Continuing coverage of former President Donald Trump’s trial as well as the protests engulfing college campuses nationwide were the dominant stories of the week for the cable nets.
As usual, Fox News led the pack during total day and primetime in both measured categories, and was also the only network not to experience any week-to-week declines. Meanwhile, MSNBC was the second most-watched cable network in total viewers, but fell to third place behind CNN in the advertiser-coveted Adults 25-54 demo.
TV Newser reports Nielsen live plus same-day data for the week of April 29 saw FNC average 2.004 million total viewers and 211,000 A25-54 viewers during primetime. Compared to the week prior the network was up in total viewers by +4% and by +9% in the demo. For total day viewing, the network averaged 1.306 million total viewers and 154,000 A25-54 viewers. That’s a gain of +3% in total viewers from the previous week, but a flat result in the demo.
MSNBC’s primetime line-up averaged 1.195 million total viewers and 110,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo for the week. Placed alongside the previous week, that’s a tumble of -17% in both categories. MSNBC continued to rank as the No. 4 cable network in total primetime viewers, but dropped three spots to land in 18th place in the demo. During total day, it ranked behind Fox as the No. 2 network in total viewers and fell from seventh to ninth in the total day demo.
CNN’s primetime numbers averaged 594,000 in total viewers and 112,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo. That’s a total viewer drop of -23% and a demo drop of -10% compared to the previous week. CNN finished the week by falling four spots to land in ninth place in primetime with total viewers (tied with USA), while rising one spot in the demo to 17th place. For total day, the network remained static at No. 5 and No. 8 in total viewers and in the demo, respectively.
Fox had 11 out of the 15 most-watched cable news shows of the week, led by The Five (2.958 million viewers at 5 p.m. ET). MSNBC took the remaining four spots, led by Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace at No. 7 (1.679 million viewers at 4 p.m. ET).
In the A25-54 demo, Fox News had 14 of the top 15 cable news shows with Gutfeld! topping the charts (308,000 viewers at 10 p.m. ET). MSNBC’s Deadline: White House nabbed the No. 15 spot (152,000 viewers at 4 p.m. ET).
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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 (7.233 million), Adults 25-54 (1.002 million) and Adults 18-49 (666,000) during the week of April 29, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” defeated “NBC Nightly News” (6.010 million, 826,000 and 531,000, respectively) by 1.223 million Total Viewers, by 176,000 Adults 25-54 and by 135,000 Adults 18-49, respectively.
“World News Tonight” has won the last 283 of 284 weeks in Total Viewers, including the last 127 weeks and 211 of the last 214 in Adults 25-54.“World News Tonight” stood as the No. 2 program of the week in Total Viewers (7.233 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports).
For the week, “World News Tonight” (7.233 million, 1.002 million and 666,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (4.246 million, 620,000 and 429,000, respectively) by 2.987 million Total Viewers, by 382,000 Adults 25-54 and by 237,000 Adults 18-49.
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Ranking is based on ratings data as of Friday, May 3, 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.
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