THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023

Cable News Ratings

WEDNESDAY: O’Donnell leads MSNBC overall, Ingraham wins at 10 P.M. ... read our full Wednesday cable news ratings analysis here.

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
945		 CNN THIS MORNING:
252		 MORNING JOE:
801		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
14		 EARLY MORNING:
12
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1332		 CNN THIS MORNING:
360		 -- WAKE UP AMERICA:
64		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
36
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1652		 CNN THIS MORNING:
443		 -- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1571		 CNN NEWSROOM:
531		 MORNING JOE:
754		 NATIONAL REPORT:
105		 --
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1624		 CNN NEWSROOM:
550		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
607		 -- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
26
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1561		 AT THIS HOUR:
525		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
576		 -- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1544		 INSIDE POLITICS:
578		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
662 [12:14 PM-1:06 PM]		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
143		 BLUE BLOODS:
61
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1310		 CNN NEWSROOM:
528		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
622 [1:07 PM-2:27 PM]		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
109
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1358		 CNN NEWSROOM:
582		 -- AMERICAN AGENDA:
96		 BLUE BLOODS:
154
3p STORY, THE:
1412		 CNN NEWSROOM:
606		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
741 [2:28 PM-3:45 PM]		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
195
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1574		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
637		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1353		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
166		 BLUE BLOODS:
235
5p FIVE, THE:
3133		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
599		 -- SPICER & CO:
160		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
106
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2284		 SITUATION ROOM:
548		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1297		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
146		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
49
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2673		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
606		 REIDOUT:
1046		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
201		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
42
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
2943		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
599		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1164		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
149		 CUOMO:
152
9p HANNITY:
2447		 CNN PRIMETIME:
577		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1189		 PRIME NEWS:
83		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
151
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2051		 CNN TONIGHT:
452		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1413		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
109		 BANFIELD:
126
11p GUTFELD!:
1956		 CNN TONIGHT:
341		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1012		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
88		 CUOMO:
89

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
129		 CNN THIS MORNING:
57		 MORNING JOE:
118		 WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
2		 EARLY MORNING:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
209		 CNN THIS MORNING:
74		 -- WAKE UP AMERICA:
6		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
4
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
238		 CNN THIS MORNING:
88		 -- -- --
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
197		 CNN NEWSROOM:
100		 MORNING JOE:
83		 NATIONAL REPORT:
7		 --
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
200		 CNN NEWSROOM:
113		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
79		 -- NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
1
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
223		 AT THIS HOUR:
98		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
73		 -- --
12p OUTNUMBERED:
196		 INSIDE POLITICS:
91		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
105 [12:14 PM-1:06 PM]		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
10		 BLUE BLOODS:
6
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
172		 CNN NEWSROOM:
85		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
62 [1:07 PM-2:27 PM]		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
12
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
181		 CNN NEWSROOM:
76		 -- AMERICAN AGENDA:
6		 BLUE BLOODS:
14
3p STORY, THE:
207		 CNN NEWSROOM:
101		 MSNBC SPECIAL COVERAGE:
74 [2:28 PM-3:45 PM]		 -- BLUE BLOODS:
17
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
220		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
136		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
119		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
6		 BLUE BLOODS:
21
5p FIVE, THE:
340		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
126		 -- SPICER & CO:
8		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
4
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
229		 SITUATION ROOM:
98		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
117		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
9		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
288		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
129		 REIDOUT:
104		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
22		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
4
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
459		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
110		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
107		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
24		 CUOMO:
39
9p HANNITY:
303		 CNN PRIMETIME:
102		 ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
117		 PRIME NEWS:
16		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
36
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
269		 CNN TONIGHT:
84		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
137		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
12		 BANFIELD:
32
11p GUTFELD!:
308		 CNN TONIGHT:
59		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
120		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
4		 CUOMO:
9

Media Winners & Losers
MEDIA WINNER:
Jake Tapper

CNN's Jake Tapper helmed an extensive and candid interview with Bill Maher, during which he pressed the Real Time host on former President Donald Trump, anti-transgender jokes, and other hot topics.

The interview aired in full on Tuesday night, while CNN had previewed certain clips in the days leading up to the release.

Tapper asked Maher about the accurate prediction he made years ago that Trump would not peacefully leave the White House if he lost in 2020.

Maher later told Tapper that he still worries Trump will send him to Gitmo prison, also guessing that Trump, who is running for reelection in 2024, wants to become an authoritarian leader.

Tapper made sure to discuss comedy and cancel culture with the Real Time host. He confronted Maher with fellow comic David Cross’s comments slamming anti-trans humor and challenged his take on the cancel culture debate. 

Tapper conducted an impressive interview in a space outside his typical hard news beat -- and even got Maher to reveal that his producers “weeded out” audience members who might audibly disagree with him during his show.
MEDIA LOSER:
Harris Faulkner

Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner on Thursday interviewed bereaved mother Rebecca Kiessling, who testified before Congress this week about the tragic loss of her two sons to fentanyl.

The interview though, took a political turn as Faulkner played a clip from a speech by President Joe Biden on Wednesday, in which the president roasted controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) who blamed him for the death of Kiessling’s sons.

Biden, speaking at a gathering of Democrats at the Maryland governor’s mansion, took a swipe at Greene, saying, “And you know, a little bit more Marjorie Taylor Greene and a few more, you’re gonna have a lot of Republicans running our way.”

After the applause, Biden, joked, “Isn’t she amazing? Oof.” Biden then recalled how Greene blamed him for the death of the two young men, a clip Faulkner played for Kiessling – although omitted the context regarding Greene.

Speaking to a now crying Kiessling, Faulkner implied Biden was laughing about the deaths, prompting Kiessling to call Biden a "horrible human being."

Faulkner not only misrepresented Biden's words and intentions, but she essentially used a grieving mother to push a political agenda.

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