THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Cable News Ratings

WEDNESDAY: Fox News beats CNN and MSNBC combined in demo and total viewers ... read our full Wednesday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
934		 CNN THIS MORNING:
225		 MORNING JOE:
889		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
8		 EARLY MORNING:
20
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1230		 CNN THIS MORNING:
310		 -- WAKE UP AMERICA:
80		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
31
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1638		 CNN THIS MORNING:
439		 -- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1792		 CNN NEWSROOM:
507		 MORNING JOE:
892		 NATIONAL REPORT:
111		 --
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1743		 CNN NEWSROOM:
584		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
716		 -- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
23
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1762		 AT THIS HOUR:
544		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
575		 -- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1817		 INSIDE POLITICS:
588		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
643		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
110		 --
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1549		 CNN NEWSROOM:
667		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
641		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
142
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1493		 CNN NEWSROOM:
644		 -- AMERICAN AGENDA:
95		 BLUE BLOODS:
161
3p STORY, THE:
1477		 CNN NEWSROOM:
661		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
740		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
205
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1649		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
659		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1422		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
144		 BLUE BLOODS:
212
5p FIVE, THE:
3242		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
665		 -- SPICER & CO:
160		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
81
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2428		 SITUATION ROOM:
541		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1473		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
129		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
54
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2764		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
639		 REIDOUT:
1078		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
156		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
38
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3234		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
627		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1442		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
110		 CUOMO:
125
9p HANNITY:
2667		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
515		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1358		 PRIME NEWS:
70		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
118
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2140		 CNN TONIGHT:
452		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1462		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
114		 BANFIELD:
93
11p GUTFELD!:
1966		 CNN TONIGHT:
351		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
902		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
56		 CUOMO:
38

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
131		 CNN THIS MORNING:
47		 MORNING JOE:
108		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
1		 EARLY MORNING:
2
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
180		 CNN THIS MORNING:
63		 -- WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
242		 CNN THIS MORNING:
92		 -- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
259		 CNN NEWSROOM:
86		 MORNING JOE:
88		 NATIONAL REPORT:
10		 --
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
225		 CNN NEWSROOM:
106		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
67		 -- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
4
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
267		 AT THIS HOUR:
85		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
66		 -- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
248		 INSIDE POLITICS:
111		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
64		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
16		 --
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
186		 CNN NEWSROOM:
121		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
72		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
27
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
193		 CNN NEWSROOM:
113		 -- AMERICAN AGENDA:
15		 BLUE BLOODS:
22
3p STORY, THE:
194		 CNN NEWSROOM:
104		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
82		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
26
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
236		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
99		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
150		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
15		 BLUE BLOODS:
26
5p FIVE, THE:
365		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
105		 -- SPICER & CO:
14		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
257		 SITUATION ROOM:
123		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
154		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
9		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
7
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
300		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
132		 REIDOUT:
124		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
11		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
6
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
451		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
137		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
139		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
15		 CUOMO:
24
9p HANNITY:
350		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
100		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
136		 PRIME NEWS:
14		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
26
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
305		 CNN TONIGHT:
92		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
142		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
10		 BANFIELD:
11
11p GUTFELD!:
331		 CNN TONIGHT:
102		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
120		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
4		 CUOMO:
6

Media Winners & Losers
MEDIA WINNER:
Craig Melvin

NBC News host Craig Melvin confronted former South Carolina Governor and Trump UN Ambassador Nikki Haley over contradictory statements she has made about ex-President Donald Trump.

Haley announced her candidacy for president on Wednesday. In an interview following the announcement, Trump told Fox News that Haley called to ask for his blessing and labeled him the "greatest president of her lifetime"

Haley refused to dispute Trump’s version of their phone call when Melvin asked her about it on Thursday.

Melvin further noted that Haley slammed Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection, yet later claimed the GOP needs him to help "get strong people elected."

The host questioned if she believed Trump could both be partially responsible for the insurrection, "but still be an essential part of the party."

Melvin continued to press Haley despite her attempts to mask the contradictory remarks as an ability to tell it as it is.

Kudos to Melvin for being persistent when confronting Haley about her statements on Trump, which should be highlighted by pundits throughout her campaign.
MEDIA LOSER:
Don Lemon

CNN's Don Lemon suggested Nikki Haley stop commenting on the ages of her Republican rivals as she is past her "prime" as a woman.

The comment -- made about a 51-year-old -- sparked swift backlash from pundits across the political spectrum and Lemon has since walked back the remark. 

Lemon made the comment on Thursday while discussing Haley's call for "mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.”

"She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime," he said to co-hosts Kaitlan Collins and Poppy Harlow.

"Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime. Sorry, When a woman is in their prime in 20s and 30s and maybe 40s …"

Collins and Harlow were not fans of the comment, with Harlow accusing Lemon of faulting Haley for not being the prime "childbearing" age.

The comment was met with bipartisan backlash from pundits, colleagues, and Haley herself, prompting Lemon to walk back his "inartful and irrelevant" in a Thursday tweet.

While Lemon claimed to regret the comment, discussing a woman's "prime," and defining it by her proximity to the age of 20, should seem obviously sexist.

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