THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2022

Cable News Ratings

TUESDAY: CNN and MSNBC see big boost for coverage of Georgia election ... read our Tuesday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
963
CNN THIS MORNING:
300
MORNING JOE:
890
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
15
EARLY MORNING:
14
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1352
CNN THIS MORNING:
373
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
96
MORNING IN AMERICA:
32
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1644
CNN THIS MORNING:
517
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1788
CNN NEWSROOM:
631
MORNING JOE:
879
NATIONAL REPORT:
177
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1859
CNN NEWSROOM:
664
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
729
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
52
11a SR/CAPITOL POLICE CEREMNY:
1424 [11:20 AM-11:44 AM]
AT THIS HOUR:
577
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
732
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1537
INSIDE POLITICS:
624
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
766
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
148
BLUE BLOODS:
89
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1407
CNN NEWSROOM:
614
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
847
-- BLUE BLOODS:
159
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1321
CNN NEWSROOM:
676
KATY TUR REPORTS:
906
AMERICAN AGENDA:
172
BLUE BLOODS:
223
3p STORY, THE:
1494
CNN NEWSROOM:
768
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
950
-- BLUE BLOODS:
283
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1704
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
931
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1663
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
198
BLUE BLOODS:
363
5p FIVE, THE:
3540
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
1013
-- SPICER & CO:
247
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
124
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2769
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
961
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1809
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
178
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
90
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
3005
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
1344
DECISION 2022:
2224
VOTE FOR AMERICA: GEORGIA:
166
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
64
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3274
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
1505
DECISION 2022:
2760
-- CUOMO:
86
9p HANNITY:
3299
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
1640
DECISION 2022:
2960
-- DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
85
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2881
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
1940
DECISION 2022:
3195
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
138
BANFIELD:
57
11p GUTFELD!:
2090
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
1605
DECISION 2022:
2363
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
52
NEWSNATION SPECIAL REPORT:
62

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
184
CNN THIS MORNING:
56
MORNING JOE:
104
ROB CARSONS WHAT IN THE:
0
EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
212
CNN THIS MORNING:
71
-- WAKE UP AMERICA:
9
MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
205
CNN THIS MORNING:
106
-- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
200
CNN NEWSROOM:
104
MORNING JOE:
78
NATIONAL REPORT:
12
--
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
195
CNN NEWSROOM:
92
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
57
-- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
7
11a SR/CAPITOL POLICE CEREMNY:
145 [11:20 AM-11:44 AM]
AT THIS HOUR:
88
MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
76
-- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
166
INSIDE POLITICS:
102
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
85
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
20
BLUE BLOODS:
9
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
172
CNN NEWSROOM:
111
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
72
-- BLUE BLOODS:
18
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
174
CNN NEWSROOM:
124
KATY TUR REPORTS:
92
AMERICAN AGENDA:
17
BLUE BLOODS:
29
3p STORY, THE:
184
CNN NEWSROOM:
104
HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
90
-- BLUE BLOODS:
23
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
183
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
165
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
163
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
17
BLUE BLOODS:
48
5p FIVE, THE:
381
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
176
-- SPICER & CO:
21
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
17
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
344
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
218
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
183
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
12
NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
28
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
382
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
333
DECISION 2022:
303
VOTE FOR AMERICA: GEORGIA:
15
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
19
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
555
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
406
DECISION 2022:
414
-- CUOMO:
13
9p HANNITY:
570
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
470
DECISION 2022:
489
-- DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
7
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
480
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
550
DECISION 2022:
512
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
14
BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
391
ELECTION NIGHT AMER CONT:
421
DECISION 2022:
380
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
7
NEWSNATION SPECIAL REPORT:
8

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
The Daily Beast's Roger Sollenberger

The Daily Beast’s Roger Sollenberger unleashed a flurry of explosive reports on Herschel Walker leading up to Tuesday's Georgia election runoff.

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) beat Walker on Tuesday, shining a light on the impact of Sollenberger's investigative journalism.

Sollenberger published a series of exclusives on the Georgia Republican Senate candidate, exposing alleged violent and abusive behavior, among several other scandals.

Thanks to Sollenberger, Walker's campaign was plagued by seemingly constant scandals and gaffes, from reports that the staunchly pro-life candidate had encouraged girlfriends to get abortions, multiple “secret children” whom Walker allegedly hid from his own campaign staff, vociferous denunciations on social media by his son Christian Walker, a highly-ridiculed attempt to present a prop police badge as a legitimate law enforcement credential, a bizarre monologue about vampires vs. werewolves — not to mention Walker’s habit of rambling word salad commentary and a Freudian slip on Fox News.

And on Dec. 1, with less than one week to go before the runoff, Sollenberg reported that five women who were previously romantically involved with Walker accused him of deeply troubling violent behavior, rampant infidelity, and serial dishonesty. He even got one woman to speak on the record.

Sollenberger's impressive reporting on Walker helped him make the media rounds, and earned him a glowing shout-out from his editor in chief Tracy Connor, who called his articles "transfixing" in an email to subscribers.

MEDIA LOSER:
Barstool Sports' Francis Ellis

Barstool Sports star Francis Ellis might have to say farewell to guest appearances on Fox News after a recent bombshell hot mic moment.

He once had a solid relationship with the network, appearing as a guest several times and most recently sitting down with Jesse Watters on Monday. But that all changed Tuesday, thanks to an apparent editing error in an episode of the Barstool Rundown podcast.

Mediaite obtained unedited audio of the episode, which was published online and then quickly removed by Barstool.

After signing off at the end of the show, co-host Adam Ferrone asked Ellis about his latest appearance on Jesse Watters Primetime, promptingEllis to launch into a tirade against the network and its top hosts.

“Look, I got home. I talked to my wife about it cause I was disappointed in myself and she was like, ‘Let’s be honest, like, do you want to be working with these f*cking people?’ She was like, ‘I watched the rest of his show — he’s a fucking joke,'” Ellis said of Watters after his appearance.

Although someone from the audio engineering noted that the mics were "still rolling," Ellis continued by taking aim at Tucker Carlson.

“And then like, Tucker comes on and just screams,” he said, adding, “They’re just trafficking in hate."

Ellis later expressed fear that Fox News' audience would not understand his political jokes were indeed jokes.

Well, that might not even matter considering Ellis will most likely be banned from the network thanks to his scathing rant.

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