Cable News Ratings Tuesday April 25: Fox News Wins 8 P.M. In Total Viewers, But Lands 3rd In Demo

By Mediaite StaffApr 26th, 2023, 4:41 pm
 

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Fox News Tonight, the 8 p.m. replacement for Tucker Carlson Tonight, won its hour in total viewers on Tuesday night but landed in third place in the key 25-54 age demographic.

The hour hosted by Brian Kilmeade on Fox News brought in 1.7 million total viewers, which beat Chris Hayes’s 1.45 million total viewers on MSNBC. CNN’s Anderson Cooper landed in third place with 678,000 viewers. Newsmax, which has seen a ratings boost this week, was just behind Cooper with 562,000 viewers.

In the demo, however, Cooper won the hour with 163,000 viewers. Hayes came in second with 162,000 and Fox was in third with 149,000. Notably, Carlson — who was fired on Monday — dominated the demo and regularly led all of cable news.

Fox still won the day in both total viewers and the demo in total day and prime time averages.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
791		 CNN THIS MORNING:
323		 MORNING JOE:
957		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
46		 EARLY MORNING:
22
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1081		 CNN THIS MORNING:
380		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
217		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
27
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1354		 CNN THIS MORNING:
469		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1440		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
510		 MORNING JOE:
1058		 NATIONAL REPORT:
225		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1491		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
551		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
807		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
35
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1375		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
543		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
681		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1454		 INSIDE POLITICS:
598		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
663		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
172		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1159		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
521		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
768 [1:24 PM-2:59 PM]		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
34
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1185		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
538		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
212		 —
3p STORY, THE:
1115		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
565		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
904		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
53
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1176		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
517		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1645		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
298		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
2889		 SITUATION ROOM:
602		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
276		 HILL, THE:
35
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2060		 SITUATION ROOM:
620		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1591		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
288		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
46
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
1849		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
668		 REIDOUT:
1326		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
444		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
65
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
1704		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
678		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1449		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
562		 CUOMO:
156
9p HANNITY:
2063		 CNN PRIMETIME:
522		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1277		 PRIME NEWS:
350		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
127
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1564		 CNN TONIGHT:
486		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1242		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
362		 BANFIELD:
109
11p GUTFELD!:
1561		 CNN TONIGHT:
367		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
856		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
223		 CUOMO:
80

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
124		 CNN THIS MORNING:
85		 MORNING JOE:
138		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
1		 EARLY MORNING:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
141		 CNN THIS MORNING:
81		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
31		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
140		 CNN THIS MORNING:
89		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
165		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
112		 MORNING JOE:
149		 NATIONAL REPORT:
19		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
155		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
102		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
97		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
2
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
145		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
100		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
91		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
163		 INSIDE POLITICS:
118		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
84		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
11		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
131		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
97		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
110 [1:24 PM-2:59 PM]		 — NEWSNATION NOW:
1
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
142		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
119		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
22		 —
3p STORY, THE:
131		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
100		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
140		 — NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
2
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
151		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
103		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
200		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
37		 —
5p FIVE, THE:
327		 SITUATION ROOM:
111		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
33		 HILL, THE:
3
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
216		 SITUATION ROOM:
128		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
206		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
31		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
7
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
158		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
149		 REIDOUT:
157		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
45		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
149		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
163		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
162		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
54		 CUOMO:
26
9p HANNITY:
163		 CNN PRIMETIME:
135		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
130		 PRIME NEWS:
35		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
33
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
166		 CNN TONIGHT:
106		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
143		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
37		 BANFIELD:
14
11p GUTFELD!:
249		 CNN TONIGHT:
92		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
141		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
26		 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: 483,000

Fox News: 1.38 million

MSNBC: 996,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 103,000

Fox News: 158,000

MSNBC: 132,000

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: 562,000

Fox News: 1.78 million

MSNBC: 1.32 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 135,000

Fox News: 159,000

MSNBC: 145,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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