Cable News Ratings Wednesday August 17: Hannity Dominates 9 P.M. Hour

Mediaite StaffAug 18th, 2022, 4:29 pm
 

Sean Hannity

Fox News host Sean Hannity won his 9 p.m. time slot by more than a million total viewers on Wednesday night.

Veteran host Hannity has some new competition as MSNBC’s Alex Wagner debuted her new show yesterday, but Wagner has some ground to make up if she hopes to win the hour any time soon.

Hannity brought in 2.79 million total viewers, while Wagner scored some 1.79 million total viewers.

CNN landed in third place during the 9 p.m. hour with 838,000 total viewers.

Overall, Hannity had the third most watched show on cable news behind The Five and Tucker Carlson Tonight.

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:
1091		 NEW DAY:
329		 MORNING JOE:
899		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
39		 EARLY MORNING:
12
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1432		 NEW DAY:
372		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
131		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
24
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1740		 NEW DAY:
497		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1805		 CNN NEWSROOM:
608		 MORNING JOE:
1058		 NATIONAL REPORT:
171		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1681		 CNN NEWSROOM:
697		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
681		 — BLUE BLOODS:
70
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1705		 AT THIS HOUR:
702		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
703		 — BLUE BLOODS:
89
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1981		 INSIDE POLITICS:
620		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
804		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
210		 BLUE BLOODS:
126
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1603		 CNN NEWSROOM:
641		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
776		 — BLUE BLOODS:
139
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1412		 CNN NEWSROOM:
673		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
800		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
148		 BLUE BLOODS:
171
3p STORY, THE:
1527		 CNN NEWSROOM:
668		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
893		 — BLUE BLOODS:
200
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1619		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
749		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1490		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
192		 BLUE BLOODS:
257
5p FIVE, THE:
3388		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
752		 — SPICER & CO:
173		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
90
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2669		 SITUATION ROOM:
718		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1649		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
208		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
48
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2687		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
782		 REIDOUT:
1319		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
295		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
29
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3379		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
930		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1640		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
246		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
42
9p HANNITY:
2798		 CNN TONIGHT:
838		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1792		 PRIME NEWS:
201		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
65
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2453		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
722		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1789		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
218		 BANFIELD:
83
11p GUTFELD!:
2423		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
650		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1124		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
127		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
25

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
221		 NEW DAY:
46		 MORNING JOE:
99		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
10		 EARLY MORNING:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
251		 NEW DAY:
46		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
18		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
7
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
241		 NEW DAY:
93		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
232		 CNN NEWSROOM:
114		 MORNING JOE:
104		 NATIONAL REPORT:
25		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
197		 CNN NEWSROOM:
148		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
57		 — BLUE BLOODS:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
197		 AT THIS HOUR:
115		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
58		 — BLUE BLOODS:
14
12p OUTNUMBERED:
255		 INSIDE POLITICS:
131		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
87		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
22		 BLUE BLOODS:
17
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
222		 CNN NEWSROOM:
124		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
64		 — BLUE BLOODS:
21
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
186		 CNN NEWSROOM:
127		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
82		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
9		 BLUE BLOODS:
30
3p STORY, THE:
186		 CNN NEWSROOM:
144		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
93		 — BLUE BLOODS:
35
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
197		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
158		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
128		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
7		 BLUE BLOODS:
46
5p FIVE, THE:
406		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
170		 — SPICER & CO:
12		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
11
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
347		 SITUATION ROOM:
140		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
210		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
14		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
13
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
373		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
159		 REIDOUT:
165		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
30		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
463		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
156		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
183		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
30		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
3
9p HANNITY:
364		 CNN TONIGHT:
174		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
180		 PRIME NEWS:
28		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
361		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
149		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
148		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
19		 BANFIELD:
7
11p GUTFELD!:
407		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
121		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
127		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
16		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
4

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: 626,000

Fox News: 1.91 million

MSNBC: 1.06 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 121,000

Fox News: 271,000

MSNBC: 112,000

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: 830,000

Fox News: 2.88 million

MSNBC: 1.74 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 160,000

Fox News: 396,000

MSNBC: 170,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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