Overnight Cable News Ratings for Oct. 15-17: Kamala Harris Interview With Bret Baier Boosts Fox News


Tuesday, Oct. 15

Fox News’ The Five won in total viewers at 5 p.m. ET (all times Eastern), while Gutfeld! led in the Adults 25-54 demo. CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins was the network’s top show in the demo and the network’s third most-watched program in total viewers behind Erin Burnett OutFront and Anderson Cooper 360.

25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 256 | CNN: 106 | MSNBC: 119
Prime: FNC: 402 | CNN: 156 | MSNBC: 177

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cavuto:
217		 The Lead:
77		 Wallace:
145
5PM Five:
426		 Blitzer:
94		 Wallace:
—
6PM Baier:
369		 Blitzer:
121		 Melber:
170
7PM Ingraham:
332		 Burnett:
134		 Reid:
171
8PM Watters:
422		 Cooper:
135		 Hayes:
216
9PM Hannity:
352		 Collins:
168		 Wagner:
161
10PM Gutfeld:
432		 Phillip:
165		 O’Donnell:
155
11PM Gallagher:
234		 Coates:
132		 Ruhle:
105

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 2.037 | CNN: 588 | MSNBC: 1.155
Prime: FNC: 3.131| CNN: 749 | MSNBC: 1.589

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cavuto:
1.679		 The Lead:
651		 Wallace:
1.765
5PM Five:
3.860		 Blitzer:
724		 Wallace:
—-
6PM Baier:
2.885		 Blitzer:
684		 Melber:
1.772
7PM Ingraham:
2.925		 Burnett:
784		 Reid:
1.614
8PM Watters:
3.449		 Cooper:
775		 Hayes:
1.591
9PM Hannity:
2.864		 Collins:
773		 Wagner:
1.370
10PM Gutfeld:
3.079		 Phillip:
700		 O’Donnell:
1.805
11PM Gallagher:
1.637		 Coates
546		 Ruhle:
1.070

Wednesday, Oct. 16

Bret Baier‘s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris during Special Report at 6 p.m. was the most-watched program of the evening in total viewers and the A25-54 demo with 6.651 million viewers in the former category and 901,000 viewers in the latter. The interview had a spillover effect on FNC as the network saw over 4 million total viewers during The Ingraham Angle at 7 p.m. and Jesse Watters Primetime at 8 p.m.

25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 336 | CNN: 131 | MSNBC: 134
Prime: FNC: 560 | CNN: 194 | MSNBC: 198

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cavuto:
163		 Tapper:
130		 Wallace:
164
5PM Five:
342		 Tapper:
138		 Wallace:
—
6PM Baier:
901		 Blitzer:
181		 Melber:
150
7PM Ingraham:
577		 Burnett:
241		 Reid:
189
8PM Watters:
666		 Cooper:
209		 Hayes:
271
9PM Hannity:
537		 Collins:
179		 Wagner:
165
10PM Gutfeld:
475		 Phillip:
193		 O’Donnell:
160
11PM Gallagher:
367		 Coates:
136		 Ruhle:
138

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 2.496 | CNN: 631 | MSNBC: 1.225
Prime: FNC: 3.690| CNN: 798 | MSNBC: 1.811

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cavuto:
1.517		 Tapper:
824		 Wallace:
1.776
5PM Five:
3.769		 Tapper:
826		 Wallace:
—-
6PM Baier:
6.651		 Blitzer:
851		 Melber:
1.630
7PM Ingraham:
4.062		 Burnett:
972		 Reid:
1.694
8PM Watters:
4.296		 Cooper:
866		 Hayes:
2.033
9PM Hannity:
3.465		 Collins:
758		 Wagner:
1.464
10PM Gutfeld:
3.308		 Phillip:
769		 O’Donnell:
1.937
11PM Gallagher:
2.060		 Coates
541		 Ruhle:
1.214

Thursday, Oct. 17

Fox News’ coverage of former President Donald Trump’s speech during the Al Smith Dinner boosted Hannity to the most-watched news program of the night. Meanwhile, MSNBC’s Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace wins the 4 p.m. hour in total viewers, breaking FNC’s stronghold on the other timeslots.

25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 278 | CNN: 114 | MSNBC: 126
Prime: FNC: 488 | CNN: 147 | MSNBC: 178

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cavuto:
201		 Tapper:
124		 Wallace:
180
5PM Five:
316		 Tapper:
125		 Wallace:
—
6PM Baier:
260		 Blitzer:
138		 Melber:
182
7PM Ingraham:
311		 Burnett:
139		 Reid:
147
8PM Watters:
415		 Cooper:
156		 Hayes:
187
9PM Hannity:
584		 Collins:
126		 Wagner:
179
10PM Gutfeld:
419		 Phillip:
159		 O’Donnell:
168
11PM Gallagher:
276		 Coates:
126		 11th Hour:
117

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 2.178 | CNN: 583 | MSNBC: 1.156
Prime: FNC: 3.562 | CNN: 724 | MSNBC: 1.461

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cavuto:
1.705		 Tapper:
622		 Wallace:
1.856
5PM Five:
3.559		 Tapper:
638		 Wallace:
—-
6PM Baier:
2.741		 Blitzer:
699		 Melber:
1.674
7PM Ingraham:
2.816		 Burnett:
785		 Reid:
1.492
8PM Watters:
3.332		 Cooper:
790		 Hayes:
1.421
9PM Hannity:
4.003		 Collins:
703		 Wagner:
1.289
10PM Gutfeld:
3.068		 Phillip:
681		 O’Donnell:
1.673
11PM Gallagher:
1.809		 Coates
503		 11th Hour:
921
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