Cable News Ratings Friday April 21: The Five Beats Tucker Carlson On His Last Night On Fox News

By Mediaite StaffApr 24th, 2023, 4:35 pm
 

Tucker Carlson

Fox News’s The Five just beat Tucker Carlson on Friday in both total viewers and in the key 25-54 age demographic.

Carlson’s Friday show, which on Monday was announced to be his last on the network, brought in 2.65 million total viewers, just behind The Five’s 2.68 million.

In the demo, The Five scored 271,000 — just beating Carlson’s 270,00 viewers.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
928		 CNN THIS MORNING:
267		 MORNING JOE:
936		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
30		 EARLY MORNING:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1205		 CNN THIS MORNING:
360		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
99		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
34
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1402		 CNN THIS MORNING:
430		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1565		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
510		 MORNING JOE:
909		 NATIONAL REPORT:
146		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1572		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
530		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
695		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
39
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1516		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
523		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
586		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1491		 INSIDE POLITICS:
521		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
596		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
117		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1213		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
505		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
676		 — BLUE BLOODS:
124
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1146		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
522		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
111		 BLUE BLOODS:
226
3p STORY, THE:
1207		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
539		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
803		 — BLUE BLOODS:
251
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1141		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
551		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1451		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
184		 BLUE BLOODS:
281
5p FIVE, THE:
2685		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
647		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
148		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
141
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1850		 SITUATION ROOM:
609		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1515		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
165		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
59
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
1793		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
587		 REIDOUT:
1213		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
210		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
50
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2646		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
577		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1378		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
130		 CUOMO:
125
9p HANNITY:
1984		 CNN PRIMETIME:
438		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1128		 PRIME NEWS:
121		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
62
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1657		 CNN TONIGHT:
298		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1026		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
143		 BANFIELD:
95
11p GUTFELD!:
1697		 CNN TONIGHT:
274		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
724		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
109		 CUOMO:
58

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
146		 CNN THIS MORNING:
50		 MORNING JOE:
108		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
1		 EARLY MORNING:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
186		 CNN THIS MORNING:
94		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
6
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
147		 CNN THIS MORNING:
100		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
185		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
101		 MORNING JOE:
93		 NATIONAL REPORT:
13		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
212		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
102		 ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
81		 — NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
2
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
205		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
108		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
79		 — —
12p OUTNUMBERED:
168		 INSIDE POLITICS:
91		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
73		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
7		 —
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
144		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
88		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
90		 — BLUE BLOODS:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
134		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
92		 — AMERICAN AGENDA:
11		 BLUE BLOODS:
40
3p STORY, THE:
139		 CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
101		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
100		 — BLUE BLOODS:
36
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
118		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
104		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
170		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
17		 BLUE BLOODS:
39
5p FIVE, THE:
271		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
132		 — CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
12		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
11
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
148		 SITUATION ROOM:
114		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
161		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
12		 ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
7
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
150		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
96		 REIDOUT:
150		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
15		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
8
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
270		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
94		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
133		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
24		 CUOMO:
16
9p HANNITY:
163		 CNN PRIMETIME:
75		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
142		 PRIME NEWS:
16		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
9
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
161		 CNN TONIGHT:
58		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
127		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
22		 BANFIELD:
9
11p GUTFELD!:
248		 CNN TONIGHT:
68		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
67		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
16		 CUOMO:
9

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: 439,000

Fox News: 1.46 million

MSNBC: 895,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 86,000

Fox News: 164,000

MSNBC: 104,000

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: 438,000

Fox News: 2.09 million

MSNBC: 1.18 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 76,000

Fox News: 198,000

MSNBC: 134,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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