Ratings Update

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Here’s a ratings update beginning with last Wednesday; as well as top five monthly show list.
There were some close nights in the last week as you will see.

  • Total Viewers:
    Wednesday (before Thanksgiving) A close race between Fox and MSNBC.
  • Total day: FNC: 1.648 | CNN: 695 | MSNBC: 1.153 | HLN: 208
  • Primetime: FNC: 2.288 | CNN: 731 | MSNBC: 2.005 | HLN: 241
4p: 5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC Cavuto:
1.458		 Five:
2.246		 Baier:
2.333		 MacCallum:
1.834		 Carlson:
2.333		 Hannity:
2.484		 Ingraham:
2.043		 Bream:
1.278
CNN Tapper:
839		 Blitzer:
878		 Blitzer:
823		 Burnett:
759		 Cooper:
767		 Spcl.:
693		 Spcl.:
732		 Comedy:
551
MSNBC Wallace:
952		 MTPDaily:
1.020		 Melber:
1.127		 Matthews:
1.518		 Hayes:
1.620		 Maddow:
2.361		 O’Donnell:
2.033		 Wlms:
1.604
HLN Michaela:
57		 Files:
97		 Files:
144		 S.E.Cupp:
79		 Banfield:
197		 Files:
214		 Files:
312		 Files:
462

Total Viewers: Thanksgiving Day. Low viewership. Fox wins.

  • Total day: FNC: 935 | CNN: 408 | MSNBC: 472 | HLN: 208
  • Primetime: FNC: 800 | CNN: 428 | MSNBC: 487 | HLN: 260
4p: 5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC Cavuto:
642		 Five:
892		 Baier:
827		 MacCallum:
851		 H.Levin:
884		 H.Levin:
888		 H.Levin:
627		 Baier:
659
CNN Bourdain:
269		 Bourdain:
260		 Bourdain:
245		 Bourdain:
340		 Bourdain:
442		 Bourdain:
440		 Bourdain:
403		 Bourdain:
327
MSNBC Engel:
306		 Engel:
322		 Engel:
215		 Dateline:
316		 Dateline:
441		 Dateline:
466		 Dateline:
554		 Dateline:
450
HLN RsnbleDbt:
126		 RsnbleDbt:
127		 Files:
83		 Files:
107		 Files:
229		 Files:
288		 Files:
263		 Files:
338

Total Viewers. FRIDAY. Post Thanksgiving , Fox and MSNBC just about tie. 

  • Total day: FNC: 1.276 | CNN: 612 | MSNBC: 855 | HLN: 241
  • Primetime: FNC: 1.542 | CNN: 607 | MSNBC: 1.536 | HLN: 333
4p: 5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC Cavuto:
1.121		 TheFive:
1.692		 Baier:
1.803		 MacCallum:
1.421		 Carlson:
1.738		 Hannity:
1.558		 Ingraham:
1.326		 Baier:
984
CNN Tapper:
737		 Blitzer:
839		 Blitzer:
836		 80s:
643		 Cont.:
—		 80s:
610		 80s:
531		 80s:
441
MSNBC News:
693		 MTP:
709		 Melber:
701		 Matthews:
1.168		 Hayes:
1.410		 Maddow:
1.782		 O’Donnell:
1.412		 Hayes:
934
HLN KillingMe:
195		 Files:
174		 Files:
201		 Files:
287		 Files:
378		 Files:
313		 Files:
310		 Files:
323

Total Viewers: MONDAY. FOX WINS 4-8. MSNBC WINS 9-11. 

  • Total day: FNC: 1.639 | CNN: 760 | MSNBC: 1.209 | HLN: 186
  • Primetime: FNC: 2.604 | CNN: 984 | MSNBC: 2.258 | HLN: 241
4p: 5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC Cavuto:
1.382		 Five:
2.124		 Baier:
2.226		 MacCallum:
2.168		 Carlson:
3.062		 Hannity:
2.775		 Ingraham:
1.969		 Bream:
1.259
CNN Tapper:
846		 Blitzer:
886		 Blitzer:
836		 Burnett:
800		 Cooper:
1.019		 Cooper:
923		 Lemon:
1.003		 Lemon:
753
MSNBC Wallace:
1.234		 MTPDaily:
1.297		 Melber:
1.382		 Matthews:
1.773		 Hayes:
1.873		 Maddow:
2.887		 O’Donnell:
2.011		 Wlms:
1.425
HLN Michaela:
82		 Files:
79		 Files:
123		 S.E.Cupp:
116		 Banfield:
195		 Files:
246		 Files:
283		 Files:
320

Total Viewers. TUESDAY. Fox wins 4-10. MSNBC wins 10-11. 

  • Total day: FNC: 1.839 | CNN: 784 | MSNBC: 1.335 | HLN: 207
  • Primetime: FNC: 2.897 | CNN: 1.122 | MSNBC: 2.430 | HLN: 246
4p: 5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC Cavuto:
1.863		 Five:
2.521		 Baier:
2.584		 MacCallum:
2.282		 Carlson:
3.291		 Hannity:
3.080		 Ingraham:
2.315		 Bream:
1.448
CNN Tapper:
932		 Blitzer:
835		 Blitzer:
907		 Burnett:
1.007		 Cooper:
1.059		 Debate:
1.156		 Lemon:
1.132		 Lemon:
933
MSNBC Wallace:
1.402		 MTPDaily:
1.416		 Melber:
1.475		 Matthews:
1.929		 Hayes:
2.060		 Maddow:
2.801		 O’Donnell:
2.428		 Wlms:
1.613
HLN Michaela:
60		 Files:
81		 Files:
156		 S.E.Cupp:
99		 Banfield:
180		 Files:
207		 Files:
351		 Files:
414

Monthly Ratings.  Fox News wins the month.

Fox News the most-watched cable news network for the 191st consecutive month, but it topped the basic cable landscape for the 17th consecutive month in total day viewers. The network finished No. 2 in total prime time viewers in November 2017 behind ESPN.

Cable News Top 5 (Total Viewers)

  1. Hannity (3,157,000)
  2. Tucker Carlson Tonight (2,900,000)
  3. The Rachel Maddow Show (2,813,000)
  4. The Ingraham Angle (2,463,000)
  5. Special Report with Bret Baier (2,385,000)

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