THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2023

Cable News Ratings

WEDNESDAY: Joy Reid leads MSNBC in the demo ... read our full Wednesday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
858		 CNN THIS MORNING:
240		 MORNING JOE:
777		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
16		 EARLY MORNING:
10
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1223		 CNN THIS MORNING:
362		 -- WAKE UP AMERICA:
78		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
49
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1460		 CNN THIS MORNING:
432		 -- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1575		 CNN NEWSROOM:
496		 MORNING JOE:
853		 NATIONAL REPORT:
126		 --
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1579		 CNN NEWSROOM:
539		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
674		 -- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
31
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1574		 AT THIS HOUR:
564		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
598		 -- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1747		 INSIDE POLITICS:
638		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
640		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
88		 --
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1495		 CNN NEWSROOM:
562		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
596		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
78
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1384		 CNN NEWSROOM:
570		 -- AMERICAN AGENDA:
88		 BLUE BLOODS:
112
3p STORY, THE:
1389		 CNN NEWSROOM:
539		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
740		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
166
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1410		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
527		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1337		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
165		 BLUE BLOODS:
209
5p FIVE, THE:
3187		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
645		 -- SPICER & CO:
163		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
112
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2442		 SITUATION ROOM:
611		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1351		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
164		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
50
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2686		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
567		 REIDOUT:
1163		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
204		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
57
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3622		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
666		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1373		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
118		 CUOMO:
149
9p HANNITY:
2540		 CNN PRIMETIME:
461		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1338		 PRIME NEWS:
78		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
81
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1935		 CNN TONIGHT:
386		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1511		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
150		 BANFIELD:
84
11p GUTFELD!:
1872		 CNN TONIGHT:
294		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
959		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
69		 CUOMO:
76

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
170		 CNN THIS MORNING:
45		 MORNING JOE:
105		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
2		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
215		 CNN THIS MORNING:
75		 -- WAKE UP AMERICA:
8		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
197		 CNN THIS MORNING:
97		 -- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
229		 CNN NEWSROOM:
85		 MORNING JOE:
79		 NATIONAL REPORT:
9		 --
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
231		 CNN NEWSROOM:
85		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
66		 -- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
7
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
211		 AT THIS HOUR:
100		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
66		 -- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
213		 INSIDE POLITICS:
133		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
61		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
6		 --
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
192		 CNN NEWSROOM:
126		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
64		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
5
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
161		 CNN NEWSROOM:
121		 -- AMERICAN AGENDA:
5		 BLUE BLOODS:
7
3p STORY, THE:
181		 CNN NEWSROOM:
89		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
81		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
15
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
160		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
75		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
135		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
6		 BLUE BLOODS:
24
5p FIVE, THE:
340		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
88		 -- SPICER & CO:
10		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
12
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
248		 SITUATION ROOM:
114		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
134		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
8		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
7
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
272		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
131		 REIDOUT:
136		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
9		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
467		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
114		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
121		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
17		 CUOMO:
23
9p HANNITY:
289		 CNN PRIMETIME:
94		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
130		 PRIME NEWS:
3		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
6
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
231		 CNN TONIGHT:
95		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
123		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
10		 BANFIELD:
24
11p GUTFELD!:
262		 CNN TONIGHT:
94		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
113		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
8		 CUOMO:
16

Media Winners & Losers
MEDIA WINNER:
Jake Tapper

CNN's Jake Tapper offered a fair and non-partisan assessment of new evidence filed in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

Speaking to CNN commentator Alyssa Farah and analyst Bakari Sellers about the bombshell lawsuit, Tapper noted Fox News’ on-air talent has been largely silent on the matter, including Bret Baier.

Tapper and the panel highlighted the gravity of the suit, especially as Rupert Murdoch admitted under-oath that Fox News promoted election lies on air. 

The panel went on to discuss texts Tucker Carlson sent to an unknown staffer claiming to hate former President Donald Trump "passionately."

While Tapper was generally critical of the network for pushing lies on the 2020 election, he fairly noted that Carlson disparaging Trump in private texts does not actually do much to prove he knowingly defamed Dominion.

In fact, he went as far as to say that the texts to some extent support Fox's argument that the suit is meant to embarrass the network -- an astute take from the CNN host.
MEDIA LOSER:
Jenna Ellis

Former Trump election lawyer Jenna Ellis posted a bizarrely cruel though unsurprising tweet mocking Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) getting hospitalized after falling at a private dinner.

Ellis shared a video showing a turtle falling down a flight of stairs, joking that it was "camera footage from last night’s McConnell dinner."

McConnell is currently being treated for a concussion at George Washington University Hospital after he fell at a dinner event Wednesday at D.C.'s Waldorf Astoria hotel.

Naturally, pundits and media figures were quick to criticize Ellis for the tweet.

CNN's Jake Tapper reacted by tweeting, "The basic lack of humanity constantly displayed by these people is truly remarkable."

Ellis' cruel tweet also came just hours after it was revealed she admitted in a disciplinary hearing she misrepresented evidence about the 2020 election on at least 10 occasions.

The hearing prompted the Colorado Supreme Court’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel to conclude that Ellis violated a rule for professional conduct among attorneys in the state and has been censured by a Colorado judge. Yikes.

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