Cable News Ratings Tuesday May 16: Newsmax Tops CNN in Two Hours, Fox News Wins Prime Time

By Mediaite StaffMay 17th, 2023, 5:03 pm
 

Fox News was back on top Tuesday in the prime time ratings, both in terms of total viewers and the key 25-54 age demographic.

Fox beat MSNBC with 1.57 million average prime time viewers to 1.37 million viewers. In the demo, Fox and MSNBC were neck and neck with Fox winning with 163,000 to 161,000 demo viewers — respectively.

CNN and Newsmax were in close competition during prime time. CNN beat Newsmax in total viewers with 397,000 to 366,000. Newsmax scored two big wins over CNN as Rob Schmitt beat Erin Burnett at 7 p.m. and Eric Bolling beat Anderson Cooper at 8 p.m. — CNN won both hours in the demo.

Former President Donald Trump called into Schmitt’s show Tuesday and appeared to provide a ratings boost. Bolling’s ratings have been up since Tucker Carlson was fired from his 8 p.m. show, although he has not seen a major increase.

In the demo, CNN scored 80,000 viewers, while Newsmax had 34,000.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
759		 CNN THIS MORNING:
255		 MORNING JOE:
976		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
65		 EARLY MORNING:
17
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1075		 CNN THIS MORNING:
340		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
178		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
51
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1291		 CNN THIS MORNING:
401		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1394		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
445		 MORNING JOE:
861		 NATIONAL REPORT:
186		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1300		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
496		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
676		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
29
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1379		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
501		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
599		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1415		 INSIDE POLITICS:
493		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
588		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
166		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1141		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
431		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
655		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
36
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1196		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
432		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
221		 —
3p STORY, THE:
1244		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
497		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
798		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
46
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1429		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
590		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1367		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
265		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
2802		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
516		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
311		 HILL, THE:
20
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1837		 SITUATION ROOM:
507		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1356		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
358		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
37
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2087		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
525		 REIDOUT:
1105		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
579		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
47
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
1433		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
496		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1311		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
510		 CUOMO:
117
9p HANNITY:
1769		 CNN PRIMETIME:
358		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1363		 CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
306		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
92
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1511		 CNN TONIGHT:
336		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1428		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
282		 BANFIELD:
84
11p GUTFELD!:
1627		 CNN TONIGHT:
313		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
889		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
186		 CUOMO:
67

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
105		 CNN THIS MORNING:
63		 MORNING JOE:
108		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
12		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
152		 CNN THIS MORNING:
76		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
12		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
162		 CNN THIS MORNING:
88		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
155		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
115		 MORNING JOE:
105		 NATIONAL REPORT:
17		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
167		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
104		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
64		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
1
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
185		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
116		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
61		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
196		 INSIDE POLITICS:
98		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
66		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
12		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
154		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
83		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
78		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
9
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
166		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
82		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
15		 —
3p STORY, THE:
163		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
91		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
70		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
5
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
158		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
74		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
118		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
13		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
330		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
108		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
34		 HILL, THE:
5
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
200		 SITUATION ROOM:
115		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
146		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
34		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
10
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
183		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
129		 REIDOUT:
128		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
51		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
16
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
141		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
91		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
153		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
40		 CUOMO:
29
9p HANNITY:
162		 CNN PRIMETIME:
71		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
175		 CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
28		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
23
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
186		 CNN TONIGHT:
76		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
154		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
32		 BANFIELD:
20
11p GUTFELD!:
264		 CNN TONIGHT:
81		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
117		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
30		 CUOMO:
8

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: 407,000

Fox News: 1.36 million

MSNBC: 916,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 85,000

Fox News: 166,000

MSNBC: 102,000

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: 397,000

Fox News: 1.57 million

MSNBC: 1.37 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 80,000

Fox News: 163,000

MSNBC: 161,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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