Fox News’s The Five topped the cable news ratings charts on Thursday with 2.66 million total viewers.
Fox’s Jesse Watters had the second-highest-rated show with 2.18 million total viewers. No other cable news show crossed the 2 million viewer mark on Thursday.
The Five also led in the key 25-54 age demographic with 338,000 viewers, followed by Gutfeld!’s 252,000 demo viewers. Watters and Greg Gutfeld are co-hosts on The Five.
CNN’s ratings came back down after Wednesday’s town hall with Donald Trump boosted the network into first place at 8 p.m. Fox News led the day overall, MSNBC was in second and CNN landed in third in all total day and prime time 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: 878 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 364 |
MORNING JOE: 1018 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 59 |
EARLY MORNING: 13 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1240 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 422 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 189 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 48 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1414 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 442 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1415 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 469 |
MORNING JOE: 1039 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 239 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1394 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 488 |
ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 780 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 22 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1360 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 545 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 652 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1491 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 608 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 631 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 189 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1237 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 573 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 688 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW: 43 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1221 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 516 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 696 [2:04 PM-2:59 PM] |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 201 |
— |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1198 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 604 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 758 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 41 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1146 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 597 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1475 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 268 |
— |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2665 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 577 |
— | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 290 |
HILL, THE: 35 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 1753 |
SITUATION ROOM: 587 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1420 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 273 |
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 17 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2181 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 607 |
REIDOUT: 1286 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 405 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 34 |
| 8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 1394 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 616 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1359 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 443 |
CUOMO: 136 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 1990 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 546 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1221 |
CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 296 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 111 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1691 |
CNN TONIGHT: 451 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1585 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 331 |
BANFIELD: 83 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1845 |
CNN TONIGHT: 310 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 907 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 172 |
CUOMO: 61 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 146 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 76 |
MORNING JOE: 124 |
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 13 |
EARLY MORNING: 0 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 185 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 78 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 23 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 127 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 77 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 155 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 88 |
MORNING JOE: 124 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 19 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 156 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 74 |
ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 92 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 3 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 174 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 86 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 99 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 179 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 106 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 61 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 28 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 139 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 127 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 61 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW: 7 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 174 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 97 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 77 [2:04 PM-2:59 PM] |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 13 |
— |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 194 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 102 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 71 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 4 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 187 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 96 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 137 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 18 |
— |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 338 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 104 |
— | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 10 |
HILL, THE: 6 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 203 |
SITUATION ROOM: 125 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 130 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 17 |
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 2 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 211 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 123 |
REIDOUT: 140 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 34 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 3 |
| 8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 157 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 137 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 139 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 57 |
CUOMO: 29 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 158 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 131 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 124 |
CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 48 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 21 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 189 |
CNN TONIGHT: 105 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 165 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 59 |
BANFIELD: 11 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 252 |
CNN TONIGHT: 75 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 106 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 33 |
CUOMO: 10 |
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: 484,000
Fox News: 1.40 million
MSNBC: 972,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 98,000
Fox News: 174,000
MSNBC: 105,000
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: 538,000
Fox News: 1.69 million
MSNBC: 1.39 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 124,000
Fox News: 168,000
MSNBC: 143,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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