Cable News Ratings Wednesday June 7: MSNBC Wins Prime Time Demo, CNN in Third With Pence Town Hall

By Mediaite StaffJun 8th, 2023, 4:40 pm
 

Mike Pence and Dana Bash

MSNBC won the prime time demo on Wednesday night as both Chris Hayes and Alex Wagner beat their Fox and CNN competition in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Fox News won prime time in total viewers, while CNN’s town hall event with former Vice President Mike Pence kept the network in third place.

Fox News brought in 1.66 million total viewers across prime time, beating MSNBC’s 1.41 million. CNN landed third with 609,000 total viewers, a notable uptick for the network which was languishing closer to 500,000 viewers in recent weeks.

In the demo, MSNBC won with 156,000 viewers to Fox’s 144,000. CNN landed third with 109,000 demo viewers. Fox’s The Five remained the highest-rated show on cable news and the network won in total day averages in both the demo and total viewers.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
776		 CNN THIS MORNING:
276		 MORNING JOE:
918		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
45		 EARLY MORNING:
20
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1089		 CNN THIS MORNING:
303		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
164		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
49
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1291		 CNN THIS MORNING:
397		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1227		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
492		 MORNING JOE:
930		 NATIONAL REPORT:
201		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1147		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
486		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
746		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
34
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1203		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
493		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
642		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1300		 INSIDE POLITICS:
468		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
650		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
174		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1035		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
458		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
680		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
36
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1024		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
488		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
673 [2:06 PM-2:59 PM]		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
138		 —
3p STORY, THE:
1023		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
534		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
905		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
46
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1126		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
555		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1461		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
189		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
2765		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
566		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
175		 HILL, THE:
36
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1863		 SITUATION ROOM:
584		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1516		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
209		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
30
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2046		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
635		 REIDOUT:
1269		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
354		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
32
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
1564		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
781		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1340		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
419		 CUOMO:
133
9p HANNITY:
1871		 CNN TOWN HALL:
632		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1329		 CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
248		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
93
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1538		 — LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1550		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
281		 BANFIELD:
66
11p GUTFELD!:
1604		 CNN TH: POST ANALYSIS:
459 [10:36 PM-11:59 PM]		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1005		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
199		 CUOMO:
88

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
103		 CNN THIS MORNING:
60		 MORNING JOE:
113		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
3		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
133		 CNN THIS MORNING:
65		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
21		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
7
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
131		 CNN THIS MORNING:
77		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
124		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
99		 MORNING JOE:
116		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
129		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
78		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
67		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
170		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
72		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
70		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
151		 INSIDE POLITICS:
95		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
72		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
10		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
124		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
82		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
77		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
5
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
87		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
97		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
89 [2:06 PM-2:59 PM]		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
11		 —
3p STORY, THE:
114		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
92		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
77		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
9
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
146		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
91		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
145		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
15		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
298		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
99		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
25		 HILL, THE:
4
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
169		 SITUATION ROOM:
135		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
144		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
25		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
164		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
134		 REIDOUT:
166		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
36		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
129		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
103		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
169		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
59		 CUOMO:
7
9p HANNITY:
147		 CNN TOWN HALL:
128		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
170		 CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
35		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
3
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
155		 — LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
129		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
44		 BANFIELD:
5
11p GUTFELD!:
241		 CNN TH: POST ANALYSIS:
93 [10:36 PM-11:59 PM]		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
135		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
28		 CUOMO:
16

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: 470,000

Fox News: 1.30 million

MSNBC: 975,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 93,000

Fox News: 147,000

MSNBC: 115,000

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: 609,000

Fox News: 1.66 million

MSNBC: 1.41 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 109,000

Fox News: 144,000

MSNBC: 156,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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