Cable News Ratings Tuesday August 23: Tucker Carlson More Than Doubles Anderson Cooper, Who Led CNN in the Demo

Mediaite StaffAug 24th, 2022, 4:56 pm
 

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Anderson Cooper scored a second place finish on Tuesday night in the key 25-54 age demographic, beating MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, but falling far behind Fox News’s Tucker Carlson.

Cooper brought in 183,000 demo viewers at 8 p.m., which was enough to lead his network and top Hayes’s 178,000 demo viewers.

Carlson scored 464,000 viewers, which was the largest demo audience on cable news Tuesday.

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:
1054		 NEW DAY:
374		 MORNING JOE:
864		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
19		 EARLY MORNING:
9
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1476		 NEW DAY:
426		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
100		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
25
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1686		 NEW DAY:
553		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1728		 CNN NEWSROOM:
544		 MORNING JOE:
931		 NATIONAL REPORT:
146		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1665		 CNN NEWSROOM:
567		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
737		 — BLUE BLOODS:
63
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1589		 AT THIS HOUR:
598		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
714		 — BLUE BLOODS:
116
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1754		 INSIDE POLITICS:
593		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
773		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
172		 BLUE BLOODS:
159
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1501		 CNN NEWSROOM:
594		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
782		 — BLUE BLOODS:
180
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1478		 CNN NEWSROOM:
592		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
833		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
177		 BLUE BLOODS:
224
3p STORY, THE:
1328		 CNN NEWSROOM:
652		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
852		 — BLUE BLOODS:
241
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1356		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
750		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1453		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
249		 BLUE BLOODS:
300
5p FIVE, THE:
3230		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
780		 — SPICER & CO:
253		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
104
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2353		 SITUATION ROOM:
617		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1432		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
289		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
36
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2943		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
632		 REIDOUT:
1339		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
289		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
34
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3260		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
850		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1555		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
211		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
34
9p HANNITY:
2707		 CNN TONIGHT:
678		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1740		 PRIME NEWS:
150		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
57
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2109		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
669		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1794		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
232		 BANFIELD:
85
11p GUTFELD!:
2058		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
535		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1246		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
167		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
42

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
168		 NEW DAY:
60		 MORNING JOE:
97		 ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
3		 EARLY MORNING:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
272		 NEW DAY:
79		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
13		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
266		 NEW DAY:
103		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
263		 CNN NEWSROOM:
115		 MORNING JOE:
106		 NATIONAL REPORT:
23		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
246		 CNN NEWSROOM:
107		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
84		 — BLUE BLOODS:
21
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
239		 AT THIS HOUR:
119		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
89		 — BLUE BLOODS:
45
12p OUTNUMBERED:
236		 INSIDE POLITICS:
111		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
108		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
32		 BLUE BLOODS:
43
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
189		 CNN NEWSROOM:
119		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
104		 — BLUE BLOODS:
35
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
170		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
104		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
36		 BLUE BLOODS:
32
3p STORY, THE:
168		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
109		 — BLUE BLOODS:
35
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
167		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
130		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
138		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
30		 BLUE BLOODS:
51
5p FIVE, THE:
402		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
142		 — SPICER & CO:
31		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
21
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
303		 SITUATION ROOM:
125		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
153		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
33		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
4
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
368		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
139		 REIDOUT:
162		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
35		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
464		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
183		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
178		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
31		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
1
9p HANNITY:
377		 CNN TONIGHT:
173		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
194		 PRIME NEWS:
27		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
10
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
299		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
172		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
183		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
37		 BANFIELD:
9
11p GUTFELD!:
327		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
120		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
128		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
31		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
6

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: 572,000

Fox News: 1.79 million

MSNBC: 1.04 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 120,000

Fox News: 255,000

MSNBC: 118,000

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: 732,000

Fox News: 2.69 million

MSNBC: 1.70 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 176,000

Fox News: 380,000

MSNBC: 185,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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