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Friday, July 7, 2023

Cable News Ratings: Fox News Scores 7 Of 10 Most-Watched Shows


Fox News Channel ended a competitive month of June at the top of both the primetime and total day ratings.

The news network wrested the top spot in primetime from last week’s winner, ESPN, with an average of 1.4 million viewers during the week of June 26 to July 2, according to Nielsen figures supplied by Fox News. MSNBC, which topped the primetime chart during the week of June 5, finished second with 1.1 million viewers, followed by ESPN with 1 million viewers.

The cable news networks topped the total day chart, led by Fox News’s 25th straight consecutive win with 1 million viewers, followed by MSNBC (784,000 viewers) and CNN (457,000). HGTV (432,000 viewers) and ESPN (427,000) rounded out the top five most watched networks in the category, Nielsen reported. 


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The Five is the No. 1 show on cable news for the 10th consecutive week, averaging 2.58 million total viewers at 5 p.m. for the week of June 26, reports TVNewser.

Fox News had seven of the 10 most-watched cable news shows of the week. MSNBC placed seven through nine. Jesse Watters Primetime secured second place behind The Five with a 2.08 million viewer average at 7 p.m. Watters is followed by Hannity (1.92 million at 9 p.m.), Special Report with Bret Baier (1.82 million at 6 p.m.), The Ingraham Angle (1.72 million at 10 p.m.), and Gutfeld! (1.59 million at 11 p.m.). Rounding out the top 10 in total viewers are MSNBC’s Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace (1.53 million at 4-6 p.m.), The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell (1.47 million at 10 p.m.), The Beat with Ari Melber (1.42 million at 6 p.m.). Fox News Tonight (1.42 million at 8 p.m.) rounds out the top 10.

Fox News has nine of the top 10 cable news offerings of the week among Adults 25-54, including the top eight.

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