Cable News Ratings Friday September 9: Nicolle Wallace Beats MSNBC Prime Time to Lead Network

MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace has again landed in number one on her network despite her show airing for from 4 to 6 p.m.
Wallace, on Friday, brought in an average of 1.47 million total viewers for her two hours of programming.
Wallace pulled off an impressive feat of besting an hour of Fox News, beating Neil Cavuto in the 4 p.m. hour, but losing to The Five at 5 p.m. — which was the highest-rated show of the day on cable news with 2.78 million total viewers.
Cavuto beat Wallace in the key 25-54 age demographic as did CNN’s Jake Tapper.
Ari Melber landed in second place on MSNBC, coming close behind Wallace with 1.46 million total viewers.
Here is a full breakdown of Friday’s cable news ratings by show:
Total Viewers (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1006 |
NEW DAY: 321 |
MORNING JOE: 940 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 27 |
EARLY MORNING: 9 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1314 |
NEW DAY: 476 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 99 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 36 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 1513 |
NEW DAY: 618 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | SR/KING CHARLES ARRIVES: 1664 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 804 |
MORNING JOE: 1000 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 161 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 1575 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 818 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 762 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 55 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 1753 |
AT THIS HOUR: 807 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 717 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 114 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 1892 |
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE: 920 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 802 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 150 |
BLUE BLOODS: 118 |
| 1p | SR/KING CHARLES ADDRESS: 2171 |
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE: 1126 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 776 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 168 |
| 2p | — | CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE: 1005 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 743 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 159 |
BLUE BLOODS: 229 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 1438 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 846 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 791 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 214 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 1301 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 753 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 1471 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 251 |
BLUE BLOODS: 245 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 2782 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 760 |
— | SPICER & CO: 199 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 125 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 1857 |
SITUATION ROOM: 665 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 1456 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 190 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 42 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 2229 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 691 |
REIDOUT: 1162 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 230 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 23 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 2717 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 819 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 1380 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 165 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 35 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 2117 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 598 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 1360 |
PRIME NEWS: 105 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 39 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 1878 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 503 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 1190 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 170 |
BANFIELD: 50 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 1995 |
CNN TONIGHT: 404 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 841 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 66 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 43 |
25-54 Demo (thousands)
| ET | FNC | CNN | MSNBC | NEWSMAX | NEWSNATION |
| 6a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 190 |
NEW DAY: 57 |
MORNING JOE: 100 |
CONVERSATIONS WITH NANCY: 3 |
EARLY MORNING: 4 |
| 7a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 224 |
NEW DAY: 110 |
— | WAKE UP AMERICA: 14 |
MORNING IN AMERICA: 5 |
| 8a | FOX AND FRIENDS: 238 |
NEW DAY: 152 |
— | — | — |
| 9a | SR/KING CHARLES ARRIVES: 257 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 195 |
MORNING JOE: 117 |
NATIONAL REPORT: 16 |
— |
| 10a | AMERICAS NEWSROOM: 215 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 175 |
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS: 87 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 16 |
| 11a | FAULKNER FOCUS, THE: 226 |
AT THIS HOUR: 175 |
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE: 77 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 27 |
| 12p | OUTNUMBERED: 257 |
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE: 212 |
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS: 84 |
JOHN BACHMAN NOW: 13 |
BLUE BLOODS: 29 |
| 1p | SR/KING CHARLES ADDRESS: 328 |
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE: 229 |
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS: 73 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 34 |
| 2p | — | CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE: 192 |
KATY TUR REPORTS: 61 |
AMERICAN AGENDA: 16 |
BLUE BLOODS: 41 |
| 3p | STORY, THE: 228 |
CNN NEWSROOM: 198 |
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS: 79 |
— | BLUE BLOODS: 31 |
| 4p | YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO: 177 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 155 |
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE: 143 |
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE: 23 |
BLUE BLOODS: 35 |
| 5p | FIVE, THE: 356 |
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER: 158 |
— | SPICER & CO: 14 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 21 |
| 6p | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER: 254 |
SITUATION ROOM: 175 |
BEAT W/ARI MELBER: 141 |
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS: 4 |
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR: 2 |
| 7p | JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME: 292 |
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: 147 |
REIDOUT: 134 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 11 |
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT: 3 |
| 8p | TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT: 378 |
ANDERSON COOPER 360: 161 |
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES: 137 |
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE: 9 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 3 |
| 9p | HANNITY: 236 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 102 |
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT: 143 |
PRIME NEWS: 9 |
DAN ABRAMS LIVE: 3 |
| 10p | INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE: 236 |
DON LEMON TONIGHT: 97 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 123 |
GREG KELLY REPORTS: 14 |
BANFIELD: 3 |
| 11p | GUTFELD!: 317 |
CNN TONIGHT: 75 |
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE: 82 |
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT: 3 |
NEWSNATION PRIME: 2 |
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: 658,000
Fox News: 1.65 million
MSNBC: 946,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 139,000
Fox News: 241,000
MSNBC: 98,000
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: 640,000
Fox News: 2.24 million
MSNBC: 1.31 million
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 120,000
Fox News: 283,000
MSNBC: 134,000
For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.