Cable News Ratings Monday April 24: MSNBC Beats Tucker-less Fox News in the Demo in Prime Time
MSNBC beat Fox News in the key 25-54 age demographic in prime time on Monday, hours after Fox announced the departure of Tucker Carlson from the network.
Fox issued a statement saying they agreed to part ways, but sources say he was fired. The termination of the top-rated host on cable news sent shockwaves throughout the media industry and angered a portion of the Republican base.
Brian Kilmeade stepped in for Carlson to host Fox News Tonight during Carlson’s old 8 p.m. time slot and won the hour in both total viewers and demo. The network said it will draw from a stable of rotating hosts for the time being.
The time slot saw a marked decline in viewership (2.6 million total viewers) relative to the previous Monday (3.2 million).
In the demo during prime time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), MSNBC eked out a ratings win, topping Fox News, 247,000 to 245,000 viewers. Fox still led in overall viewers.
Total Viewers (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 780 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 274 |
MORNING JOE: 877 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 14 |
EARLY MORNING: 30 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1209 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 394 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 72 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 42 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1485 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 466 |
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| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1482 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 504 |
MORNING JOE: 903 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 153 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1551 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 606 |
ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 678 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 41 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1556 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 595 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 554 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1715 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 756 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 612 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 197 |
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| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1530 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 721 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 812 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW: 31 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1412 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 686 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 231 |
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| 3p | STORY, THE: 1361 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 684 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 978 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 31 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1390 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 729 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1810 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 387 |
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| 5p | FIVE, THE: 3220 |
SITUATION ROOM: 791 |
— | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 337 |
HILL, THE: 38 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2364 |
SITUATION ROOM: 711 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1786 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 313 |
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 48 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2453 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 805 |
REIDOUT: 1574 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 462 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 39 |
| 8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 2597 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 728 |
JOE SCARBOROUGH PRESENTS: 1514 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 531 |
CUOMO: 205 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2531 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 657 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 2734 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 540 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 104 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1923 |
CNN TONIGHT: 618 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1673 |
PRIME NEWS: 350 |
BANFIELD: 75 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1763 |
CNN TONIGHT: 384 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1068 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 173 |
CUOMO: 82 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 106 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 58 |
MORNING JOE: 109 |
WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE: 2 |
EARLY MORNING: 8 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 181 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 85 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 11 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 189 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 105 |
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| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 203 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 121 |
MORNING JOE: 97 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 21 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 240 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 123 |
ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 74 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 3 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 240 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 123 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 76 |
— | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 253 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 134 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 72 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 38 |
— |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 206 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 133 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 94 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW: 5 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 184 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 120 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 16 |
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| 3p | STORY, THE: 137 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 133 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 125 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 4 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 134 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 191 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 185 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 27 |
— |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 326 |
SITUATION ROOM: 173 |
— | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 33 |
HILL, THE: 7 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 238 |
SITUATION ROOM: 142 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 200 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 36 |
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 15 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 256 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 165 |
REIDOUT: 224 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 44 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 16 |
| 8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 294 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 161 |
JOE SCARBOROUGH PRESENTS: 179 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 58 |
CUOMO: 58 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 242 |
CNN PRIMETIME: 124 |
RACHEL MADDOW SHOW: 356 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 62 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 18 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 197 |
CNN TONIGHT: 115 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 207 |
PRIME NEWS: 49 |
BANFIELD: 17 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 238 |
CNN TONIGHT: 107 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 162 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 13 |
CUOMO: 14 |
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: 564,000
Fox News: 1.63 million
MSNBC: 1.11 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 120,000
Fox News: 196,000
MSNBC: 141,000
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: 668,000
Fox News: 2.35 million
MSNBC: 1.97 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 133,000
Fox News: 245,000
MSNBC: 247,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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