Cable News Night Ratings: December 6-9: MSNBC has great energy on Monday after a slow weekend

Friday December 1. 6

The Five ends the week as the most watched show with over four million total viewers. Deadline: The White House with Nicole Wallace finished as MSNBC and OutFront’s most-watched program with Erin Burnett was the first for CNN. These three shows repeated their victories in the Adults 25-54 demo.

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

Total day: FNC: 253 | CNN: 76 | MSNBC: 46
Prime: FNC: 261 | CNN: 88 | MSNBC: 48

FNC: CNN: MSNBC: 4:00 p.m. Cavuto:
Tapping 296:
85Wallace:
67 5 p.m. Five:
452 Tapping:
68Wallace:
— Special report at 6 p.m.:
323 Blitzer:
93 Rhythm:
38 7 p.m. Ingraham:
264 Burnett:
110Reid:
50 watts at 8 p.m.:
290 Cooper:
86 Hayes:
51 9:00 p.m. Hannity:
214 Collins:
80Wagner:
46 10 p.m. Gutfeld!:
279 CNN NewsNight:
98 Last word:
48 11 p.m. Gallagher:
172 Coates live:
77 Rühle:
53

Total viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total day: FNC: 2.123 | CNN: 397 | MSNBC: 528
Prime: FNC: 2,714 | CNN: 430 | MSNBC: 564

FNC: CNN: MSNBC: 4:00 p.m. Cavuto:
2.246 Tapping machine:
494Wallace:
848 5:00 p.m. Five:
4.078 Tapping machine:
477 Wallace:
—- 6:00 p.m. Special report:
2.918 Blitzer:
459 The rhythm:
746 7 p.m. Ingraham:
2.662 Burnett:
521 Reid:
662 8 p.m. Watters:
3.264 Cooper:
487 Hayes:
608 9 p.m. Hannity:
2.398 Collins:
419 Wagner:
501 10 p.m. Gutfeld! :
2,480 CNN NewsNight:
383 Last word:
584 11 p.m. Gallagher:
1,541 Coates live:
322 Ruhle:
418

Saturday December 7

International coverage of the war in Syria began at 10 p.m. and continued through the night on all three networks. Earlier this evening, MSNBC debuted the documentary Errol Morris Separatedon the controversial family separation policy at the southern border that the president-elect Donald Trumpthe administration established during his first mandate. MSNBC Reportedly Delayed Film’s Network Premiere until after the election – it was previously shown at film festivals and in limited theatrical releases – and just under 400,000 total viewers watched it live.

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

Total day: FNC: 134 | CNN: 44 | MSNBC: 33
Prime: FNC: 115 | CNN: 30 | MSNBC: 40

FNC: CNN: MSNBC: 4 p.m. FN live:
111 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
47 Wallace
35 5 p.m. Five:
129 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
55 Sharpton:
48 6 p.m. Scott:
148 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
51 Cap Coeur:
32 7 p.m. Big show of the weekend:
138 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
57 Ayman:
43 8 p.m. Levin:
107 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
46 Ayman:
—- 9 p.m. Kilméade:
117 Giuliani:
23 Separated:
40 10 p.m. Failla:
120 Julien:
20 Separated:
—- 11 p.m. Gutfeld:
130 CNN Newsroom (10:51 a.m.):
37 MSNBC Reports:
32 11:30 p.m. Gutfeld! :
—- CNN Newsroom:
—- Sky News:
46

Total viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total day: FNC: 1.253 | CNN: 319 | MSNBC: 324
Prime: FNC: 1.271 | CNN: 251 | MSNBC: 374

FNC: CNN: MSNBC: 4 p.m. FN live:
1.007 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
366 Wallace:
302 5 p.m. Five:
1.108 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
453 Sharpton:
364 6 p.m. Scott:
1.332 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
431 Cap Coeur:
343 Big weekend show at 7 p.m.:
1.327 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
374 Ayman:
371 8 p.m. Levin:
1.432 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
299 Ayman:
—- 9 p.m. Kilméade:
1.306 Guiliani:
242 Separated:
378 10 p.m. Failla:
1,075 Giuliani:
218 Separated:
—- 11 p.m. Gutfeld:
818 CNN Newsroom (10:51 a.m.):
181 MSNBC reports:
233 11:30 p.m. Gutfeld! :
—- CNN Newsroom:
—- Sky News:
210

Sunday December 8

CNN’s continued coverage of the latest news out of Syria has propelled it to second in total viewers and demo ahead of MSNBC. Fox News’ The Big Weekend Show and Life, Liberty & Levin battled for the top spot in total viewers, with Levin winning by just 3,000 viewers. In the meantime, FNC Broadcast of Fox Nation’s Sixth Annual Patriot Awards was seen by just over a million viewers.

