THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2023

Cable News Ratings

TUESDAY: CNN’s coverage of McCarthy battle lands first place in demo ... read our Tuesday cable news ratings analysis here.

WEDNESDAY: Tucker Carlson wins the younger viewer demographic ... read our Wednesday cable news ratings analysis here.

Check out Wednesday's ratings below ... 
Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
967
CNN THIS MORNING:
335
MORNING JOE:
1029
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
25
EARLY MORNING:
6
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1133
CNN THIS MORNING:
404
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
89
MORNING IN AMERICA:
45
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1411
CNN THIS MORNING:
513
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1536
CNN NEWSROOM:
658
MORNING JOE:
1104
NATIONAL REPORT:
160
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1559
CNN NEWSROOM:
738
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
940
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
48
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1622
AT THIS HOUR:
815
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
970
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1617
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1295
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
1460
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
235
BLUE BLOODS:
78
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1705
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1608
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
1629
-- BLUE BLOODS:
141
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1708
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1571
KATY TUR REPORTS:
1627
AMERICAN AGENDA:
191
BLUE BLOODS:
154
3p STORY, THE:
1874
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
1586
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
1679
-- BLUE BLOODS:
186
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
2003
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1549
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
2148
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
206
BLUE BLOODS:
238
5p FIVE, THE:
3498
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
1272
-- SPICER & CO:
215
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
147
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2542
SITUATION ROOM:
1051
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
2006
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
225
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
66
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2787
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
1293
REIDOUT:
1845
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
270
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
73
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2990
AC360 SPECIAL:
1626
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
2309
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
247
CUOMO:
177
9p HANNITY:
2577
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
1048
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1784
POPE BENEDICT XVI REMEMBE:
86
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
127
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1989
CNN TONIGHT:
746
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1800
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
134
BANFIELD:
151
11p GUTFELD!:
1869
CNN TONIGHT:
552
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1260
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
122
CUOMO:
69

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
161
CNN THIS MORNING:
73
MORNING JOE:
117
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
1
EARLY MORNING:
0
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
195
CNN THIS MORNING:
108
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
9
MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
175
CNN THIS MORNING:
114
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
195
CNN NEWSROOM:
134
MORNING JOE:
108
NATIONAL REPORT:
11
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
212
CNN NEWSROOM:
125
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
106
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
2
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
239
AT THIS HOUR:
152
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
109
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
230
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
260
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
191
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
18
BLUE BLOODS:
4
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
220
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
351
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
225
-- BLUE BLOODS:
4
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
212
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
329
KATY TUR REPORTS:
200
AMERICAN AGENDA:
19
BLUE BLOODS:
1
3p STORY, THE:
256
CNN SPECIAL COVERAGE:
333
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
253
-- BLUE BLOODS:
7
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
310
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
358
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
309
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
23
BLUE BLOODS:
9
5p FIVE, THE:
397
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
299
-- SPICER & CO:
30
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
17
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
359
SITUATION ROOM:
273
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
285
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
18
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
16
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
397
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
327
REIDOUT:
284
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
31
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
19
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
462
AC360 SPECIAL:
372
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
363
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
28
CUOMO:
35
9p HANNITY:
311
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
272
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
273
POPE BENEDICT XVI REMEMBE:
6
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
24
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
236
CNN TONIGHT:
187
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
247
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
17
BANFIELD:
32
11p GUTFELD!:
298
CNN TONIGHT:
143
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
217
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
20
CUOMO:
10

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle and Fox News' Sean Hannity

MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle and Fox News' Sean Hannity both deserve praise for their respective
intervews with Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO).

Both hosts grilled Boebert over her refusal to back Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for speaker of the House.

On Thursday, McCarthy lost his eighth bid for speaker, as he has continuously failed to get the required 218 votes thanks to opposition from 20 House Republicans, including Boebert.

Hannity conducted a contentious interview with Boebert on Wednesday's edition of his show, during which he asked, "Isn't it time for you to pack it in and your side to pack it in considering he has over 200 and you have 20?"

The question prompted a tense back and forth, with Boebert confirming she would not withdraw her bid and support McCarthy. 

While Rule's interview with the representative was less combative, the MSNBC host asked Boebert why she was not using the same strategy as her GOP colleague Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (GA). 

"Take the win, get practical, get yourself on a bunch of committees, and actually do something to set policy?" Ruhle asked pointedly. 

MEDIA LOSER:
'Stop the Steal' organizer Ali Alexander

MAGA activist Ali Alexander had a misogynistic meltdown during his latest livestream on Telegram, going as far as to call Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) a "whore."

Progressive watchdog organization Right Wing Watch flagged a portion of the livestream on Twitter, which showed Alexander threatening to bring up "legal charges" that would expel Greene from Congress.

Alexander's vitriol toward Greene stems her support for Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) troubled bid for House Speaker.

“I will not suffer this harlot! I will not be taught vows and loyalty, commitment from a whore!” he proclaimed.

Alexander -- also an InfoWars regular and at one point a Kanye West employee -- added, “In the coming days, I’m going to reveal that Marjorie Taylor Greene — in my summation and the summation of lawyers — commited a crime.”

Alexander did not elaborate on the nature of this alleged crime, but accused Greene of having "drunken nights."

He went on to demand the House Ethics Committee expel Greene from Congress, ending his sexist diatribe on a particularly cringeworthy note: "Ho, go home! I am done with you!”

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