FNC averaged nearly 1.44 million total viewers in the 6 a.m.-6 a.m. daypart in February, making it the most-watched basic cable network in total day. At MSNBC, ratings have dropped almost 30% for Rachel Maddows replacements Last Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 1:58 p.m. Newsmax has seen an audience uptick since Carlson left, with Eric Bollings show averaging 510,000 in the 8 p.m. "I wish Tucker the best. January marked The Fives 10th month as the highest-rated show in cable news. Speaking of Fox News primetime, Fox News posted a solid +16% gain in total viewers and +25% in Adults 25-54 from January. WebWe would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. MSNBC said it would deploy a rotating group of fill-in hosts in Maddows absence, which may help the network in determining how best to adjust to a prime time lineup without its biggest star. Individual show data for the month represents regular programming only, excluding specials and breaking news. Maddows once-per-week show has averaged about 2 million viewers since May 2, according to Nielsen data. ET slot. MSNBC Digital text content which includes MSNBC Daily, The ReidOut Blog, Maddow Blog and Know Your Value, continues to increase total page views and audience reach for the month. The average impressions for Feb. 2022 (Nielsen Live + Same Day data): Morning Joe ranked No. CPAC began in 1974, and is a conference that brings together and hosts conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders in discussing current events and future political agendas. If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. tips@mediaite.com, Alex Griffing is a Senior Editor at Mediaite. Heres the basic cable rankers for Feb. 2023: To send TVNewser senior editor A.J. CNN dropped only 1 percent, while MSNBC was down 9 But right now, it's time for Fox News Tonight, so let's get started.". We've received your submission. Here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 category during the month of January. It drew 2.53 million viewers, on par with its Monday average (2.59 million) over the past two months though it trailed MSNBCs Rachel Maddow Show (2.73 million). Notably, Fox saw a drop in the prime time demo of 29 percent year over year. The far left network got a boost during the Trump years, but now they are falling back to their lackluster stats. This story has been shared 579,114 times. Signup for Breaking News Alerts & Newsletters. The show averaged 331,000 between Jan. 16th and the 22nd, while Fox & Friends averaged just below 1 million total viewers and MSNBCs Morning Joe averaged 760,000 total viewers. 2022 Fox News has now outdrawn CNN and MSNBC combined for 21 straight weeks. To be fair, MSNBC was still basking in the Nielsen ratings glow of the beginning of a Democratic administration and in-depth coverage of the Derek Chauvin murder trial/guilty verdict at this time last year. Conversely, CNNs Live From the Capitol drew in only 1.2 million. Fox News still topped primetime in total viewers, drawing 1.49 million, compared to 1.34 million for MSNBC, 566,000 for CNN and 418,000 for Newsmax. This guys dreams about Fox News every night and wakes up a little moist. Generic mentions about Bidens upcoming speech, plus this Brian Kilmeade POV: Biden wants to talk only about January 6 and blame Donald Trump because he thinks thats the only thing hes going to get high ratings for.. In the demo, MSNBC landed in third place for the month with 78,000 average viewers. Its broadcasts like this that are most likely further hurting channels like MSNBC. 2023 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. Truth has never been more critical! Tucker Carlson Tonight had consistently dominated the time period and was the most viewed show in cable news last month. In terms of programming, Fox destroyed the competition, airing 99 of the top 100 telecasts for the month. The public will not see it and we do not share it. Network evening news isnt faring any better. Fox News Ratings At 8PM Drop 50% After Tucker Carlsons Firing. Meanwhile, CNN was last. Follow him on Twitter: @alexgriffing, Megyn Kelly Poses Poolside in Bikini But Its Her Red HAT That Gets Big Reaction, Ron Klain Absolutely Loses It When Jen Psaki Asks Him About His Late Mother In Emotional Interview, CNN Analyst Breaks Bad News to Press After WHCD: Biden Wasnt Laughing With You, He Was Laughing AT You, Jen Psaki Goes OFF on Tucker Carlson But Says Dont Give Fox Profiles In Courage Award For Firing Him, Making Common Cause With Fascists! Mary Trump Warns Biden And Democrats Not to Negotiate With Republicans, WATCH: Jen Psaki Warns Biden And Democrats Dont Underestimate Donald Trump And His Evil Charisma. 2 in total cable news morning viewers for the 11th month in a row (but fell short to CNN New Day in adults 25-54). TVNewser reported that about 1.7 million people tuned into Fox at 8 p.m. Tuesday, down from 3.3 million viewers four weeks earliera 48% declineand while Fox News experienced a significant ratings drop in the 8 p.m. hour last week after firing prime-time host Tucker Carlson while one of its much smaller The fourth hour of Morning Joe at 9am was up +8% among total viewers over March and finished #2 in cable news. At the end of May, just 147,000 non-geriatrics above the age of 25 tuned into her two-hour MSNBC program per Really hard to overstate the fervor of anti-media rhetoric coming out of places like Fox today. 