Gutfeld! brought in 309,000 demo viewers, while Fox’s top-rated show The Five came in second with 274,000 demo viewers. The Five was the top-rated show on cable news with 2.7 million total viewers.
CNN scored some rare wins on Tuesday in the demo. CNN topped the 3 p.m. demo with 260,000 viewers for CNN News Central. Fox’s The Story came in second with 117,000 viewers, while MSNBC landed third with 104,000 demo viewers for Katy Tur. CNN News Central also won in the 9 a.m. demo, just edging out Fox’s America’s Newsroom with 144,000 to 141,000 demo viewers — respectively.
Here is a full breakdown of Tuesday’s cable news ratings by show:
Total Viewers (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 795 | CNN THIS MORNING: 287 | MORNING JOE: 1078 | ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 45 | MORNING IN AMERICA: 27 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1090 | CNN THIS MORNING: 314 | — | WAKE UP AMERICA: 152 | — |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1215 | CNN THIS MORNING: 389 | — | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1468 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 510 | MORNING JOE: 1075 | NATIONAL REPORT: 244 | — |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1415 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 575 | ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 791 | — | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 41 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1243 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 537 | JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 643 | — | — |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1417 | INSIDE POLITICS: 552 | ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 654 | JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 242 | — |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1336 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 584 | MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 743 | — | NEWSNATION NOW: 56 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1122 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 583 | CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 803 [1:27 PM-2:59 PM] | AMERICAN AGENDA: 200 | — |
3p | STORY, THE: 1117 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 638 | KATY TUR REPORTS: 908 | — | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 42 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1140 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 711 | DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1480 | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 299 | — |
5p | FIVE, THE: 2703 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 795 | — | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 255 | HILL, THE: 23 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 2166 | SITUATION ROOM: 682 | BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1512 | RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 308 | ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 40 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2123 | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 733 | REIDOUT: 1095 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 421 | ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 42 |
8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 1677 | ANDERSON COOPER 360: 739 | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1344 | ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 454 | CUOMO: 154 |
9p | HANNITY: 1769 | CNN PRIMETIME: 646 | ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1333 | CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 254 | DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 106 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1621 | CNN TONIGHT: 533 | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1597 | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 291 | BANFIELD: 112 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 1634 | CNN TONIGHT: 460 | 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 963 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 163 | CUOMO: 90 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 106 | CNN THIS MORNING: 85 | MORNING JOE: 118 | ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE: 6 | MORNING IN AMERICA: 7 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 143 | CNN THIS MORNING: 98 | — | WAKE UP AMERICA: 19 | — |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 123 | CNN THIS MORNING: 102 | — | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 141 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 144 | MORNING JOE: 104 | NATIONAL REPORT: 10 | — |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 150 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 99 | ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 77 | — | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 3 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 148 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 91 | JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 84 | — | — |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 158 | INSIDE POLITICS: 117 | ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 78 | JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 9 | — |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 157 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 122 | MSNBC PRESS CONFERENCE: 82 | — | NEWSNATION NOW: 4 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 115 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 98 | CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 105 [1:27 PM-2:59 PM] | AMERICAN AGENDA: 15 | — |
3p | STORY, THE: 117 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 126 | KATY TUR REPORTS: 104 | — | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 3 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 109 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 139 | DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 155 | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 23 | — |
5p | FIVE, THE: 274 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 138 | — | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 30 | HILL, THE: 2 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 260 | SITUATION ROOM: 135 | BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 153 | RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 34 | ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 9 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 227 | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 118 | REIDOUT: 110 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 35 | ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 6 |
8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 218 | ANDERSON COOPER 360: 177 | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 174 | ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 49 | CUOMO: 16 |
9p | HANNITY: 249 | CNN PRIMETIME: 166 | ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 169 | CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 25 | DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 23 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 238 | CNN TONIGHT: 141 | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 183 | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 43 | BANFIELD: 27 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 309 | CNN TONIGHT: 127 | 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 130 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 27 | CUOMO: 26 |
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: 530,000
Fox News: 1.38 million
MSNBC: 1.01 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 118,000
Fox News: 174,000
MSNBC: 117,000
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: 639,000
Fox News: 1.69 million
MSNBC: 1.42 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 162,000
Fox News: 235,000
MSNBC: 176,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.