Cable News Ratings Wednesday May 23: Fox News Interview With DeSantis Scores 2 Million Viewers, Crushing Twitter Spaces Event

By Mediaite StaffMay 25th, 2023, 4:50 pm
 

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Fox News won prime time with 1.82 million total average viewers as its numbers were boosted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) interview with Trey Gowdy at 8 p.m.

Gowdy brought in nearly 2 million average viewers to easily win his time slot. Notably, DeSantis’s Twitter Spaces event brought peaked with some 300,000 listeners, a fraction of the Fox interview.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell pulled off a rare win in his time slot at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, beating both Fox News’s Laura Ingraham and CNN.

O’Donnell raked in 1.64 million total average viewers to Ingraham’s 1.62 million viewers to just come out on top. In the key 25054 age demographic, however, Ingraham led O’Donnell with 241,000 viewers to his 135,000.

CNN scored 114,000 demo viewers during the hour and 435,000 total average 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:
834		 CNN THIS MORNING:
309		 MORNING JOE:
907		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
88		 EARLY MORNING:
27
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1072		 CNN THIS MORNING:
368		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
247		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
28
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1298		 CNN THIS MORNING:
352		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1274		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
425		 MORNING JOE:
934		 NATIONAL REPORT:
226		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1211		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
494		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
763		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
31
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1346		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
490		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
582		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1506		 INSIDE POLITICS:
536		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
612		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
199		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1114		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
433		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
573		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
19
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1079		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
434		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
236		 —
3p STORY, THE:
958		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
586		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
749		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
37
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1098		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
605		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1364		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
239		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
2672		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
540		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
259		 HILL, THE:
30
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1746		 SITUATION ROOM:
557		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1459		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
328		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
42
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
1870		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
636		 REIDOUT:
1204		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
395		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
64
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
1955		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
511		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1493		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
426		 CUOMO:
154
9p HANNITY:
1896		 CNN PRIMETIME:
466		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1454		 CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
285		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
102
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1617		 CNN TONIGHT:
435		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1638		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
292		 BANFIELD:
84
11p GUTFELD!:
1762		 CNN TONIGHT:
305		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
969		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
180		 CUOMO:
84

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
129		 CNN THIS MORNING:
67		 MORNING JOE:
111		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
11		 EARLY MORNING:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
157		 CNN THIS MORNING:
67		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
39		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
164		 CNN THIS MORNING:
74		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
118		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
95		 MORNING JOE:
112		 NATIONAL REPORT:
34		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
139		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
111		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
85		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
8
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
170		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
113		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
74		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
165		 INSIDE POLITICS:
126		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
78		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
22		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
132		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
115		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
80		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
7
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
114		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
105		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
29		 —
3p STORY, THE:
104		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
141		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
91		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
9
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
125		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
115		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
158		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
32		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
302		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
109		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
36		 HILL, THE:
6
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
197		 SITUATION ROOM:
134		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
150		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
42		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
4
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
187		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
121		 REIDOUT:
144		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
54		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
12
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
186		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
95		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
179		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
62		 CUOMO:
35
9p HANNITY:
211		 CNN PRIMETIME:
132		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
162		 CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
33		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
21
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
241		 CNN TONIGHT:
114		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
135		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
23		 BANFIELD:
20
11p GUTFELD!:
245		 CNN TONIGHT:
76		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
128		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
19		 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: 437,000

Fox News: 1.34 million

MSNBC: 951,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 98,000

Fox News: 159,000

MSNBC: 116,000

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: 471,000

Fox News: 1.82 million

MSNBC: 1.53 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 114,000

Fox News: 213,000

MSNBC: 159,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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