Cable News Ratings Monday, December 6th: The Five Dominates Demo and Total Viewers

Mediaite StaffDec 8th, 2021, 2:19 pm
 

Fox News’ 5 p.m. panel show, The Five, dominated the ratings on Monday, scoring wins in both total average viewers and in the key 25-54 age demographic.

According to data from Nielsen, The Five raked in a total of 3.49 million average viewers, which put it well above its rival for the most-viewed show on cable – Tucker Carlson Tonight. Carlson secured 3.01 million total viewers for second place, while Sean Hannity came in third with 2.51 million viewers.

Fox News had the top five rated shows, with Rachel Maddow’s 1.94 million total viewers on MSNBC putting her in sixth place.

In the demo, The Five topped the charts with 534,000 viewers. Carlson came in a close second with 530,000 demo viewers, while Hannity secured third place with 429,000 viewers in the demo.

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

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
958		 NEW DAY:
326		 MORNING JOE:
783		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
13		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
50
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1280		 NEW DAY:
402		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
113		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
42
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1595		 NEW DAY:
525		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1723		 CNN NEWSROOM:
555		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
725		 NATIONAL REPORT:
182		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1646		 CNN NEWSROOM:
632		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
526		 — JAG:
87
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1724		 AT THIS HOUR:
646		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
508		 — JAG:
123
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1908		 INSIDE POLITICS:
677		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
588		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
144		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
130
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1799		 CNN NEWSROOM:
663		 MTP DAILY:
669		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
167
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1541		 CNN NEWSROOM:
657		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
736		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
162		 BLUE BLOODS:
204
3p STORY, THE:
1513		 CNN NEWSROOM:
664		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
737		 — BLUE BLOODS:
298
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1587		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
735		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1396		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
231		 BLUE BLOODS:
396
5p FIVE, THE:
3495		 SITUATION ROOM:
749		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
225		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
159
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2473		 SITUATION ROOM:
636		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1187		 SPICER & CO:
362		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
73
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
2111		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
690		 REIDOUT:
1068		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
414		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
55
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3017		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
708		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1209		 STINCHFIELD:
302		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
72
9p HANNITY:
2515		 CNN TONIGHT:
626		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1946		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
154		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
37
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1789		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
502		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1117		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
145		 BANFIELD:
32
11p GUTFELD!:
1713		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
395		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
959		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
112		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
16

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
172		 NEW DAY:
59		 MORNING JOE:
87		 DIAMOND AND SILK CRYSTAL:
1		 MURDER, SHE WROTE:
1
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
192		 NEW DAY:
71		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
21		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
1
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
216		 NEW DAY:
80		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
238		 CNN NEWSROOM:
109		 STEPHANIE RUHLE REPORTS:
86		 NATIONAL REPORT:
27		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
235		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
49		 — JAG:
1
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
262		 AT THIS HOUR:
139		 CRAIG MELVIN REPORTS:
60		 — JAG:
6
12p OUTNUMBERED:
307		 INSIDE POLITICS:
162		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
67		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
26		 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
21
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
323		 CNN NEWSROOM:
156		 MTP DAILY:
88		 — IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT:
28
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
289		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
105		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
43		 BLUE BLOODS:
16
3p STORY, THE:
299		 CNN NEWSROOM:
133		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
76		 — BLUE BLOODS:
33
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
288		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
155		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
143		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
44		 BLUE BLOODS:
58
5p FIVE, THE:
534		 SITUATION ROOM:
205		 — CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
27		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
20
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
393		 SITUATION ROOM:
124		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
131		 SPICER & CO:
50		 DONLON REPORT, THE:
5
7p FOX NEWS PRIMETIME:
333		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
134		 REIDOUT:
122		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
60		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
530		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
115		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
147		 STINCHFIELD:
78		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
19
9p HANNITY:
429		 CNN TONIGHT:
123		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
261		 CORTES & PELLEGRINO:
36		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
8
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
283		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
108		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
127		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
21		 BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
280		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
110		 11TH HOUR W/B. WILLIAMS:
123		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
13		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
2

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: 553,000

Fox: 1.75 million

MSNBC: 876,00

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 117,000

Fox News: 294,000

MSNBC: 101,000

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: 612,000

Fox News: 2.44 million

MSNBC: 1.42 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 115,000

Fox News: 414,000

MSNBC: 178,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

Tags: