THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2023

Cable News Ratings

MONDAY: CNN collapses in prime time, MSNBC and Fox News maintain viewers despite NFL playoffs ... read our Monday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
933		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
276		 MORNING JOE:
628		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
22		 EARLY MORNING:
16
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1284		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
292		 -- WAKE UP AMERICA:
74		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
40
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1524		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
366		 -- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1754		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
532		 MORNING JOE:
750		 NATIONAL REPORT:
150		 --
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1801		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
686		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
569		 -- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
46
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1762		 AT THIS HOUR SPCL:
706		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
485		 -- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1954		 INSIDE POLITICS SPECIAL:
622		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
456		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
162		 BLUE BLOODS:
113
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1405		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
617		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
460		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
178
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1339		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
580		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
528		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
153		 BLUE BLOODS:
265
3p STORY, THE:
1421		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
599		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
609		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
303
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1469		 LEAD W/ JAKE TAPPER SPCL:
636		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1135		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
214		 BLUE BLOODS:
364
5p FIVE, THE:
3427		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
553		 -- SPICER & CO:
165		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
150
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2379		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
515		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1133		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
175		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
73
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2664		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRNT SPCL:
488		 REIDOUT:
1016		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
210		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
51
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2826		 AC360 SPECIAL:
358		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
869		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
157		 CUOMO:
133
9p HANNITY:
1873		 AC360 SPECIAL:
333		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
1686		 PRIME NEWS:
91		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
102
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1440		 CNN TONIGHT SPCL:
243		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1088		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
125		 BANFIELD:
92
11p GUTFELD!:
1770		 CNN TONIGHT SPCL:
166		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
636		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
93		 CUOMO:
66

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
152		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
30		 MORNING JOE:
73		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
2		 EARLY MORNING:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
200		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
45		 -- WAKE UP AMERICA:
6		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
7
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
206		 CNN THIS MORNING SPECIAL:
75		 -- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
241		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
97		 MORNING JOE:
71		 NATIONAL REPORT:
14		 --
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
201		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
100		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
52		 -- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
14
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
200		 AT THIS HOUR SPCL:
134		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
33		 -- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
220		 INSIDE POLITICS SPECIAL:
110		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
37		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
13		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
184		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
106		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
39		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
45
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
169		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
118		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
62		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
25		 BLUE BLOODS:
49
3p STORY, THE:
180		 CNN NEWSROOM SPCL:
94		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
89		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
43
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
189		 LEAD W/ JAKE TAPPER SPCL:
94		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
111		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
17		 BLUE BLOODS:
40
5p FIVE, THE:
366		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
111		 -- SPICER & CO:
12		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
19
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
239		 SITUATION ROOM SPCL:
110		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
116		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
10		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
14
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
323		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRNT SPCL:
95		 REIDOUT:
112		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
14		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
14
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
367		 AC360 SPECIAL:
55		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
71		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
14		 CUOMO:
12
9p HANNITY:
240		 AC360 SPECIAL:
50		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
160		 PRIME NEWS:
10		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
10
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
193		 CNN TONIGHT SPCL:
48		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
80		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
21		 BANFIELD:
15
11p GUTFELD!:
269		 CNN TONIGHT SPCL:
36		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
56		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
12		 CUOMO:
7

Media Winners & Losers
MEDIA WINNER:
Greg Gutfeld

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld seems to be on everyone's minds these days, and that's largely thanks to the ratings success of his late night show.

In 2022, Gutfeld! averaged 2.04 million viewers a night, reaching a total audience big enough to beat Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. The Fox News funnyman, however, fell short of CBS late night titan Stephen Colbert's numbers.Gutfeld did manage to beat Colbert in total viewers for a week in& August.

His series has mainly thrived by tackling the news of the day from a conservative viewpoint while also having the added benefit of airing at an earlier timeslot than its late-night competition.

According to a new report, CNN head Chris Licht is looking to host a show that offers a “nontraditional version of the news" in an effort to continue shaking up the network.

Because Licht is reportedly eyeing names like Trevor Noah and Jon Stewart, pundits and hosts, including Gutfeld himself, have theorized that CNN is looking to emulate Fox News' late night success.

“Turns out thanks to the smashing success of this show, which happened because of our awesome fans and my razor wit and my washboard abs, other networks now want a hit comedy show of their own,” Gutfeld said on Tuesday night.

While not entirely true, the show's massive ratings success deserves some props.
MEDIA LOSER:
Outnumbered

The hosts of Fox News show Outnumbered have coveredPresident Joe Biden's classified documents controversy by lamentingthat the FBI raided Donald Trump to retrieve documents, but not Biden.

Of course, they memory-holed the fact that Trump falsely claimed he did not have classified documents in his possession. His legal team also made a false statement to law enforcement authorities.

On Jan. 10th's edition of the show, Harris Faulkner questionedwhy Biden was not raided, while Emily Compagno ripped into the “apologist media” for noting the differences between this case and Trump's.

What no one pointed out is that the Mar-a-Lago raid occurred after Trump spent months resisting subpoenaed demands to return the hundreds of classified documents he improperly took when he left office.

Fox News host Todd Pirro joined Wednesday's Outnumber to peddle the same narrative, directly comparing Trump and Biden's document controversies to question to FBI's response.

Again, nobody highlighted the clear difference between the cases. While Biden's lawyers alerted the DOJ to the existence of the documents and voluntarily handed them over, while the National Archives referred the issue with Trump to the DOJ after noticing missing documents.

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