THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Cable News Ratings

THURSDAY: CNN townhall lands in 3rd place second night in a row .. read our full Thursday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
874
CNN THIS MORNING:
262
MORNING JOE:
892
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
13
EARLY MORNING:
9
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1260
CNN THIS MORNING:
353
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
72
MORNING IN AMERICA:
44
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1454
CNN THIS MORNING:
446
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1639
CNN NEWSROOM:
496
MORNING JOE:
916
NATIONAL REPORT:
142
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1672
CNN NEWSROOM:
612
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
679
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
56
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1519
AT THIS HOUR:
691
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
649 [10:45 AM-12:23 PM]
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1496
INSIDE POLITICS:
722
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
627 [12:41 PM-1:23 PM]
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
179
BLUE BLOODS:
83
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1386
CNN NEWSROOM:
662
-- -- BLUE BLOODS:
155
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1407
CNN NEWSROOM:
644
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
647 [1:24 PM-2:42 PM]
AMERICAN AGENDA:
150
BLUE BLOODS:
217
3p STORY, THE:
1283
CNN NEWSROOM:
691
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
670 [2:43 PM-3:29 PM]
-- BLUE BLOODS:
270
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1516
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
869
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
961 [3:45 PM-4:39 PM]
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
153
BLUE BLOODS:
295
5p SR/MURDAUGH TRIAL CVG.:
2678
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
889
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1300 [4:40 PM-5:59 PM]
SPICER & CO:
150
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
104
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2296
SITUATION ROOM:
584
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1393
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
152
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
45
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2779
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
625
REIDOUT:
1128
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
212
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
48
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3163
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
656
MORNING JOE SPC REPORT:
1048
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
136
CUOMO:
82
9p HANNITY:
2690
CNN TOWN HALL:
513
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1190
PRIME NEWS:
83
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
97
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2069
CNN TONIGHT:
433 [10:15 PM-10:59 PM]
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1275
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
107
BANFIELD:
108
11p GUTFELD!:
1780
CNN TONIGHT:
354
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
930
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
72
CUOMO:
75

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
127
CNN THIS MORNING:
54
MORNING JOE:
113
DICK MORRIS DEMOCRACY:
0
EARLY MORNING:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
161
CNN THIS MORNING:
61
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
5
MORNING IN AMERICA:
9
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
176
CNN THIS MORNING:
81
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
195
CNN NEWSROOM:
80
MORNING JOE:
90
NATIONAL REPORT:
8
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
202
CNN NEWSROOM:
103
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
69
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
6
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
177
AT THIS HOUR:
110
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
67 [10:45 AM-12:23 PM]
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
211
INSIDE POLITICS:
113
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
54 [12:41 PM-1:23 PM]
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
13
BLUE BLOODS:
15
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
207
CNN NEWSROOM:
106
-- -- BLUE BLOODS:
23
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
206
CNN NEWSROOM:
102
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
47 [1:24 PM-2:42 PM]
AMERICAN AGENDA:
9
BLUE BLOODS:
37
3p STORY, THE:
162
CNN NEWSROOM:
107
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
54 [2:43 PM-3:29 PM]
-- BLUE BLOODS:
41
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
178
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
153
MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
101 [3:45 PM-4:39 PM]
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
12
BLUE BLOODS:
35
5p SR/MURDAUGH TRIAL CVG.:
258
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
179
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
125 [4:40 PM-5:59 PM]
SPICER & CO:
22
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
15
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
219
SITUATION ROOM:
120
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
122
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
8
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
8
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
256
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
126
REIDOUT:
125
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
19
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
400
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
148
MORNING JOE SPC REPORT:
97
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
17
CUOMO:
13
9p HANNITY:
320
CNN TOWN HALL:
133
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
127
PRIME NEWS:
10
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
25
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
267
CNN TONIGHT:
103 [10:15 PM-10:59 PM]
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
126
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
13
BANFIELD:
16
11p GUTFELD!:
298
CNN TONIGHT:
92
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
115
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
11
CUOMO:
10

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
Sean Hannity

Fox News host Sean Hannity asked a 2024 Republican candidate for president a question that has stumped other contenders this week: what makes you different from former President Donald Trump?

Vivek Ramaswamy, a millionaire biotech entrepreneur who has established himself as a prominent critic of “woke culture” in regular Fox News appearances, appeared on Hannity Thursday night to discuss his longshot bid for the presidency.

"What are the policy differences you have between yourself and Donald Trump?” Hannity asked his guest.

Other candidates have had trouble with that question, no doubt out of fear of angering Trump’s base or even the president himself, who has shown little hesitancy to blast the competition on his social media platform.

“First of all, Donald Trump is a friend,” Ramaswamy said. “I am not running against him. I’m running on a vision for our nation.”

Hannity jumped in: “Wait, wait. But you’re not running for him. You’re running against him. Let’s be honest.”

As the live Hannity crowd laughed, Ramaswamy gave the question a second try and painted his campaign as the "next level" after Trump's presidency.

Not exactly a policy difference, but an answer to Hannity's question -- a crucial one leading up to the 2024 election.

MEDIA LOSER:
Curt Schilling

Curt Schilling, the famed pitcher turned conspiracy theorist, called Ukraine a “bad” place with “bad” people while on Fox News, comparing the bloody Russian invasion of the country to “if Germany invaded Italy in 1939.”

Earlier this month marked one year since Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. Schilling, who recently joined Fox Corporation-owned sports and politics website Outkick, sat down with Fox News host Sean Hannity Thursday night to discuss U.S. support throughout the conflict.

Schilling took the opportunity to embark on a bizarre rant comparing the democratically-ruled sovereign nation to Fascist Italy under dictator Benito Mussolini.

“I am offended that these people on the left are talking to us as if we are as stupid as we know they are,” Schilling said.

“Let’s go quickly back in time. If Germany had invaded Italy in 1939, what would the world have done? Because that’s exactly kind of what’s happened here in a modern sense.”

He went on to describe the conflict as "one really bad person" invading another "really bad person’s country."

To clarify, he said this about a brutal invasion, which Putin has farcically claimed was an effort to “de-Nazify” Ukraine, that has destroyed cities, and killed tens of thousands of civilians and at least 250,000 soldiers.

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