| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 121 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 93 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 119 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 116 |
MORNING JOE: 109 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 10 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 127 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 120 |
ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 74 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 3 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 142 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 86 |
— | — | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 181 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 85 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 67 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 11 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 135 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 86 |
— | — | NEWSNATION NOW: 4 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 125 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 97 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 80 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 15 |
— |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 127 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 85 |
— | — | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 9 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 144 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 113 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 130 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 23 |
— |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 273 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 136 |
— | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 19 |
HILL, THE: 8 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 289 |
SITUATION ROOM: 95 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 166 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 17 |
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 8 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 250 |
JUNETEENTH ON CNN: 77 |
REIDOUT: 135 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 18 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 22 |
| 8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 214 |
JUNETEENTH: A CELEBRATION: 116 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 138 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 21 |
CUOMO: 38 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 260 |
— | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 259 |
CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 25 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 26 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 232 |
— | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 228 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 27 |
BANFIELD: 34 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 260 |
JUNETEENTH ON CNN: 62 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 115 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 11 |
CUOMO: 12 |
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: 465,000
Fox News: 1.44 million
MSNBC: 1.06 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 92,000
Fox News: 168,000
MSNBC: 111,000
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: 612,000
Fox News: 1.92 million
MSNBC: 1.89 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 116,000
Fox News: 235,000
MSNBC: 208,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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