FOX News Channel (FNC) has averaged since 2.9 million viewers in weekday primetime leading all broadcast networks including NBC (2.6 million viewers), CBS (2.1 million viewers) and ABC (2 million viewers) since the start of summer on June 20 through Sunday August 3.
During the week of July 28, FNC secured 2.8 million viewers in weekday primetime surpassing ABC (2.1 million viewers) and CBS (2.1 million viewers). In Monday - Sunday total day (6 AM-6 AM/ET), FNC posted 1.5 million viewers and 167,000 in the 25-54 demo leading all of cable. FNC commanded 66% of the primetime and 63% of the total day cable news audience and delivered 95 of the top 100 weekly cable telecasts.
For the week of July 28-August 3: The Five averaged 3.5 million viewers and 367,000 in the 25-54 demo, leading cable news in all categories. Notably, The Five surpassed all airings of Big Brother on CBS for the week. At 6 PM/ET, Special Report with Bret Baier drew 2.5 million viewers and 241,000 in the 25-54 demo.
For the week of July 28-August 3: The Five averaged 3.5 million viewers and 367,000 in the 25-54 demo, leading cable news in all categories. Notably, The Five surpassed all airings of Big Brother on CBS for the week. At 6 PM/ET, Special Report with Bret Baier drew 2.5 million viewers and 241,000 in the 25-54 demo.
The Ingraham Angle saw 2.5 million viewers and 236,000 in the 25-54 demo at 7 PM/ET. At 9 PM/ET, Hannity posted 2.6 million viewers and 308,000 with A25-54. At 11 PM/ET, FOX News @ Night secured 1.8 million viewers and 233,000 in the 25-54 demo.
At 10 PM/ET, Gutfeld! commanded 2.9 million viewers and 355,000 in the 25-54 demo leading all broadcast late-night shows with viewers. CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert averaged 2.3 million viewers and NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon lagged behind with 1 million viewers.
FNC continued to see its daytime programs outpace the broadcast competition. The Will Cain Show (weekdays, 4 PM/ET; 1,898,000 viewers), Outnumbered (weekdays, 12 PM/ET; 1,848,000 viewers), The Faulkner Focus (weekdays, 11 AM/ET; 1,799,000 viewers), America’s Newsroom (weekdays, 9-11 AM/ET; 1,783,000 viewers), America Reports (weekdays, 1-3 PM/ET; 1,702,000 viewers) and The Story (weekdays, 3 PM/ET; 1,665,000) all led NBC’s Today Third Hour (1,638,000 viewers) and ABC’s GMA3 (1,179,000 viewers).
Saturday: My View with Lara Trump (Saturday, 9 PM/ET) drew 1.4 million viewers and 141,000 in the 25-54 demo leading cable news while commanding 76% of the cable news audience in the demo. Life, Liberty & Levin (weekends, 8 PM/ET) secured 1.2 million viewers.
Sunday: Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy (Sunday, 9 PM/ET) was the top show of the weekend with 1.6 million viewers. Sunday Morning Futures was the top show in the 25-54 demo with 167,000 viewers.
Source: Nielsen. Live+SD. Week of 7-28-25 ratings data. Average audience for cable news networks Monday-Sunday based on Total Day and Prime (6a-6a, 8P-11P), P2+, P25-54. Cable News/Broadcast Program averages exclude repeats and include the corresponding program name.
📺BROADCAST EVENING NEWS
- “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (5.576 million, 807,000 and 514,000, respectively) by 1.848 million Total Viewers, by 218,000 Adults 25-54 and by 203,000 Adults 18-49, posting its largest overall viewer lead in over 4 years — since w/o 7/5/21.
- “World News Tonight” improved on the previous week in Total Viewers (+2%/+152,000 – 7.424 million vs. 7.272 million), Adults 25-54 (+2%/+25,000 – 1.025 million vs. 1.000 million) and Adults 18-49 (+4%/+28,000 – 717,000 vs. 689,000). “World News Tonight” drew its largest overall audience in 6 weeks and saw its best Adults 18-49 performance in 4 months — since weeks of 6/16/25 and 3/31/25, respectively.
- “World News Tonight” turned in gains on the same week last year in Adults 25-54 (+6%/+54,000 – 1.025 million vs. 797,000) and Adults 18-49 (+5%/+34,000 – 717,000 vs. 683,000), standing as the only evening newscast to grow year to year in both key Adult demos.
- “World News Tonight” (7.424 million, 1.025 million and 717,000, respectively) nearly doubled the performance of “CBS Evening News” (3.822 million, 553,000 and 376,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+94%/+3.602 million), Adults 25-54 (+85%/+218,000) and Adults 18-49 (+91%/+203,000).
📺TV SHOWS RATINGS RANKER
Ranking is based on ratings data as of Thursday, July 31, 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.