Cable News Ratings, Friday January 21: Fox Sweeps the Demo As The Five Tops The Charts

Mediaite StaffJan 24th, 2022, 5:12 pm
 

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On Friday, Fox News swept the coveted 25-54 age demographic, not only winning every time slot, often by significant margins, but with Fox’s lowest-rated show topping the highest-rated program on both of its rival networks, CNN and MSNBC.

Fox closed out the week with the top 16 highest-rated programs in the demo, ranked in order: The Five, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Gutfeld!, Hannity, Special Report with Bret Baier, America Reports, Outnumbered, America’s Newsroom, FOX News Primetime, Your World with Neil Cavuto, The Ingraham Angle, The Faulkner Focus, The Story with Martha MacCallum, FOX News at Night and FOX & Friends.

Fox additionally, had the top 11 programs in terms of total average viewers, ranked in order: The Five, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Hannity, Special Report with Bret Baier, Gutfeld!, FOX News Primetime, The Ingraham Angle, Outnumbered, America’s Newsroom. The Faulkner Focus, and America Reports.

The Five topped the charts as the most-watched show on cable, in terms of both total average viewers and in the demo.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow topped her network and came in 12th overall in total average viewers. Anderson Cooper led CNN on Friday with 776,000 total average viewers, putting him in 24th place overall.

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:
999		 NEW DAY:
286		 MORNING JOE:
758		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
28		 ELEMENTARY:
24
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1453		 NEW DAY:
367		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
95		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
19
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1745		 NEW DAY:
435		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1857		 CNN NEWSROOM:
519		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
725		 NATIONAL REPORT:
147		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1906		 CNN NEWSROOM:
591		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
576		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
65
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1772		 AT THIS HOUR:
598		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
567		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
118
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1905		 INSIDE POLITICS:
569		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
618		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
132		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
228
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1659		 CNN NEWSROOM:
593		 MTP DAILY:
634		 — BLUE BLOODS:
201
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1660		 CNN NEWSROOM:
594		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
646		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
164		 BLUE BLOODS:
322
3p STORY, THE:
1526		 CNN NEWSROOM:
605		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
687		 — BLUE BLOODS:
360
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1641		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
612		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1201		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
224		 BLUE BLOODS:
430
5p FIVE, THE:
3515		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
573		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
222		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
137
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2305		 SITUATION ROOM:
448		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1305		 SPICER & CO:
232		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
53
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
1954		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
582		 REIDOUT:
1150		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
388		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
32
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3123		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
766		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1369		 STINCHFIELD:
222		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
56
9p HANNITY:
2588		 DEMOCRACY IN PERIL:
593		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1644		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
86		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
35
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1920		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
508		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1011		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
84		 BANFIELD:
71
11p GUTFELD!:
1967		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
450		 11TH HOUR:
721		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
89		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
39

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
178		 NEW DAY:
40		 MORNING JOE:
95		 CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY:
12		 ELEMENTARY:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
279		 NEW DAY:
51		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
250		 NEW DAY:
78		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
283		 CNN NEWSROOM:
90		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
84		 NATIONAL REPORT:
24		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
304		 CNN NEWSROOM:
118		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
69		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
4
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
260		 AT THIS HOUR:
93		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
93		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
11
12p OUTNUMBERED:
332		 INSIDE POLITICS:
100		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
78		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
12		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
24
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
328		 CNN NEWSROOM:
116		 MTP DAILY:
80		 — BLUE BLOODS:
15
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
339		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
86		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
16		 BLUE BLOODS:
28
3p STORY, THE:
260		 CNN NEWSROOM:
124		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
94		 — BLUE BLOODS:
36
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
272		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
113		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
115		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
32		 BLUE BLOODS:
60
5p FIVE, THE:
561		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
85		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
22		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
16
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
340		 SITUATION ROOM:
85		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
141		 SPICER & CO:
17		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
7
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
286		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
123		 REIDOUT:
153		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
50		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
422		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
115		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
143		 STINCHFIELD:
18		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
4
9p HANNITY:
355		 DEMOCRACY IN PERIL:
116		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
156		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
26		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
264		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
98		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
97		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
15		 BANFIELD:
1
11p GUTFELD!:
355		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
93		 11TH HOUR:
68		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
11		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category.

Total viewers:

CNN: 501,000

Fox: 1.80 million

MSNBC: 832,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 93,000

Fox News: 298,000

MSNBC: 95,000

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: 622,000

Fox News: 2.54 million

MSNBC: 1.34 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 110,000

Fox News: 347,000

MSNBC: 132,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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