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Fox News has seen a significant drop in its ratings figures following the departure of prime time host Tucker Carlson. Fox also had the top 13 rated shows for the month and while six MSNBC shows beat Fox & Friends and Fox News at Night, both programs beat the entire CNN line-up. Fox News: 682,000. When it comes to Adults 25-54, Fox News also averaged 189,000 in total day and 299,000 in primetime, No. Enjoy the REAL news at your fingertips. MSNBC finished second in prime with 1.177 million viewers, followed by CNN, which failed to break one million, delivering just 624,000 viewers (down 6% from the same period last year). MSNBCs All In With Chris Hayes topped the 8 p.m. CNN dropped only 1 percent, while MSNBC was down 9 percent from January of 2022. That monstrosity of a number came on top of the fact that the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC spent almost 90 minutes on their two-hour morning newscasts and just over 38 minutes on their 30-minute evening newscasts.. This has been in the works for a while now, but it looks like its going to happen, Maddow said at the time. Woke Parasite (@MidwestguyOH) January 8, 2022. Unlike CNN and MSNBC, Fox News chose to only mildly cover the riots anniversary. Furthermore, Fox News also dominated during the primetime hours of 8-11 p.m., averaging over two million viewers when No. And even then, its hosts and guests focused primarily on the medias gross distortion of what actually happened, in addition to attempts by them and Democrats to use the one-day event as a cudgel against all conservatives. NOTE: April ratings are based on Nielsen most current data for 03/28/2022-04/24/2022. MSNBC won the demo, averaging 153,000, compared to Fox News with 146,000, CNN with 125,000 and Newsmax at 44,000. MSNBC Prime has averaged about 1.2 million viewers since its debut on May 3, down from the 1.7 million viewers Maddow averaged on her show before the shift to a once-per-week broadcast. Prime time, encompassing shows that air between 8 P.M. and 11 P.M., saw CNN bring in 668,000 viewers. That number is a 47% decline from Maddows average of 214,000 prior to the change. Fox News continued its dominance over the cable news industry during January, which was the networks twenty-third consecutive month beating both MSNBC and CNN in total viewers and in the key 25 to 54 age demographic. While Fox News maintained the highest prime time average number of viewers compared with CNN and MSNBC, it lost the battle for a key demographic, according to a Mediate report. To send TVNewser senior editor A.J. Fox's ratings are up 12% in that six-month span. Its likely that liberals have just become despondent and turned off their TVs at this point. Adobe Analytics & Partner Portals, March 2022. However, many Americans are not interested in it or simply do not care about January 6 as recent polling suggests. Please share BPR content to help combat the lies. The move seems to be paying off in the ratings department, as the 9 a.m. hour of Morning Joe is +8% in total viewers from what the network averaged in the hour the prior month. We love hearing from our readers and invite you to join us for feedback and great conversation. They have to have 2 full time employees deep-diving FOX? To be fair, the final few days of that month featured wall-to-wall coverage of the onset of Russias invasion of Ukraine, so it was going to be tough for the network to match those Feb. 2022 figures, particularly in non-primetime hours. . 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When announcing the plan in late January, the longtime anchor said she would be dedicating time to other projects, including an upcoming film adaptation of her podcast Bag Man, which chronicles the downfall of disgraced Vice President Spiro Agnew in the early 1970s. April 28, 2023, 11:41 AM PDT. MSNBC attracted 1.97 million while Fox News led with 2.35 million. In regard to programming performance, The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell was MSNBCs most watched-show, averaging 1.37 million viewers at 6 p.m.; No. Fox News is up 1%. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Santos claims he survived assassination attempt, had shoes stolen off his feet, Why has the public turned against experts? Twitters secret shadow bans show why, Jake Tappers CNN primetime debut fails in ratings despite Biden interview, MSNBCs Alex Wagner beats CNN with 2M viewers in debut. Maddow more than doubled CNNs total viewership (1.7M vs. 733K) and beat CNN for the 107th month in a row. Fox News was also the most-watched basic cable network in primetime for February (2.26 million), and marked 24 consecutive months (or two straight years) as the top-rated cable news network in total viewers and among Adults 25-54. Below are February 2023 Nielsen ratings for Fox News, MSNBC and CNN, the wider cable news landscape followed by a full basic cable network audience ranker. The difference in performance between Fox News The Five and CNNs The Lead was even starker: Critics of MSNBC and CNN have been eager to highlight these ratings to the ratings various hosts particularly CNNs Darcy and Stelter, whore supposed to be media critics yet report almost exclusively on Fox News and only Fox News in hopes of inspiring some much-needed introspection in them. While it has long been said that Rachel Maddows viewers are among the most loyal in cable newsshowing up whether theres big political news or not, night after nightits clear MSNBC executives have a massive challenge on their hands as they contemplate a future where Maddows away more than she is on the set hosting her show. