Fox News’s The Five led the cable news ratings yet again on Thursday as the top-rated show in both total viewers and in the key 25-54 age demographic.
The long-reigning ratings powerhouse brought in 2.46 million total viewers, the only show in cable news with over 2 million viewers, and 231,000 demo viewers.
Bret Baier came in second with 1.73 million total viewers and Gutfeld! was second in the demo with 204,000 viewers.
Here is a full breakdown of Thursday’s cable news ratings by show:
Total Viewers (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 770 | CNN THIS MORNING: 319 | MORNING JOE: 925 | DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 42 | EARLY MORNING: 13 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1129 | CNN THIS MORNING: 332 | — | WAKE UP AMERICA: 178 | MORNING IN AMERICA: 21 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1308 | CNN THIS MORNING: 364 | — | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1338 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 409 | MORNING JOE: 837 | NATIONAL REPORT: 226 | — |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1389 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 421 | ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 665 | — | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 29 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1386 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 445 | JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 565 | — | — |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1397 | INSIDE POLITICS: 457 | ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 605 | JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 190 | — |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1224 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 536 | CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 676 | — | NEWSNATION NOW: 34 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 981 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 483 | — | AMERICAN AGENDA: 215 | — |
3p | STORY, THE: 1020 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 485 | KATY TUR REPORTS: 829 | — | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 44 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1038 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 492 | DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1440 | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 296 | — |
5p | FIVE, THE: 2464 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 522 | — | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 219 | HILL, THE: 35 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 1731 | SITUATION ROOM: 549 | BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1303 | RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 265 | ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 46 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 1480 | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 621 | REIDOUT: 1114 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 447 | ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 52 |
8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 1473 | ANDERSON COOPER 360: 650 | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1391 | ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 418 | CUOMO: 175 |
9p | HANNITY: 1561 | CNN PRIMETIME: 464 | ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1234 | CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 265 | DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 130 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1452 | CNN TONIGHT: 379 | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1619 | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 280 | BANFIELD: 112 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 1630 | CNN TONIGHT: 305 | 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1111 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 216 | CUOMO: 71 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 112 | CNN THIS MORNING: 73 | MORNING JOE: 99 | DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY: 8 | EARLY MORNING: 3 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 145 | CNN THIS MORNING: 79 | — | WAKE UP AMERICA: 16 | MORNING IN AMERICA: 4 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 167 | CNN THIS MORNING: 78 | — | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 138 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 66 | MORNING JOE: 100 | NATIONAL REPORT: 18 | — |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 134 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 59 | ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 84 | — | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 4 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 152 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 80 | JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 88 | — | — |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 164 | INSIDE POLITICS: 59 | ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 76 | JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 17 | — |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 148 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 70 | CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 97 | — | NEWSNATION NOW: 5 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 126 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 74 | — | AMERICAN AGENDA: 26 | — |
3p | STORY, THE: 112 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 67 | KATY TUR REPORTS: 65 | — | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 4 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 109 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 76 | DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 152 | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 34 | — |
5p | FIVE, THE: 231 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 93 | — | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 22 | HILL, THE: 5 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 165 | SITUATION ROOM: 96 | BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 119 | RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 18 | ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 4 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 135 | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 121 | REIDOUT: 139 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 47 | ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 5 |
8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 137 | ANDERSON COOPER 360: 116 | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 149 | ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 43 | CUOMO: 16 |
9p | HANNITY: 148 | CNN PRIMETIME: 118 | ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 135 | CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 35 | DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 14 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 124 | CNN TONIGHT: 88 | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 150 | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 51 | BANFIELD: 17 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 204 | CNN TONIGHT: 87 | 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 118 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 27 | CUOMO: 15 |
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: 426,000
Fox News: 1.27 million
MSNBC: 948,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 80,000
Fox News: 141,000
MSNBC: 107,000
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: 498,000
Fox News: 1.50 million
MSNBC: 1.41 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 108,000
Fox News: 136,000
MSNBC: 145,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.