THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Cable News Ratings

WEDNESDAY: Fox News scores 4 shows with over 3 million viewers ... read our Wednesday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1034
CNN THIS MORNING:
302
MORNING JOE:
1143
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
13
EARLY MORNING:
4
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1462
CNN THIS MORNING:
488
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
88
MORNING IN AMERICA:
35
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1924
CNN THIS MORNING:
569
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1911
CNN NEWSROOM:
597
MORNING JOE:
1079
NATIONAL REPORT:
158
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1809
CNN NEWSROOM:
632
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
799
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
42
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1816
AT THIS HOUR:
608
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
719
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1789
INSIDE POLITICS:
613
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
676
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
133
BLUE BLOODS:
74
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1555
CNN NEWSROOM:
533
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
656
-- BLUE BLOODS:
110
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1513
CNN NEWSROOM:
596
KATY TUR REPORTS:
762
AMERICAN AGENDA:
101
BLUE BLOODS:
194
3p STORY, THE:
1497
CNN NEWSROOM:
645
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
801
-- BLUE BLOODS:
192
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1588
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
595
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1465
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
141
BLUE BLOODS:
242
5p FIVE, THE:
3546
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
640
-- SPICER & CO:
128
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
101
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2615
SITUATION ROOM:
639
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1476
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
128
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
77
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3163
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
725
REIDOUT:
1305
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
158
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
67
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3716
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
753
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1658
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
142
CUOMO:
131
9p HANNITY:
3080
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
685
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1453
PRIME NEWS:
104
BANFIELD:
132 [9:30 PM-10:59 PM]
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2276
CNN TONIGHT:
504
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1664
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
160
--
11p GUTFELD!:
2121
CNN TONIGHT:
342
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1097
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
106
CUOMO:
68

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
154
CNN THIS MORNING:
53
MORNING JOE:
125
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
1
EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
217
CNN THIS MORNING:
103
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
10
MORNING IN AMERICA:
7
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
223
CNN THIS MORNING:
123
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
185
CNN NEWSROOM:
110
MORNING JOE:
127
NATIONAL REPORT:
10
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
144
CNN NEWSROOM:
119
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
106
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
9
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
190
AT THIS HOUR:
112
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
95
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
201
INSIDE POLITICS:
120
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
88
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
8
BLUE BLOODS:
14
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
207
CNN NEWSROOM:
92
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
70
-- BLUE BLOODS:
10
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
187
CNN NEWSROOM:
84
KATY TUR REPORTS:
62
AMERICAN AGENDA:
6
BLUE BLOODS:
27
3p STORY, THE:
191
CNN NEWSROOM:
107
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
72
-- BLUE BLOODS:
32
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
208
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
109
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
151
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
5
BLUE BLOODS:
11
5p FIVE, THE:
414
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
114
-- SPICER & CO:
1
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
10
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
311
SITUATION ROOM:
135
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
169
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
7
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
12
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
360
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
158
REIDOUT:
181
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
9
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
7
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
537
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
146
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
192
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
11
CUOMO:
20
9p HANNITY:
402
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
154
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
129
PRIME NEWS:
9
BANFIELD:
22 [9:30 PM-10:59 PM]
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
323
CNN TONIGHT:
118
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
123
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
11
--
11p GUTFELD!:
329
CNN TONIGHT:
76
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
94
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
9
CUOMO:
10

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
Kaitlan Collins

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins grilled Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) on Medicare and Social Security funding in a stellar interview Thursday morning.

Collin sat down with Scott days after President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, which featured outbursts and heckling from Republican representatives. At one point, representatives screamed "LIAR" at the president when he claimed, "some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset."

During the Thursday interview with Scott, Collins grilled the senator over the plan, picking apart Scott’s latest defense.

In one bizarre moment, Scott fixated on something CNN's Jake Tapper said in order to argue that when Democrats legislated savings for Medicare on prescription drugs, they enacted a “cut.”

Collins pointed out that Tapper wasn't referring to the Inflation Reduction Act, and instead was discussing different savings proposals from Democrats.

"If you’ve budgeted and you’ve got $15,000 and you go and buy a car, and it it now costs $12,000," she reasoned. "That doesn’t mean you only have $12,000. It means you just did not spend all $15,000. Right?

Collins went on to note, "Reducing drug spending is not cutting benefits to Medicare."

Props for the throughout and fact-heavy interview on such a hot topic -- it even got Maggie Haberman's attention and praise.

MEDIA LOSER:
James Carville

Democratic strategist James Carville claimed to have “a Ph.D. in White trashology,” during an interview Wednesday, which he later used in a crude mocking of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

“Let me tell you something about Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene – she dresses like White trash," Carville said to MSNBC's Ari Melber.

"She really needs a fashion consultant. I recommend George Santos. He could do a good job of dressing up where she doesn’t announce her own White trashdom," added Carville, who is nicknamed the "Ragin Cajun" for his often colorful commentary.

The comments were made while discussing President Joe Biden's State of the Union address -- which some GOP representatives heckled throughout.

Melber tried to pivot at one point, asking Carville about how divisions in the nations politics can impact actual policy.

Still, Carville circled back to the GOP hecklers, saying, “The level of White trashdom in the Republican Party is staggering. I mean, for somebody that has observed it for a long time like I have, I’ve never seen it manifest itself on a level that it’s manifesting itself.”

Mocking a woman for the clothes she is wearing, or by making tasteless comments about someone's alleged socioeconomic status is pretty awful punditry -- especially when there is so much to legitimately criticize. 

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