CNN prime time dropped on Friday to 335,000 average total viewers from 8 to 11 p.m, coming below right-wing channel Newsmax, which scored 357,000 average prime time viewers.
The ratings-beleaguered network landed in fourth place in prime time, also behind Fox News and MSNBC, which averaged 1.44 million and 1.08 million total average viewers in prime time — respectively.
In the key 25-54 age demographic, CNN did a bit better with 87,ooo average viewers. Fox led with 109,000 and MSNBC was in second with 98,000 average demo viewers. Newsmax, meanwhile, averaged 45,000 prime time demo viewers.
After 8 p.m. on Friday night, no CNN show rated above 300,000 viewers and Newsmax beat the network from 8 to p.m. Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace at 10 p.m. marked its lowest-rated hour since it launched on the network and dropped 25 percent since its Friday debut.
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: 885 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 297 |
MORNING JOE: 910 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 41 |
EARLY MORNING: 10 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1159 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 340 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 158 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 40 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1324 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 445 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1583 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 463 |
MORNING JOE: 853 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 233 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1623 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 487 |
ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 734 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 48 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1455 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 458 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 639 |
— | — |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1592 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 479 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 668 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 222 |
— |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1424 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 492 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 655 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW: 39 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1303 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 525 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 237 |
— |
3p | STORY, THE: 1315 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 615 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 793 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 56 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1177 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 636 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1316 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 260 |
— |
5p | FIVE, THE: 2498 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 616 |
— | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 262 |
HILL, THE: 31 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 1764 |
SITUATION ROOM: 512 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1406 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 309 |
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 41 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 1683 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 520 |
REIDOUT: 1020 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 419 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 42 |
8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 1302 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 447 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1076 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 467 |
CUOMO: 121 |
9p | HANNITY: 1606 |
WHOLE STORY WITH ANDERSON: 293 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1207 |
CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 325 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 74 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1413 |
TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE: 263 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 969 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 278 |
BANFIELD: 110 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 1703 |
CNN TONIGHT: 200 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 698 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 153 |
CUOMO: 64 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 133 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 79 |
MORNING JOE: 93 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 7 |
EARLY MORNING: 1 |
7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 175 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 66 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 14 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 3 |
8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 180 |
CNN THIS MORNING: 83 |
— | — | — |
9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 187 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 101 |
MORNING JOE: 100 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 25 |
— |
10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 173 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 104 |
ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 72 |
— | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 5 |
11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 205 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 79 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 105 |
— | — |
12p | OUTNUMBERED: 246 |
INSIDE POLITICS: 88 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 106 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 34 |
— |
1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 205 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 100 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 81 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW: 2 |
2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 168 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 98 |
— | AMERICAN AGENDA: 36 |
— |
3p | STORY, THE: 161 |
CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 123 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 82 |
— | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 5 |
4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 127 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 125 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 118 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 41 |
— |
5p | FIVE, THE: 251 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 113 |
— | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 32 |
HILL, THE: 6 |
6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 179 |
SITUATION ROOM: 112 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 127 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 28 |
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 9 |
7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 136 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 106 |
REIDOUT: 107 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 48 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 3 |
8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 136 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 103 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 100 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 53 |
CUOMO: 31 |
9p | HANNITY: 96 |
WHOLE STORY WITH ANDERSON: 85 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 105 |
CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 35 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 16 |
10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 95 |
TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE: 72 |
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 88 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 46 |
BANFIELD: 14 |
11p | GUTFELD!: 228 |
CNN TONIGHT: 62 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 80 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 26 |
CUOMO: 12 |
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: 408,000
Fox News: 1.36 million
MSNBC: 846,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 86,000
Fox News: 159,000
MSNBC: 93,000
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: 335,000
Fox News: 1.44 million
MSNBC: 1.08 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 87,000
Fox News: 109,000
MSNBC: 98,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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