Fox News 8PM Hour Was Most-Watched During April

In April, Fox News’ weekday 8 p.m. hour—titled Tucker Carlson Tonight and then Fox News Tonight—remained the most-watched hour on cable news, averaging 3.055 million total viewers. TVNewser reports Carlson’s highly-rated interviews with Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the middle of the month were apparently enough to offset the significant audience drop off that occurred in the aftermath of Carlson’s stunning exit from the network on April 24.

The Five was the second most-watched cable news show of the month, averaged 3.03 million at 5 p.m. Jesse Watters Primetime remained the third-most-watched cable news show for March (2.78 million), followed once again by Hannity (2.61 million) and Special Report with Bret Baier (2.21 million) rounding out the top five in average total viewers for April 2023.

Fox News Channel is home to the top eight cable news shows in total viewers, with The Ingraham Angle, Gutfeld!, Outnumbered, MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber and Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace rounding out the top 10.

Fox News is home to 15 of the 25 most-watched cable news shows in April, while MSNBC is home to the other 10.

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As mentioned, The Beat with Ari Melber is MSNBC’s most-watched show for the month of April. The 6 p.m. program averaged 1.61 million total viewers, up from its March average.

Anderson Cooper 360 is CNN’s most-watched show in April, averaging 782,000 total viewers at 8 p.m. That’s No. 27 overall on cable news, both up from recent months.