On November 5, Americans had a slew of cable news channels to choose ... going to be won by Donald Trump. This chart shows ...

"It’s a testament to the hard work and passion we put into bringing Americans the latest news and analysis on what matters most to them," Faulkner said.

The first month of 2025 brings improved ratings across the cable news landscape. By Rick Porter Television Writer The good news for CNN and MSNBC is that their audiences grew substantially in ...

The past year, 2024, was supposed to be a big audience uplift for major cable news networks: a presidential election, with proven ratings-getter Donald Trump as one of the major players.

Fox News averaged 2.1 million viewers for the week of February 12-18 to top the cable primetime ratings chart for the fifth straight week, according to Nielsen figures supplied by Fox News.

Fox News has finished No. 1 in key categories for nine straight years, and in 2024 increased its audience by 21% among total day and 30% during primetime compared to 2023.

In prime time, MSNBC declared its first-ever quarterly win based on Monday-Friday ratings, finishing with an average total audience of 2.9 million viewers. Fox News, crunching the numbers on the ...

The Fox News Channel ended January as the most-watched cable news channel in America, delivering its highest single-month ratings for a January measurement period, according to Nielsen ratings. The ...

Regarding prime-time cable news ratings, the network topped CNN and MSNBC combined, with 2,384,000 viewers in 2024, a 30% increase from the previous year, and 294,000 viewers between the ages of ...

Unless noted, all ratings figures for cable or broadcast shows mentioned are from Nielsen, and other than for news and sports, include seven days of linear viewing but not streaming, through Dec. 8.

Fox News dominated cable news ratings on election night, drawing 9.8 million prime-time viewers, followed by MSNBC and CNN, according to Nielsen data provided by the network.

(Chris Smith/TheWrap) Fox News has long dominated the cable news ratings leaderboard, and the re-election of Donald Trump this November only helped boost the network’s numbers. Fox News has seen ...