Cable News Ratings Thursday June 8: MSNBC Sweeps Fox and CNN in Prime Time With Trump Indictment Coverage

 

Alex Wagner, Chris Hayes

MSNBC’s prime time line up swept the competition on Thursday night as news of Donald Trump’s federal indictment broke.

Chris Hayes, Alex Wagner, and Lawrence O’Donnell all won their respective hours between 8 and 11 p.m. in both total viewers and in the key 25-54 age demographic.

MSNBC led prime time averages with 2.43 million total viewers, followed closely by Fox News’s 2.15 million. CNN landed in third place with 1.13 million total viewers — a major boost for the network.

In the demo, MSNBC won prime time with 342,000 viewers, beating CNN’s 256,000. Fox News landed third with 231,000 prime time demo viewers as the network continues to regain viewers lost after Tucker Carlson, who often led cable news in the demo, was fired.

Fox News still won the day in total day demo and total viewer averages.

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:
844
CNN THIS MORNING:
262
MORNING JOE:
1059
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
53
EARLY MORNING:
25
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1106
CNN THIS MORNING:
322
WAKE UP AMERICA:
211
MORNING IN AMERICA:
36
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1265
CNN THIS MORNING:
418
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1320
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
448
MORNING JOE:
937
NATIONAL REPORT:
203
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1322
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
530
ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
710
NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
29
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1295
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
569
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
687
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1432
INSIDE POLITICS:
583
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
741
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
186
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1247
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
444
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
776
NEWSNATION NOW:
42
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1119
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
544
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
939 [2:16 PM-2:59 PM]
AMERICAN AGENDA:
150
3p STORY, THE:
1170
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
591
KATY TUR REPORTS:
952
NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
48
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1267
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
630
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1481
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
235
5p FIVE, THE:
2588
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
616
CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
197
HILL, THE:
29
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1727
SITUATION ROOM:
603
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1586
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
258
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
54
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2212
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
788
REIDOUT:
1397
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
396
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
33
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
1904
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1306
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
2316
SCHMITT SPECIAL COVERAGE:
521
CUOMO:
160
9p HANNITY:
2304
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1190
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
2530
GORKA SPECIAL COVERAGE:
385
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
158
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2256
TRUMP FEDERAL INDICTMENT:
909
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
2608
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
374
BANFIELD:
89
11p GUTFELD!:
1801
TRUMP FEDERAL INDICTMENT:
659
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1719
SALCEDO SPECIAL COVERAGE:
284
CUOMO:
87

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
125
CNN THIS MORNING:
51
MORNING JOE:
122
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
2
EARLY MORNING:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
142
CNN THIS MORNING:
74
WAKE UP AMERICA:
30
MORNING IN AMERICA:
3
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
127
CNN THIS MORNING:
88
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
134
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
101
MORNING JOE:
113
NATIONAL REPORT:
16
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
144
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
107
ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
80
NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
4
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
161
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
107
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
91
12p OUTNUMBERED:
188
INSIDE POLITICS:
96
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
114
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
11
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
169
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
66
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
95
NEWSNATION NOW:
5
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
126
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
92
MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE:
110 [2:16 PM-2:59 PM]
AMERICAN AGENDA:
8
3p STORY, THE:
135
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
89
KATY TUR REPORTS:
116
NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
2
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
148
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
122
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
156
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
8
5p FIVE, THE:
274
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
131
CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
9
HILL, THE:
1
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
184
SITUATION ROOM:
141
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
161
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
18
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
200
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
166
REIDOUT:
190
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
28
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
5
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
177
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
272
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
348
SCHMITT SPECIAL COVERAGE:
49
CUOMO:
18
9p HANNITY:
245
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
263
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
360
GORKA SPECIAL COVERAGE:
46
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
36
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
271
TRUMP FEDERAL INDICTMENT:
232
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
319
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
34
BANFIELD:
15
11p GUTFELD!:
253
TRUMP FEDERAL INDICTMENT:
140
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
251
SALCEDO SPECIAL COVERAGE:
25
CUOMO:
19

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: 606,000

Fox News: 1.44 million

MSNBC: 1.27 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 125,000

Fox News: 170,000

MSNBC: 165,000

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: 1.13 million

Fox News: 2.15 million

MSNBC: 2.43 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 256,000

Fox News: 231,000

MSNBC: 342,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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