MSNBC, CNN & Fox News
Written by on May 25, 2023
Fox News won prime time with 1.82 million total average viewers as its numbers were boosted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) interview with Trey Gowdy at 8 p.m.
Gowdy brought in nearly 2 million average viewers to easily win his time slot. Notably, DeSantis’s Twitter Spaces event brought peaked with some 300,000 listeners, a fraction of the Fox interview.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell pulled off a rare win in his time slot at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, beating both Fox News’s Laura Ingraham and CNN.
O’Donnell raked in 1.64 million total average viewers to Ingraham’s 1.62 million viewers to just come out on top. In the key 25054 age demographic, however, Ingraham led O’Donnell with 241,000 viewers to his 135,000.
CNN scored 114,000 demo viewers during the hour and 435,000 total average viewers.
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: 834 | CNN THIS MORNING: 309 | MORNING JOE: 907 | WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 88 | EARLY MORNING: 27 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1072 | CNN THIS MORNING: 368 | — | WAKE UP AMERICA: 247 | MORNING IN AMERICA: 28 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1298 | CNN THIS MORNING: 352 | — | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1274 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 425 | MORNING JOE: 934 | NATIONAL REPORT: 226 | — |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1211 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 494 | ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 763 | — | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 31 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1346 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 490 | JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 582 | — | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1506 | INSIDE POLITICS: 536 | ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 612 | JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 199 | — |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1114 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 433 | CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 573 | — | NEWSNATION NOW: 19 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 1079 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 434 | — | AMERICAN AGENDA: 236 | — |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 958 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 586 | KATY TUR REPORTS: 749 | — | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 37 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1098 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 605 | DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1364 | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 239 | — |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2672 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 540 | — | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 259 | HILL, THE: 30 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 1746 | SITUATION ROOM: 557 | BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1459 | RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 328 | ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 42 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 1870 | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 636 | REIDOUT: 1204 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 395 | ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 64 |
| 8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 1955 | ANDERSON COOPER 360: 511 | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1493 | ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 426 | CUOMO: 154 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 1896 | CNN PRIMETIME: 466 | ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1454 | CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 285 | DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 102 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1617 | CNN TONIGHT: 435 | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 1638 | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 292 | BANFIELD: 84 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1762 | CNN TONIGHT: 305 | 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 969 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 180 | CUOMO: 84 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 129 | CNN THIS MORNING: 67 | MORNING JOE: 111 | WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC: 11 | EARLY MORNING: 3 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 157 | CNN THIS MORNING: 67 | — | WAKE UP AMERICA: 39 | MORNING IN AMERICA: 2 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 164 | CNN THIS MORNING: 74 | — | — | — |
| 9a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 118 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 95 | MORNING JOE: 112 | NATIONAL REPORT: 34 | — |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 139 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 111 | ANA CABRERA REPORTS: 85 | — | NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES: 8 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 170 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 113 | JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 74 | — | — |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 165 | INSIDE POLITICS: 126 | ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 78 | JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 22 | — |
| 1p | AMERICA REPORTS: 132 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 115 | CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 80 | — | NEWSNATION NOW: 7 |
| 2p | AMERICA REPORTS: 114 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 105 | — | AMERICAN AGENDA: 29 | — |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 104 | CNN NEWS CENTRAL: 141 | KATY TUR REPORTS: 91 | — | NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE: 9 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 125 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 115 | DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 158 | CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 32 | — |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 302 | LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 109 | — | CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE: 36 | HILL, THE: 6 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 197 | SITUATION ROOM: 134 | BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 150 | RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 42 | ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS: 4 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 187 | ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 121 | REIDOUT: 144 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 54 | ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 12 |
| 8p | FOX NEWS TONIGHT: 186 | ANDERSON COOPER 360: 95 | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 179 | ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 62 | CUOMO: 35 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 211 | CNN PRIMETIME: 132 | ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 162 | CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD: 33 | DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 21 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 241 | CNN TONIGHT: 114 | LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL: 135 | GREG KELLY REPORTS: 23 | BANFIELD: 20 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 245 | CNN TONIGHT: 76 | 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 128 | ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 19 | CUOMO: 16 |
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: 437,000
Fox News: 1.34 million
MSNBC: 951,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 98,000
Fox News: 159,000
MSNBC: 116,000
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: 471,000
Fox News: 1.82 million
MSNBC: 1.53 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 114,000
Fox News: 213,000
MSNBC: 159,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.
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