Cable News Ratings Wednesday May 3: Jake Tapper Leads CNN as Ratings Tick Up

By Mediaite StaffMay 4th, 2023, 4:30 pm
 

Jake Tapper

CNN saw its ratings tick up a bit on Wednesday as Jake Tapper led the network with 810,000 total viewers at 5 p.m.

Tapper’s haul was a notable increase from Anderson Cooper’s first-place finish on CNN the day before, in which he led the network with 594,000 total viewers. CNN’s news coverage Wednesday during the day was dominated by a shooting at an Atlanta medical center and a subsequent manhunt.

In fact, CNN saw seven additional hours pass the 600,000 viewer mark and the network’s total day average landed at 510,000 — up from 465,000 the day before.

CNN did, however, land in a distant third overall behind top-rated Fox News, which won in total viewers and the key 24-54 age demographic in across both total day and prime time averages. MSNBC came in a solid second place, with a particularly strong showing in prime time.

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:
794		 CNN THIS MORNING:
305		 MORNING JOE:
920		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
51		 EARLY MORNING:
21
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1187		 CNN THIS MORNING:
384		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
185		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
38
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1451		 CNN THIS MORNING:
449		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1389		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
509		 MORNING JOE:
969		 NATIONAL REPORT:
297		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1355		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
527		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
664		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
54
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1308		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
467		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
606		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1413		 INSIDE POLITICS:
474		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
671		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
236		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1320		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
605		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
681		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
72
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1290		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
718		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
236		 —
3p STORY, THE:
1293		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
727		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
856		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
56
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1384		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
721		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1480		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
268		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
2764		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
810		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
282		 HILL, THE:
40
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1953		 SITUATION ROOM:
653		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1498		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
280		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
42
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2193		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
622		 REIDOUT:
1288		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
370		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
46
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
1699		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
618		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1291		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
477		 CUOMO:
187
9p HANNITY:
2049		 CNN PRIMETIME:
504		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1280		 PRIME NEWS:
307		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
136
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1595		 CNN TONIGHT:
516		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1509		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
409		 BANFIELD:
97
11p GUTFELD!:
1764		 CNN TONIGHT:
364		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
976		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
194		 CUOMO:
43

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
115		 CNN THIS MORNING:
55		 MORNING JOE:
115		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
8		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
185		 CNN THIS MORNING:
76		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
20		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
170		 CNN THIS MORNING:
82		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
138		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
94		 MORNING JOE:
122		 NATIONAL REPORT:
49		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
152		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
103		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
116		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
2
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
152		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
84		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
94		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
147		 INSIDE POLITICS:
74		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
77		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
22		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
128		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
116		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
80		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
12
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
142		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
140		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
21		 —
3p STORY, THE:
158		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
107		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
110		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
11
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
163		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
121		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
152		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
28		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
311		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
146		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
25		 HILL, THE:
11
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
206		 SITUATION ROOM:
156		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
175		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
25		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
12
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
170		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
141		 REIDOUT:
178		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
34		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
11
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
155		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
139		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
139		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
47		 CUOMO:
36
9p HANNITY:
148		 CNN PRIMETIME:
118		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
135		 PRIME NEWS:
38		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
40
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
122		 CNN TONIGHT:
109		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
145		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
53		 BANFIELD:
21
11p GUTFELD!:
233		 CNN TONIGHT:
89		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
123		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
25		 CUOMO:
4

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: 510,000

Fox News: 1.43 million

MSNBC: 957,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 99,000

Fox News: 157,000

MSNBC: 115,000

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: 546,000

Fox News: 1.78 million

MSNBC: 1.36 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 122,000

Fox News: 141,000

MSNBC: 140,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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