Weekly TV Ratings: FNC Tops NBC, ABC Again In Primetime

For the week, The Five averaged nearly 4.1 million viewers and 429,000 in the 25-54 demo, leading cable news across the board, notching the 19th consecutive week the program surpassed 4 million total viewers. 

At 6 PM/ET, Special Report with Bret Baier drew 3.2 million viewers and 324,000 in the 25-54 demo. The Ingraham Angle saw 3.1 million viewers and 320,000 in the 25-54 demo at 7 PM/ET. At 8 PM/ET, Jesse Watters Primetime delivered 3.7 million viewers and 417,000 in the 25-54 demo. At 9 PM/ET, Hannity posted 3 million viewers and 359,000 with A25-54. At 11 PM/ET, FOX News @ Night secured 1.6 million viewers and 254,000 in the 25-54 demo.

On Thursday, March 27th, Special Report with Bret Baier’s exclusive interview with Elon Musk and seven members of the DOGE team was the highest rated show on cable news and outpaced CBS Evening News with viewers, drawing in 3.8 million viewers and 394,000 A25-54 compared to CBS’ 3.1 million viewers. For the week, the show averaged 3.2 million viewers and 324,000 A25-54.

FNC’s The Will Cain Show continued to drive up the ratings at 4 PM/ET commanding 2.2 million viewers and 252,000 in the 25-54 demo, a 39% increase with viewers compared to the same week last year.

At 10 PM/ET, FNC’s late-night offering Gutfeld! secured 3.2 million viewers and 407,000 with A25-54. Gutfeld! once again topped the broadcast competition including CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1,639,000 viewers; 286,000 A25-54), ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1,470,000 viewers; 222,000 A25-54) and NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (1,052,000 viewers; 230,000 A25-54).

FNC continued to see a number of its daytime programs outpace the broadcast competition. The Will Cain Show (weekdays, 4 PM/ET; 2,203,000 viewers), Outnumbered (weekdays, 12 PM/ET; 2,124,000 viewers), America’s Newsroom (weekdays, 9-11 AM/ET; 2,090,000 viewers), America Reports (weekdays, 1-3 PM/ET; 2,056,000 viewers), The Story with Martha MacCallum (weekdays, 3 PM/ET; 2,034,000 viewers) and Harris Faulkner’s The Faulkner Focus (weekdays, 11 AM/ET; 2,030,000 viewers) all led CBS Mornings (2,002,000 viewers), NBC’s Today Third Hour (1,749,000 viewers), ABC’s GMA3 (1,337,000 viewers), NBC’s Today with Jenna & Friends (1,263,00 viewers) and NBC News Daily (1,098,000 viewers) with viewers. 

On Saturday: My View with Lara Trump (Saturday, 9 PM/ET) was the most watched show of the day with viewers with the exclusive interview with Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, notching 1.8 million viewers and 183,000 in the 25-54 demo. Life, Liberty & Levin (weekends, 8 PM/ET) was the second most watched show of the day with 1.7 million viewers and 171,000 in the 25-54 demo. The Big Weekend Show was most-watched among the 25-54 demo (212,000 A25-54).

On Sunday: Maria Bartiromo’s Sunday Morning Futures was the top show of the day with 2.1 million viewers and 268,000 in the 25-54 demo. One Nation with Brian Kilmeade (Sunday, 10 PM/ET) followed in the 25-54 demo with 204,000 A25-54 viewers while Sunday Night in America (Sunday, 9 PM/ET) was second most-watched in primetime with 1.7 million viewers.

Source: Nielsen. Live+SD. Week of 2-24-25 ratings data. Average audience for cable news networks Monday-Sunday based on Total Day and Prime (6a-6a, 8P-11P), P2+, P25-54, P18-49. Cable News/Broadcast Program averages exclude repeats and include the corresponding program name.

📺BROADCAST EVENING NEWS

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.412 million), Adults 25-54 (1.023 million) and Adults 18-49 (694,000) during the week of March 24, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.“World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (5.862 million, 820,000 and 510,000, respectively) by550 million Total Viewers, by 203,000 Adults 25-54 and by 184,000 Adults 18-49.

• “World News Tonight” widened its margins week to week over “NBC Nightly News” in Total Viewers (+6% – 1.550 million vs. 1.462 million), Adults 25-54 (+16% – 203,000 vs. 175,000) and Adults 18-49 (+22% – 184,000 vs. 151,000), posting its largest in both key Adult demos in 6 weeks — since w/0 2/10/25.
• “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” year to year by double digits in Total Viewers (+29% – 1.550 million vs. 1.201 million), Adults 25-54 (+49% – 203,000 vs. 136,000) and Adults 18-49 (+64% – 184,000 vs. 112,000).

• For the week, “World News Tonight” (7.412 million, 1.023 million and 694,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (4.005 million, 546,000 and 365,000, respectively) by 3.407 million Total Viewers, by 477,000 Adults 25-54 and by 329,000 Adults 18-49.

📺BROADCAST MORNING SHOWS

ABC News’ Good Morning America (GMA) has outpaced NBC News’ Today in total viewers for four consecutive weeks, widening its lead to 80,000 viewers. However, all major morning shows saw no week-to-week growth in total viewers or the key Adults 25-54 (A25-54) demographic during the last week of March 2025.

Per Nielsen’s live-plus-same-day data for March 24-30, GMA drew 2.604 million total viewers and 464,000 in A25-54, down 2% in total viewers from the prior week but steady in the demo. Compared to the same week in 2024, GMA declined 7% in total viewers and 11% in A25-54.

Today led in the A25-54 demo with 609,000 viewers but trailed GMA with 2.524 million total viewers. It dropped 3% in total viewers and 5% in the demo week-over-week, and compared to 2024, it fell 10% in total viewers and 11% in A25-54.

CBS Mornings ranked third with 2.002 million total viewers and 365,000 in A25-54, holding steady in total viewers but slipping 6% in the demo from the previous week. Year-over-year, it was down 6% in total viewers and 18% in A25-54.

📺TV SHOWS RANKER

Ranking is based on ratings data as of Thursday, March 27, 2025. 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. Please note that some shows may not appear in the ranking probably because there are no ratings data for them within the stipulated period.