Cable News Ratings Thursday May 4: Pam Brown Lands First in Total Viewers and Demo on CNN

By Mediaite StaffMay 5th, 2023, 5:11 pm
 

Pamela Brown on CNN

CNN anchor Pamela Brown led the network in total viewers and the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic on Thursday.

Brown, the network’s chief investigative correspondent, filled in for Erin Burnett’s 7 p.m. show OutFront Thursday night. In the hour, she drew 669,000 total viewers and 152,000 in the demo. Fox News and MSNBC beat CNN overall in the time-slot but Brown bested MSNBC in the demo.

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:
763		 CNN THIS MORNING:
352		 MORNING JOE:
953		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
58		 EARLY MORNING:
27
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1019		 CNN THIS MORNING:
374		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
185		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
50
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1243		 CNN THIS MORNING:
435		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1371		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
436		 MORNING JOE:
946		 NATIONAL REPORT:
234		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1384		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
490		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
760		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
52
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1331		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
568		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
760		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1345		 INSIDE POLITICS:
607		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
727		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
226		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1207		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
549		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
672		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
45
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1173		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
545		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
242		 —
3p STORY, THE:
1167		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
569		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
805		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
47
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1111		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
591		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1452		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
231		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
2545		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
538		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
283		 HILL, THE:
43
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1776		 SITUATION ROOM:
558		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1424		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
281		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
54
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2122		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
669		 REIDOUT:
1218		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
445		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
58
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
1550		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
571		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1442		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
521		 CUOMO:
203
9p HANNITY:
2012		 CNN PRIMETIME:
453		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1571		 PRIME NEWS:
421		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
111
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1604		 CNN TONIGHT:
390		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1679		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
360		 BANFIELD:
121
11p GUTFELD!:
1637		 CNN TONIGHT:
265		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
898		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
204		 CUOMO:
73

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
104		 CNN THIS MORNING:
80		 MORNING JOE:
122		 DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
15		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
141		 CNN THIS MORNING:
94		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
22		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
11
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
152		 CNN THIS MORNING:
80		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
154		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
84		 MORNING JOE:
101		 NATIONAL REPORT:
19		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
175		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
92		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
85		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
13
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
139		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
119		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
96		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
132		 INSIDE POLITICS:
120		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
71		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
28		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
127		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
121		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
85		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
4
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
138		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
112		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
22		 —
3p STORY, THE:
123		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
112		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
127		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
3
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
107		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
89		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
161		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
21		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
248		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
71		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
30		 HILL, THE:
7
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
169		 SITUATION ROOM:
101		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
130		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
26		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
22
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
180		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
152		 REIDOUT:
146		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
41		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
14
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
181		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
146		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
153		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
48		 CUOMO:
28
9p HANNITY:
189		 CNN PRIMETIME:
134		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
141		 PRIME NEWS:
45		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
12
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
156		 CNN TONIGHT:
95		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
168		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
40		 BANFIELD:
24
11p GUTFELD!:
201		 CNN TONIGHT:
68		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
110		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
26		 CUOMO:
7

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: 458,000

Fox News: 1.33 million

MSNBC: 990,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 97,000

Fox News: 149,000

MSNBC: 113,000

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: 1.72 million

MSNBC: 1.56 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 125,000

Fox News: 175,000

MSNBC: 154,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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