After extensive coverage former President Donald Trump‘s hush money trial, the three cable news networks experienced substantial declines as regular programming resumed post-verdict. MSNBC and CNN both saw double digit drops in primetime and total day, and Fox News similarly experienced drops in most of the measured categories. But FNC was also the only cable news network to see any week-to-week growth, picking up a total viewer gain in primetime.
Nielsen Live plus same-day data for the week of June 3 showed Fox News’ primetime lineup averaging 2.144 million total viewers and 216,000 viewers in the advertiser-coveted Adults 25-54 demo. The network was up in total viewers by +1%, but fell in the demo by -1% relative to the week prior.
Among all basic cable networks, Fox News landed in first place in total primetime viewers and remained in fourth place in the primetime demo. In total day, it continued to rank first in total viewers and moved from third to second place in the demo.
CNN averaged 485,000 total viewers and 88,000 A25-54 viewers during primetime. Like MSNBC, CNN experienced double digit viewer losses with falls of -22% in total viewers and -23% in the demo. In primetime, CNN slid to ninth to tenth place with total viewers and fell from 17th to 19th place in the demo, tied with the Hallmark Channel.
Fox had 12 out of the 15 most-watched cable news shows of the week, led by The Five (3.184 million viewers at 5 p.m. ET). MSNBC took the remaining three spots, led by The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell (1.632 million viewers at 10 p.m. ET) coming in at No. 8. FNC also had 12 of the top 15 most-watched cable news shows in the demo, with Gutfeld! (304,000 viewers at 10 p.m. ET) climbing back to the top spot. The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell (151,000 viewers at 10 p.m. ET) was once again MSNBC’s most-watched show, placing 12th.
📺BROADCAST EVENING NEWS
Reporting From Normandy and With an Exclusive Interview With President Joe Biden, ‘World News Tonight With David Muir’ Is #1 Program on U.S. Television for the 18th Week This Season and the #1 Newscast in Total Viewers, Adults 25–54, Adults 18–49.
“World News Tonight” ranked as the No. 1 newscast on all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.034 million), Adults 25-54 (919,000) and Adults 18-49 (603,000). “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (5.467 million, 772,000 and 520,000, respectively) by 1.567 million Total Viewers, by 147,000 Adults 25-54 and by 83,000 Adults 18-49, respectively.
“World News Tonight” was the only evening newscast to originate from Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day where Muir also sat down exclusively with President Joe Biden.
For the 2nd week in a row, “World News Tonight” increased its Total Viewer lead over “NBC Nightly News” year to year by double-digits (+12% – 1.567 million vs. 1.403 million).
“World News Tonight” is ranking No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 5th consecutive season. “World News Tonight” is leading NBC in Adults 25-54 (+129,000 – 1.096 million vs. 967,000) and in Adults 18-49 (+100,000 – 746,000 vs. 646,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (685,000 and 465,000, respectively) by 411,000 Adults 25-54 and by 281,000 Adults 18-49.
For the week, “World News Tonight” (7.034 million, 919,000 and 603,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.261 million, 580,000 and 404,000, respectively) by 2.773 million Total Viewers, by 339,000 Adults 25-54 and by 199,000 Adults 18-49.
📺TV SHOW RATINGS RANKER
Ranking is based on ratings data as of Friday, June 7, 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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