Cable News Ratings Thursday May 18: Fox’s Will Cain Wins 8 P.M. – CNN’s Cooper Loses to Newsmax Again

By Mediaite StaffMay 19th, 2023, 5:32 pm
 

Will Cain

Fox News won the 8 p.m. hour on Thursday night as Will Cain guest hosted Fox News Tonight. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes came in second in total viewers to Cain, although Hayes won the key 25-54 age demographic.

Anderson Cooper lost for the third night in a row to Newsmax’s Eric Bolling, despite having the second-highest-rated show on CNN – after Erin Burnett.

Bolling beat Cooper with 568,000 viewers to 544,000.

Cain well outpaced MSNBC’s Hayes 1.63 million viewers to 1.28 million. Hayes led the demo with 179,000 viewers to Fox’s 156,000. Cooper was third in the demo with 97,000, while Bolling brought in 69,000.

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:
823		 CNN THIS MORNING:
268		 MORNING JOE:
959		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
49		 EARLY MORNING:
8
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1144		 CNN THIS MORNING:
324		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
215		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
21
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1341		 CNN THIS MORNING:
399		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1617		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
455		 MORNING JOE:
873		 NATIONAL REPORT:
345		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1650		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
533		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
634		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
30
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1445		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
424		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
599		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1455		 INSIDE POLITICS:
447		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
585		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
317		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1226		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
385		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
629		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1048		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
361		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
256		 —
3p STORY, THE:
966		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
424		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
741		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
35
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1079		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
504		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1372		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
338		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
2504		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
533		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
306		 HILL, THE:
33
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1822		 SITUATION ROOM:
519		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1428		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
291		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
39
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2221		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
552		 REIDOUT:
1123		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
440		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
50
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
1633		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
544		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1282		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
568		 CUOMO:
141
9p HANNITY:
1970		 CNN PRIMETIME:
397		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1239		 CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
323		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
128
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1642		 CNN TONIGHT:
352		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1426		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
326		 BANFIELD:
101
11p GUTFELD!:
1574		 CNN TONIGHT:
245		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1052		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
211		 CUOMO:
82

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
127		 CNN THIS MORNING:
45		 MORNING JOE:
118		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
5		 EARLY MORNING:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
153		 CNN THIS MORNING:
71		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
23		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
169		 CNN THIS MORNING:
89		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
195		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
84		 MORNING JOE:
120		 NATIONAL REPORT:
29		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
208		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
97		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
83		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
5
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
188		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
77		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
76		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
201		 INSIDE POLITICS:
85		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
76		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
33		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
180		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
90		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
90		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
2
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
119		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
93		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
20		 —
3p STORY, THE:
127		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
52		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
99		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
5
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
148		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
71		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
161		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
37		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
266		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
71		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
34		 HILL, THE:
9
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
194		 SITUATION ROOM:
103		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
153		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
32		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
10
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
190		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
98		 REIDOUT:
139		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
46		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
10
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
156		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
97		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
179		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
69		 CUOMO:
20
9p HANNITY:
187		 CNN PRIMETIME:
95		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
148		 CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
38		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
29
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
170		 CNN TONIGHT:
139		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
141		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
63		 BANFIELD:
30
11p GUTFELD!:
171		 CNN TONIGHT:
62		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
108		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
44		 CUOMO:
22

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: 388,000

Fox News: 1.38 million

MSNBC: 922,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 77,000

Fox News: 162,000

MSNBC: 112,000

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: 431,000

Fox News: 1.75 million

MSNBC: 1.32 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 111,000

Fox News: 171,000

MSNBC: 156,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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