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. ET time slot on Wednesday night, a ratings win for a Fox News rival following the departure of Tucker Carlson. MSNBC Prime (M-F 8pm-11pm) Beats CNN for the 65th Month in a Row in Total Viewers, Tops CNNs Audience by +90% (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images), With 2.5 Million Viewers, Fox News Channel's 'Gutfeld!' MSNBCs Biden-era struggles among the advertiser-coveted (25-52 year-old) demo continued to get worse, as the network had its worst week among demo viewers in total day and primetime since 1999. 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Ratings for MSNBCs The Rachel Maddow Show dropped significantly in the first full week without Rachel Maddow hostingreinforcing the huge challenge the WebThe Times story notes CNNs prime-time ratings are down 27% year over year while MSNBCs numbers have fallen 23%. Fox News was down just 1% year-over-year, and MSNBC saw a decline of 2%. This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). The table below presents viewership data for Morning Joe and its main cable competitors. Whats remarkable (yet also entirely predictable) is that on Fox and in the larger right-wing media ecosystem, Biden and the news media are getting more criticism during discussions pertaining to January 6 than the former President who incited the attack on the US Capitol. MSNBC: 329,000. Fox came in first with 1.35 million average total viewers, while MSNBC brought in 703,000 average total viewers. Fox News was first to report on the downturn in MSNBCs ratings for the key timeslot. While the press is covering the one-year anniversary of 1/6, right-wing media personalities are bashing journalists for doing so. This story has been shared 579,114 times. Morning Joe also ranked #1 across all of cable television among African American viewers (158K), ahead of #3 CNN (102K) and #35 FOX News (17K). Fox Dominates, as MSNBC Plummets to Its Lowest Ratings in Over 20 Years RedState/ this is why Tucker Carlson will be on During the Made for TV J6 commission hearings. Meanwhile, Fox News Hannity has remained the ratings leader in the 9 p.m. hour, outpacing MSNBC Prime in the key advertising demo by 252% since the shows debut. Technical Audio Producer (Part-Time Contract)Bloomberg LPNew York, New York, April 22 Ratings: MSNBC Remains 2nd-Most-Watched Basic Cable Network in Total Day, Yet Struggles to Attract Adults 25-54, An error has occurred, please try again later. The Rachel Maddow Show ranked No. Tell us, very serious media reporter man, what does that tell you about your coverage choices? Among viewers 25-54, the demographic group most valued by advertisers. 2 in the 9 p.m. hour for the 11th straight month. FNC had the top 15 shows in the A25-54 demo, the top 13 in average total viewers, and had the 94 of the 100 most-watched cable news telecasts for the month of February 2023. replaced by a rotating cast of personalities, SCOTUS Now Just Another Congressional Committee, Secret Chinese Police Stations in Europe Are 'Tip of the Iceberg', Trump's Attorney Just Blew Carroll Rape Case, King Charles Says Royals Require 'Acting Ability', Ukraine Will Regain 'Significant Territory' From Russia, Florida GOP Paves the Way to Help Ron DeSantis Challenge Trump. Katz a tip, email him, Technical Audio Producer (Part-Time Contract). CNN Tonight came in third at the time slot with just 690,000 viewers. This is a BETA experience. The conservative host had an average audience of 3.03 million people for all of 2022, making it the second most popular program on cable television after Fox's "The Five." 17 in the total day demo (80,000) across basic cable. The dip in viewership allowed MSNBC's Chris Hayes to overtake Fox in ratings, a popularity contest that Carlson used to dominate. The prior Monday, for instance, the show drew just 1.6 million viewers. Burnett was followed by Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper, and Wolf Blitzer as the highest-rated hosts. Maybe they finally figured out that the hosts there had been lying to them for years. A man walks past FOX News signs outside the News Corporation in New York City. ET First Published: Feb. 16, Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 6, 2022. I'm great friends with Tucker and always will be. The best MSNBC TV programs of all time include the most viewed shows on MSNBC, as this list covers the entire history of the network. The conservative host had an average audience of 3.03 million people for all of 2022, making it the second most popular program on cable television after Fox's "The CNNs newly revamped morning show, CNN This Morning, also saw its lowest-rated week since its launch in November. It didnt help when they continually tried to prop Biden up when it was plain to see that his administration is a disaster. On Wednesday, Carlson released a video his first statement since exiting the network just as Fox News Tonight was starting. Here are the prime time averages encompassing shows which air from 8-11 