Overnight Cable News Ratings Nov. 19-21: SpinCo News Fails to Spark an MSNBC Ratings Renaissance


Tuesday, November 19

Fox News continues to lap the competition in both total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo. Jesse Watters Primetime was the network’s most-watched show in the latter category, while The Five took No. 1 with the former crowd. Meanwhile, CNN fell short of 500,000 total viewers during primetime, and only mustered 379,000 viewers across total day for a distant third place finish.

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

Total Day: FNC: 276 | CNN: 69 | MSNBC: 58
Prime: FNC: 474 | CNN: 102 | MSNBC: 76

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Your World:
253		 Tapper:
65		 Wallace:
64
5PM Five:
440		 Tapper:
79		 Wallace:
—
6PM Baier:
329		 Blitzer:
95		 Melber:
90
7PM Ingraham:
368		 Burnett:
93		 ReidOut:
86
8PM Watters:
528		 Cooper:
107		 Hayes:
61
9PM Hannity:
391		 Collins:
108		 Wagner:
77
10PM Gutfeld:
505		 Phillip:
92		 O’Donnell:
89
11PM @Night:
276		 Coates:
80		 Ruhle:
60

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 2.294 | CNN: 379 | MSNBC: 619
Prime: FNC: 3.555 | CNN: 447 | MSNBC: 770

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Your World:
2.075		 Tapper:
453		 Wallace:
973
5PM Five:
4.363		 Tapper:
524		 Wallace:
—-
6PM Baier:
3.047		 Blitzer:
496		 Melber:
866
7PM Ingraham:
3.027		 Burnett:
501		 ReidOut:
700
8PM Watters:
4.038		 Cooper:
486		 Hayes:
695
9PM Hannity:
3.322		 Collins:
442		 Wagner:
621
10PM Gutfeld:
3.304		 Phillip:
413		 O’Donnell:
996
11PM @Night:
1.755		 Coates
305		 Ruhle:
530

Wednesday, November 20

MSNBC remained below the million mark in total viewers on the day that Comcast announced plans to spin the network off into a new venture, SpinCo. The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell was the only MSNBC show to cross the million mark in total viewers, and also finished first among A25-54 viewers. Meanwhile, Hannity was the only Fox News show between 7-10 p.m. that registered under three million total viewers.

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

Total Day: FNC: 254 | CNN: 67 | MSNBC: 51
Prime: FNC: 425 | CNN: 106 | MSNBC: 62

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cavuto:
197		 Tapper:
66		 Wallace:
74
5PM Five:
362		 Tapper:
62		 Wallace:
—
6PM Baier:
283		 Blitzer:
81		 Melber:
60
7PM Ingraham:
363		 Burnett:
101		 Reid:
55
8PM Watters:
473		 Cooper:
96		 Hayes:
56
9PM Hannity:
373		 Collins:
108		 Wagner:
53
10PM Gutfeld:
430		 Phillip:
112		 O’Donnell:
77
11PM Gallagher:
253		 Coates:
56		 Ruhle:
40

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 2.208 | CNN: 396 | MSNBC: 617
Prime: FNC: 3.309 | CNN: 457 | MSNBC: 838

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cavuto:
1.970		 Tapper:
593		 Wallace:
906
5PM Five:
4.080		 Tapper:
545		 Wallace:
—-
6PM Baier:
2.909		 Blitzer:
536		 Melber:
767
7PM Ingraham:
3.132		 Burnett:
554		 Reid:
695
8PM Watters:
3.734		 Cooper:
482		 Hayes:
753
9PM Hannity:
2.972		 Collins:
448		 Wagner:
715
10PM Gutfeld:
3.221		 Phillip:
442		 O’Donnell:
1.046
11PM Gallagher:
1.790		 Coates
238		 Ruhle:
562

Thursday, November 21

The Ingraham Angle also dropped below three million total viewers, but Hannity remained the least-watched program in Fox News’ 7-10 p.m. lineup. Meanwhile, CNN saw its biggest audience with the 4 p.m. hour of The Lead with Jake Tapper, which drew 671,000 total viewers. But the network’s ratings steadily sank from there, dwindling to 307,000 by the end of the evening.

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

Total Day: FNC: 262 | CNN: 74 | MSNBC: 57
Prime: FNC: 403 | CNN: 88 | MSNBC: 93

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cavuto:
223		 Tapper:
101		 Wallace:
72
5PM Five:
425		 Tapper:
102		 Wallace:
—
6PM Baier:
333		 Blitzer:
115		 Melber:
84
7PM Ingraham:
367		 Burnett:
115		 Reid:
90
8PM Watters:
407		 AC360:
99		 Hayes:
74
9PM Hannity:
356		 Collins:
102		 Wagner:
93
10PM Gutfeld:
446		 Phillip:
63		 O’Donnell:
112
11PM Gallagher:
271		 Coates:
68		 Ruhle:
41

Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total Day: FNC: 2.141 | CNN: 437 | MSNBC: 714
Prime: FNC: 3.162 | CNN: 454 | MSNBC: 875

FNC: CNN: MSNBC:
4PM Cavuto:
1.942		 Tapper:
671		 Wallace:
1.136
5PM Five:
4.017		 Tapper:
657		 Wallace:
—-
6PM Baier:
3.025		 Blitzer:
599		 Melber:
964
7PM Ingraham:
2.947		 Burnett:
545		 Reid:
935
8PM Watters:
3.512		 AC360:
509		 Hayes:
822
9PM Hannity:
2.874		 Collins:
499		 Wagner:
722
10PM Gutfeld:
3.099		 Phillip:
355		 O’Donnell:
1.083
11PM Gallagher:
1.722		 Coates
307		 Ruhle:
607
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