An evening with fill-in anchors across various programs did not help CNN’s performance as the network finished third in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo in both dayparts. In addition, its average total viewer audience in primetime failed to finish above 500,000 viewers. Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, and Abby Phillip were all off.
25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 270 | CNN: 65 | MSNBC: 78
Prime: FNC: 402 | CNN: 98 | MSNBC: 122
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Cain: 289 | Tapper: 74 | Wallace: 151 |
| 5PM | Five: 477 | Tapper: 80 | Wallace: 133 |
| 6PM | Baier: 372 | Situation Room: 80 | Melber: 103 |
| 7PM | Ingraham: 383 | Burnett: 112 | Reid: 80 |
| 8PM | Watters: 436 | AC360: 97 | Hayes: 104 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 344 | Collins: 108 | Maddow: 136 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld: 427 | CNN NewsNight: 89 | Last Word: 126 |
| 11PM | Gallagher: 260 | Coates: 63 | Ruhle: 97 |
Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 2.109 | CNN: 363 | MSNBC: 685
Prime: FNC: 3.246 | CNN: 484 | MSNBC: 1.225
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Cain: 2.395 | Tapper: 598 | Wallace: 1.151 |
| 5PM | Five: 4.418 | Tapper: 586 | Wallace: 1.126 |
| 6PM | Baier: 3.297 | Situation Room: 452 | Melber: 929 |
| 7PM | Ingraham: 3.146 | Burnett: 558 | Reid: 824 |
| 8PM | Watters: 3.787 | AC360: 557 | Hayes: 894 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 2.879 | Collins: 495 | Maddow: 1.704 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld: 3.072 | CNN NewsNight: 399 | Last Word: 1.077 |
| 11PM | Gallagher: 1.609 | Coates 240 | Ruhle: 659 |