p.m. during the month of January. Whos killing it in the ratings? Biden Defends His Reelection Bid. 20 overall). MSNBC is the second-most-watched basic cable network in primetime for February 2023. In September, on evenings Alex Wagner Tonight aired, MSNBC saw a stunning year-over-year drop from 2021, when Maddow hosted. April 28, 2023, 11:41 AM PDT. Fox drew 1.33 million viewers for substitute host Brian Kilmeade in the 8 p.m. Eastern hour on Wednesday night, putting the network second to MSNBC's Chris Hayes in a competition Carlson used to dominate, the Nielsen company said. Every FOX show is taking a Tucker beating. During his first show, Kilmeade said: "As you probably have heard, Fox News and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. Starting May 2, The Rachel Maddow Show will be weekly on Monday nights. The Five averaged 3.31 million viewers during the 5 p.m. hour in February, while Tucker Carlson Tonight averaged 3.303 million at 8 p.m. Jesse Watters Primetime (2.83 million), Hannity (2.68 million) and Special Report with Bret Baier (2.44 million) round out the top five in total viewers. If you've commented with us before, we'll need you to re-input your email address for this. MSNBC finished third with 556,000 average viewers and CNN settled for 450,000 as the networks failed to top Fox News combined, reports Fox News. Tucker Carlson, again, led the industry in the demo. You could be getting the best stories in your inbox twice a day. Maddow, who earns approximately $30 million per year under her current contract with MSNBC, took a weeks-long hiatus earlier this year. In total-day demo ratings, Fox News was down 7% compared to January of last year, CNN was down 81% and MSNBC was down 75%. Beats Every Show In Late Night TV, Action Conference CPAC held at the Hilton Anatole on August 04, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. (337,000 viewers)all airing on FNC. After his exit on Monday, Fox News launched Fox News Tonight, designed to feature a rotating series of hosts until a permanent successor is named. Support our commitment to credible conservative news. Fox News has seen a significant drop in its ratings figures following the departure of prime time host Tucker Carlson. May 10, 202211:27 AM ET Font Size: CNN and MSNBCs viewership reportedly scored the lowest in total viewers as of Friday, significantly trailing behind their right-leaning counterpart, Fox News. As Florida Gov. Those losses skew heavily toward CNN and MSNBC, which are down 47% and 33%, respectively. For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily. Compared to what the network averaged in February of 2022, MSNBC dropped -2% in total primetime viewersand -15% in the primetime demo. Send us a tip using our annonymous form. Fox News averaged 1.3 million viewers from May 30 through June 5 to lead all of basic cable as No. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images). Thats as much about the difficulty of drawing an audience for a new show as it is a statement about how far CNNs overall prime time lineup has fallen. 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The animosity seen above likely stems from the fact that the talking heads at these networks dedicate so many resources to insulting not only Fox News hosts but its viewers as well. 21 in the primetime demo (119,000) and No. No wonder fox rating are thru the roof , everyone at @cnn watches fox lol dam shame you dont watch your your own fake news channel https://t.co/WI6vnxcogD, If you ever wonder why potato head @brianstelter and company keep trashing Fox you need look no further than their ratings. No-one give a shit about Hannitys texts. Videos by OutKick. Newsweek has contacted Fox News via email for comment. News app PLEASE JOIN OUR NEW COMMENT SYSTEM! CNN struggled to draw Adults 25-54 in February. Even MSNBCs All In attracted more viewers (1.5 million). ET). Total day delivered 76K A25-54 viewers. However, the network shed -14% in total primetime viewers and -33% in the primetime demo vs. Feb. 2022. The Rachel Maddow Show Tops CNN in Both Total Viewers and A25-54 Fox News is finishing February 2023 as it did January 2023, as the most-watched basic cable network in total day. 12 on basic cable, and 474,000 total day viewers, No. 1 min read. They dont meet the definition of Fake News. Why, Fox is! MSNBC prime (M-F 8pm-11pm) topped CNNs total audience by +90%, drawing 1.4M total viewers (vs. CNNs 750K) and dominating CNN for the 65th straight month. All three networks saw a drop across prime time in January, with Fox dipping 13 percent year over year. ET hour, The Rachel Maddow Show has consistently been one of the highest-rated shows in all of cable news and regularly ranks as the only non-Fox show among the ten most-watched programs each week. The network also averaged 122,000 adults 25-54 in primetime, No. ET time slot on Wednesday night, a ratings win for a Fox News rival following the departure of Tucker Carlson. The most-watched shows for the month were The Five (3.406 million viewers), Tucker Carlson Tonight (3.298 million viewers), Jesse Watters Primetime (2.911 million viewers), Hannity (2.741 million viewers), and Special Report with Bret Baier (2.495 million viewers)all on Fox News. CNN came in second place with 107,000 average demo viewers, while Fox was in first place with 178,000 average total day demo viewers.