Total day: FNC: 114 | CNN: 44 | MSNBC: 28
Prime: FNC: 107 | CNN: 35 | MSNBC: 24

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

FNC: CNN: MSNBC: 4 p.m. FN live:
111 CNN Newsroom:
37 MSNBC Reports:
2:17 p.m. Levin:
91 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
60 Sharpton:
28 6 p.m. Scott:
81 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
65 Cap Coeur:
6 p.m. 7 p.m. Big weekend show:
105 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
51 Ayman:
20 8 p.m. Levin:
117 CNN heroes:
46 Ayman:
—- 9:00 p.m. Good God:
104 The 80s:
29 MSNBC Reports:
25 10 p.m. Patriots Prize:
106 The 80s
—– Psaki:
10 p.m. 11 p.m. Patriots Prize:
—- CNN Heroes:
18 Ayman:
21

Total viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total day: FNC: 1.119 | CNN: 274 | MSNBC: 272
Prime: FNC: 1,187 | CNN: 216 | MSNBC: 217

FNC: CNN: MSNBC: 4 p.m. FN live:
925 CNN Newsroom:
290 MSNBC reports:
252 5 p.m. Levin:
848 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
370 Sharpton:
321 6 p.m. Scott:
1.040 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
342 Cap Coeur:
234 Big weekend show at 7 p.m.:
1.316 CNN Newsroom/Dean:
279 Ayman:
219 8 p.m. Levin:
1,319 CNN Heroes:
276 Ayman:
—- 9:00 p.m. Good God:
1.232 The 80s:
187 MSNBC reports:
207 Patriotes Prize at 10 p.m.:
1.003 The 80s
—- Psaki:
223 Patriotes Prize at 11 p.m.:
—- CNN Heroes:
134 Ayman:
211

Monday December 9

MSNBC had a good start to the week with three of its programs: Deadline: White House with Nicole WallaceTHE Rachel Maddow Show, and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell– saw over a million viewers, and the network itself averaged 1.089 million total viewers in prime time. Meanwhile, CNN fell to third place with fewer than 500,000 total viewers and Fox News surpassed the two million mark.

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

Total day: FNC: 266 | CNN: 67 | MSNBC: 57
Prime: FNC: 367 | CNN: 71 | MSNBC: 85

FNC: CNN: MSNBC: 4:00 p.m. Your world:
277 Tapping machine:
119 Wallace:
81 5:00 p.m. Five:
Tapping machine 486:
120 Wallace:
— 6:00 p.m. Baier:
355 Blitzer:
94 Melber:
67 7 p.m. Ingraham:
356 Burnett:
105Reid:
84 8 p.m. Watters:
387 Cooper:
89 Psaki:
64 9 p.m. Hannity:
366 Collins:
71 Maddow:
106 10 p.m. Gutfeld! :
348 CNN NewsNight:
55 O’Donnell:
84 11 p.m. Gallagher:
212 Coats:
37 Rühle:
39

Total viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)

Total day: FNC: 2,228 | CNN: 441 | MSNBC: 679
Prime: FNC: 2,960 | CNN: 466 | MSNBC: 1,089

FNC: CNN: MSNBC: 4:00 p.m. Your world:
2.267 Tapping machine:
691Wallace:
1.007 5 p.m. Five:
4.368 Blitzer:
645Wallace:
—- 6:00 p.m. Baier:
3.171 Blitzer:
550 Melber:
927 7 p.m. Ingraham:
2.909 Burnett:
657 Reid:
992 8 p.m. Watters:
3.413 Cooper:
564 Psaki:
832 9:00 p.m. Hannity:
2.894 Collins:
449 Maddow:
1:405 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Gutfeld! :
2.572 CNN NewsNight:
387 O’Donnell:
1:029 p.m. 11:00 p.m. Gallagher:
1,466 Coats
311 Ruhle:
505