CNN Continues To Look Bad In The Ratings As President Trump’s Interview Tops The Week In Most Important Metric

Below is a table of the prime time cable news ratings on FOX News, CNN, and MSNBC from Tuesday, September 8 through Wednesday, September 9. Analysis below.


Network
Day
A25-54
A18-49
A18-34
Total viewers
Hannity
FOX News
Wednesday
0.72
0.42
0.23
4.798
Tucker Carlson Tonight
FOX News
Wednesday
0.71
0.41
0.21
4.445
Hannity
FOX News
Tuesday
0.67
0.44
0.26
4.394
Tucker Carlson Tonight
FOX News
Tuesday
0.67
0.40
0.23
4.228
Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
Tuesday
0.67
0.40
0.21
4.997
Tucker Carlson Tonight
FOX News
Thursday
0.64
0.37
0.21
4.402
The Ingraham  Angle
FOX News
Tuesday
0.58
0.38
0.25
3.687
The Ingraham  Angle
FOX News
Wednesday
0.57
0.32
0.13
3.603
Hannity
FOX News
Thursday
0.55
0.34
0.22
4.282
Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
Wednesday
0.55
0.33
0.13
3.951
The Ingraham  Angle
FOX News
Thursday
0.47
0.29
0.18
3.514
The Story with Martha MacCallum
FOX News
Thursday
0.45
0.24
0.11
2.869
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC
Tuesday
0.44
0.24
0.14
3.412
CNN Tonight (10pm)
CNN
Wednesday
0.42
0.27
0.10
1.960
The Story with Martha MacCallum
FOX News
Tuesday
0.41
0.25
0.13
2.641
Rachel Maddow Show
MSNBC
Thursday
0.39
0.23
0.09
3.304
Cuomo Prime Time
CNN
Wednesday
0.37
0.24
0.12
2.041
Anderson Cooper 360
CNN
Wednesday
0.37
0.23
0.10
1.892
All In with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
Tuesday
0.35
0.20
0.09
2.369
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC
Wednesday
0.35
0.20
0.06
3.002
The Story with Martha MacCallum
FOX News
Wednesday 
0.35
0.19
0.06
2.365
All In with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
Wednesday
0.32
0.17
0.09
2.329
Erin Burnett OutFront
CNN
Wednesday
0.31
0.21
0.08
1.508
Anderson Cooper 360
CNN
Tuesday
0.31
0.20
0.08
1.400
Cuomo Prime Time
CNN
Tuesday
0.30
0.18
0.09
1.418
The ReidOut
MSNBC
Wednesday
0.30
0.17
0.07
2.303
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC
Thursday
0.28
0.17
0.07
2.457
The ReidOut
MSNBC
Tuesday
0.28
0.14
0.06
2.040
Cuomo Prime Time
CNN
Thursday
0.27
0.18
0.11
1.459
CNN Tonight (10pm)
CNN
Tuesday
0.27
0.17
0.09
1.199
The ReidOut
MSNBC
Thursday
0.26
0.15
0.09
2.151
Erin Burnett OutFront
CNN
Tuesday
0.25
0.16
0.06
1.239
Erin Burnett OutFront
CNN
Thursday
0.24
0.15
0.10
1.288
CNN Tonight (10pm)
CNN
Thursday
0.23
0.14
0.07
1.242
CNN Global Town Hall
CNN
Thursday
0.13
1.055
All In with Chris Hayes
MSNBC
Thursday
0.12
2.002

Network
A25-54
A18-49
A18-34
Total viewers
FOX News
0.57
0.34
0.19
3.769
MSNBC
~0.38
0.22
~0.1
2.938
CNN
~0.3
0.19
~0.09
1.475

On top this week in the key A25-54 demographic was Wednesday’s edition of Hannity, which featured a phone interview with President Trump. It came in second place on the chart in A18-49 and A18-34, behind only the previous night’s edition of Hannity. 

As usual, Hannity and Tucker Carlson Tonight were the top two shows on average. However, Tuesday’s edition of Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC was the most-viewed hour of prime time cable news, getting nearly five million viewers. Maddow has consistently been MSNBC’s highest-rated show. 

Thanks in large part to Maddow, MSNBC was the #2 network this week in all key demographics. MSNBC received nearly double the total viewers as CNN and edged it out significantly in A25-54. Leads were more minuscule among A18-49 and A18-34, but present nonetheless. 

While MSNBC has typically been in second place in total viewers, it was not until recently when they became more competitive with CNN in the key demographics. As it was noted last week, CNN has the Presidential election to look forward to, and they often excel with event programming. However, lagging behind MSNBC with their regularly scheduled programming yet again is a troubling sign. 

What’s most troubling about CNN’s woes is that it is not one single show that is causing the third place finishes. Thursday was a night filled with bad ratings all around for CNN, with their Global Town Hall failing to place in the top 50 programs on cable. Arguably, CNN’s biggest problem is they don’t have one single show that can anchor the rest. They don’t have their own Rachel Maddow Show or Tucker Carlson Tonight, and they may need one if they want a permanent resurgence. 

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