Only one network truly dominated during the 2024 Republican National Convention: Fox News. The network topped both the broadcast and cable nets during the convention’s four days.
The busy news week, which ended with the breaking news coverage of President Joe Biden withdrawing from this year’s presidential election, added to Fox News’ dominance as it saw its best week in total day and primetime since the 2020 presidential election. All this led the network to boast 70% of the audience share during primetime and 66% during the total day, the highest share in the network’s history.
TV Newser citing Nielsen live plus same-day data for the Week of July 15 reports FNC average 5.001 million total viewers and 790,000 A25-54 viewers during primetime. The network was up in total viewers by +29% and +40% in the A25-54 demo relative to the week prior (the week beginning July 8).
MSNBC in primetime averaged 1,115,000 total viewers and 143,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo for the Week of July 15. The network was the only one to be down in total viewers as it fell by -7% but rose by +4% in the advertiser-coveted demo from what the network averaged the week prior.
CNN averaged 1,008,000 total primetime viewers and 280,000 A25-54 viewers in the demo during primetime for the Week of July 15. CNN was flat in total viewers but had a +11% gain in the demo compared to the previous week.
Once again Fox News occupied all 15 spots of the most-watched cable news shows of the week, with Jesse Watters Primetime taking the top spot with 5.580 million viewers at 8 p.m. ET.
Hannity remained the top show in the Adults 25-54 demo, averaging 885,000 demo viewers at 9 p.m. ET. Fox News again cleaned house in the demo, taking all 15 cable news shows overall.
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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 (6.948 million), Adults 25-54 (973,000) and Adults 18-49 (667,000) during the week of July 15, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (5.506 million, 734,000 and 493,000, respectively) by 1.442 million Total Viewers, by 239,000 Adults 25-54 and by 174,000 Adults 18-49, respectively.
“World News Tonight” originated broadcasts with anchor and managing editor David Muir reporting from Milwaukee at the Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, to Thursday, July 18.
“World News Tonight” stood as the only evening newscast to post week-to-week increases in Total Viewers (+1%/+59,000 – 6.948 million vs. 6.899 million), Adults 25-54 (+7%/+64,000 – 973,000 vs. 909,000) and Adults 18-49 (+7%/+45,000 – 667,000 vs. 622,000).
“World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” versus the previous week by double to triple digits in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+29% – 1.442 million vs. 1.119 million), Adults 25-54 (+68% – 239,000 vs. 142,000) and Adults 18-49 (+107% – 174,000 vs. 84,000).
“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 (+142,000 – 1.085 million vs. 943,000) and in Adults 18-49 (+107,000 – 739,000 vs. 632,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (672,000 and 456,000, respectively) by 413,000 Adults 25-54 and by 283,000 Adults 18-49.
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 7/8/24), Previous Week (w/o 7/1/24) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 7/3/23). Most Current Data Stream: 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 7/14/24) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19/22 – 7/9/23). Nielsen ratings for ABC, NBC and CBS include additional airings in select markets. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.
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