During the week of January 13-19, FOX News Channel (FNC) secured the top 102 cable news telecasts for the week. Additionally, FOX News surpassed ESPN to lead all of cable with primetime viewers.
In primetime (8-11 PM/ET), FNC earned 3 million viewers and 363,000 in the 25-54 demo, commanding all of cable with viewers. In total day (6AM-6AM/ET), FNC posted 2 million viewers and 236,000 in the 25-54 demo. Notably, FOX News’ daytime programs including Outnumbered, The Story, America Reports and The Faulkner Focus beat ABC’s The View with viewers.
CNN and MSNBC both continued their post-Election audience erosion seeing double digit declines across the board compared to the same week last year.
Additionally, The Five has now surpassed 4 million viewers every week since the Election.
For the week, The Five averaged 4.3 million viewers and 382,000 in the 25-54 demo, leading cable news with viewers. At 6 PM/ET, Special Report with Bret Baier drew 3.3 million viewers and 307,000 in the 25-54 demo. The Ingraham Angle saw 3.1 million viewers and 332,000 in the 25-54 demo at 7 PM/ET. At 8 PM/ET, Jesse Watters Primetime delivered 3.9 million viewers and 437,000 in the 25-54 demo. At 9 PM/ET, Hannity posted 3.2 million viewers and 391,000 with A25-54. At 11 PM/ET, FOX News @ Night secured 1.8 million viewers and 256,000 in the 25-54 demo.
At 10 PM/ET, FNC’s late-night offering Gutfeld! secured 3.3 million viewers and 443,000 with A25-54 making it the top cable news program in the younger demo. Gutfeld! once again topped the broadcast competition including ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1,759,000 P2+; 364,000 A25-54), CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1,617,000 P2+; 250,000 A25-54) and NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (1,052,000 P2+; 259,000 A25-54).
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FNC also saw a number of its daytime programs outrank the broadcast competition including ABC’s The View. Most notably, Outnumbered (weekdays, 12-1 PM/ET; 2,553,000 P2+), The Story with Martha MacCallum (weekdays, 3 PM/ET; 2,459,000 P2+), America Reports with Sandra Smith and John Roberts (weekdays, 1-3 PM/ET; 2,428,000 P2+) and Harris Faulkner’s The Faulkner Focus (weekdays, 11 AM/ET; 2,416,000 P2+) all led ABC’s The View (2,410,000 P2+) with viewers. Additionally, America’s Newsroom with Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer (weekdays, 9-11 AM/ET; 2,262,000 P2+) and all outpaced NBC’s Today Third Hour (2,067,000 P2+) and CBS Mornings (2,031,000 P2+).
On Saturday: FOX News Live (Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM/ET) was the most-watched show of the day with 1.8 million viewers. One Nation with Brian Kilmeade (Saturday, 9 PM/ET) led in primetime commanding 1.5 million viewers. FOX News Saturday Night with Jimmy Failla (Saturday, 10 PM/ET) commanded 1.3 million viewers and 189,000 in the 25-54 demo.
On Sunday: as FOX News prepared for the inauguration of Donald Trump, it aired many of its weekday programs from Washington D.C and saw its highest cable news share in network history for a Sunday. The Five was the top show of the day with 4.2 million viewers and 543,000 in the 25-54 demo. Special Report commanded 4 million viewers and 523,000 in the 25-54 demo at 6 PM/ET. The Story with Martha MacCallum delivered 2.9 million viewers and 377,000 in the 25-54 demo, its best show since Election Day.
Source: Nielsen. Live+SD. Week of 1-13-25 ratings data. Average audience for cable news networks Monday-Sunday based on Total Day and Prime (6a-6a, 8P-11P), P2+, P25-54, P18-49. Cable News/Broadcast Program averages exclude repeats and include the corresponding program name.