Top 21 Cable News Shows, Ranked: What are the Most Popular
CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Programs? (Photos)
Find
out who is the most watched among Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper and Megyn
Kelly
Fox News, CNN and
MSNBC had a lot of news to cover during the busy third quarter of 2016. Morning
shows, standard newscasts and political opinion shows make up the Top 21
programs in the world of cable news. Which show was the most popular among the
key demo of adults age 25-54 during Q3?
21. MSNBC’s “Hardball
with Chris Matthews” averaged 244,000 viewers among the key news demo.
20. “Happening Now”
on Fox News averaged 260,000 demo viewers during the third quarter.
19. “Your World with
Neil Cavuto” maintained momentum despite its namesake missing the summer
following heart surgery.
18. CNN’s “Situation
Room with Wolf Blitzer” averaged 275,00 viewers among the key demo.
17. MSNBC’s
“All In with Chris Hayes” tied Blitzer with
275,000 demo viewers.
16. “Fox &
Friends” averaged 278,000 to dominate cable morning news programs among the
demo. MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and CNN’s “New Day” finished below 200,000 viewers.
15. “Shepard
Smith Reporting” tied Fox News’ “Outnumbered” by averaging
284,000 viewers between age 25-54.
14. Fox News’
“Outnumbered” is extremely popular considering its noon ET time slot, averaging
284,000 viewers.
13. “America
12. MSNBC’s “Last
Word with Lawrence O’Donnell”averaged 301,000 viewers to finish as the
second-most popular show on MSNBC.
11. “Erin Burnett
OutFront” averaged 326,000 viewers among the key demo to finish as CNN’s
third-most watched show.
10. “CNN Tonight with
Don Lemon” cracks the Top 10 with 339,000 viewers among the key demo.
9. The late-night
replay of “The O’Reilly Factor” racked up 341,000 average viewers, topping most
live shows on cable.
8. MSNBC’s
most-watched program is “The Rachel Maddow Show” with 361,000 demo viewers.
7. “On the
Record with Brit Hume” has thrived since Greta Van Susteren surprised the
media world by leaving Fox News in early September, averaging 371,000 viewers
in the third quarter that reflects both hosts.
6. Fox News’ “The
Five” is regularly among the most-watched shows on cable and also averaged
371,000 demo viewers.
5. CNN’s
most-watched show is Anderson Cooper’s “AC 360,” which averaged 384,000 demo
viewers.
4. “Special Report
with Bret Baier” is so popular that Fox News recently added a Sunday version.
3. “The O’Reilly
Factor” with Bill
O’Reilly dominated
total viewers, but finished behind two colleagues in the key demo.
2. Fox News’
“Hannity” with Sean
Hannity averaged
564,000 viewers in the key demo as the Donald Trump supporter continues to make
news on a regular basis.
1.Megyn Kelly has
plenty to smile about, finishing the third quarter as the most-watched show on
cable news among the key demo, averaging 569,000 viewers between age 25-54.
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