TV Ratings: Fox News Continues to Dominate Cable News

Fox News continued its strong 2023 ratings run, finishing at the top of both the primetime and total day charts for third straight week.

Fox News averaged 2 million viewers in primetime for the week of January 29 to February 4, besting MSNBC’s 1.2 million viewers and ESPN’s 1 million watchers, according to Nielsen numbers provided by Fox News. The cable news network has won the primetime crown in three of the first five weeks of 2024.

HGTV finished fourth with 853,000 viewers followed by History with 765,000. TBS was sixth with 754,000, followed by Hallmark Channel (681,000), Discovery Channel (642,000), USA Network (622,000) and INSP (617,000).

On a total day basis, Fox News averaged 1.3 million viewers, followed by MSNBC (794,000 viewers), ESPN (547,000), HGTV (445,000) and CNN (434,000), said Nielsen. 

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“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast on all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.082 million), Adults 25-54 (1.096 million) and Adults 18-49 (762,000) during the week of Jan. 29, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.746 million, 1.009 million and 668,000, respectively) by 1.336 million Total Viewers, by 87,000 Adults 25-54 and by 94,000 Adults 18-49.

“World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” week to week in Total Viewers (+10% – 1.336 million vs. 1.212 million) and Adults 25-54 (+14% – 87,000 vs. 76,000).

“World News Tonight” widened its Total Viewer advantage over “NBC Nightly News” year to year by 7% (1.336 million vs. 1.243 million).

“World News Tonight” stood as the No. 2 program of the week in Total Viewers (8.082 million) on all of broadcast and cable.

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Ranking is based on ratings data as of Tuesday, February 6, 2024. The audience figures are derived from the latest Nielsen daily, weekly, or monthly P2+ program audience averages, whichever is the most recently available within the past seven-day window