Cable News Ratings Wednesday May 11: Fox & Friends Quadruples CNN’s New Day

Mediaite StaffMay 12th, 2022, 4:42 pm
 

In the cable news morning show ratings battle, Fox & Friends remains dominant, while MSNBC’s Morning Joe has a solid second and CNN’s New Day lags behind in third place.

In terms of total viewers, the 8 a.m. hour of Fox & Friends more than quadrupled New Day’s total audience on Wednesday.

Fox brought in 1.66 million total viewers at 8 a.m. compared to CNN’s 394,000 total viewers.

MSNBC, meanwhile, registered 766,000 total viewers — which is an average of the 6 through 8 a.m. hours.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
984		 NEW DAY:
249		 MORNING JOE:
766		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
9		 ELEMENTARY:
18
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1361		 NEW DAY:
335		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
93		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
21
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1660		 NEW DAY:
394		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1670		 CNN NEWSROOM:
455		 MORNING JOE:
850		 NATIONAL REPORT:
153		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1670		 CNN NEWSROOM:
556		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
541		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
99
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1664		 AT THIS HOUR:
526		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
485		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
124
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1709		 INSIDE POLITICS:
612		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
581		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
144		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
150
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1441		 CNN NEWSROOM:
511		 MTP DAILY:
542		 — BLUE BLOODS:
119
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1414		 CNN NEWSROOM:
558		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
591		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
165		 BLUE BLOODS:
140
3p STORY, THE:
1445		 CNN NEWSROOM:
572		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
613		 — BLUE BLOODS:
156
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1529		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
544		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1161		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
239		 BLUE BLOODS:
221
5p FIVE, THE:
3131		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
680		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
236		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
99
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2316		 SITUATION ROOM:
614		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1064		 SPICER & CO:
249		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
52
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2427		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
585		 REIDOUT:
885		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
305		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
41
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3034		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
625		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
918		 STINCHFIELD:
226		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
42
9p HANNITY:
2626		 CNN TONIGHT:
505		 MSNBC PRIME:
1191		 PRIME NEWS:
134		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
45
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2175		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
549		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1106		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
168		 BANFIELD:
25
11p GUTFELD!:
1969		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
402		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
778		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
115		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
19

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
195		 NEW DAY:
58		 MORNING JOE:
89		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
2		 ELEMENTARY:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
255		 NEW DAY:
56		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
6
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
235		 NEW DAY:
81		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
222		 CNN NEWSROOM:
96		 MORNING JOE:
111		 NATIONAL REPORT:
16		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
222		 CNN NEWSROOM:
115		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
69		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
8
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
194		 AT THIS HOUR:
102		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
59		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
13
12p OUTNUMBERED:
197		 INSIDE POLITICS:
131		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
59		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
15		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
26
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
190		 CNN NEWSROOM:
105		 MTP DAILY:
85		 — BLUE BLOODS:
24
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
200		 CNN NEWSROOM:
114		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
84		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
21		 BLUE BLOODS:
25
3p STORY, THE:
191		 CNN NEWSROOM:
101		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
60		 — BLUE BLOODS:
24
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
194		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
86		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
92		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
49
5p FIVE, THE:
412		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
124		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
29		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
16
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
380		 SITUATION ROOM:
124		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
91		 SPICER & CO:
26		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
2
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
368		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
134		 REIDOUT:
100		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
31		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
15
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
490		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
132		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
115		 STINCHFIELD:
25		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
9
9p HANNITY:
379		 CNN TONIGHT:
134		 MSNBC PRIME:
155		 PRIME NEWS:
20		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
330		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
140		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
138		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
17		 BANFIELD:
4
11p GUTFELD!:
369		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
118		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
103		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
16		 NN PRIME: SPECIAL REPORT:
2

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: 479,000

Fox News: 1.75 million

MSNBC: 760,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 102,000

Fox News: 268,000

MSNBC: 88,000

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: 560,000

Fox News: 2.61 million

MSNBC: 1.07 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 135,000

Fox News: 399,000

MSNBC: 136,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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