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Fox News Channel did 3.2 million prime-time viewers during April to edge out broadcast networks ABC and NBC.
Although Fox News leads the free TV offering, it also continued to dominate cable with an average of 1.8 million daily viewers to finish No. 1 in the critical ratio. MS NOW finished second with an average audience of 751,000 total viewers to trail Fox News by more than a million viewers.
During the 8-11 pm weekday, Fox News averaged 2.9 million viewers to beat all of its competitors, with ESPN finishing second with 1.5 million, MS NOW with 1.3 million and TBS with 1.1 million.
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Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity and Greg Gutfeld. (FOX News Media)
CNN failed to crack the million viewer ratings in prime time as Fox News held nearly 60% of cable news between the day and prime time.
Fox News also crushed cable news networks among advertisers’ coveted 25-54 adult demographic, averaging 173,000 daily viewers compared to CNN’s 92,000 and only 80,000 for MS NOW. It was pretty much the same in the primetime, as Fox News averaged 284,000 viewers in the demo while CNN got 157,000 and MS NOW managed 135,000.
“The Five,” starring Dana Perino, Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., averaged 3.8 million viewers to finish as the No. 1 show on cable news, followed by “Jesse Watters Primetime,” “Hannity,” “Gutfeld!,” “Special Report with Bret Baier” and “The Ingraham.”
MS NOW’s most-watched program, “The Rachel Maddow Show,” averaged 2.4 million viewers to finish in seventh place. However, “Maddow” only airs on Mondays.
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“Hannity” averaged 3.2 million viewers and 319,000 viewers in the marketer-coveted 25-54 demo in April, marking its best month of the year. (FOX News Media)
“The Will Cain Show,” “Rivals” with Harris Faulkner, Emily Compagno and Kayleigh McEnany, “The Story” with Martha MacCallum, “America Reports” with Sandra Smith and John Roberts, “America’s Newsroom” with Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino, “The Faulkner Focus without news” and all of MSFOX News and MSFOX News NOW had to contribute.
CNN’s most-watched program during a heavy news month was “Anderson Cooper 360,” which finished No. 23 among cable news offerings.
“FOX & Friends” finished the month with 1.4 million viewers and remained the No. 1 morning cable news program for the 62nd consecutive month in the key demo.
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“FOX & Friends” continued to crush cable news morning shows. (FOX News Media)
April saw some Fox News hits, as “Hannity” had its best month of 2026, “Gutfeld!” marked its fifth year of leading late-night television and “Special Report” topped “CBS Evening News” in 20 key markets.
Fox News also crushed the competition throughout the weekend, winning every hour in total viewers in April, beating CNN and MS Now by double to triple digits in total viewers and the demo on Saturday and Sunday.
Aishah Hasnie’s “FOX News Live” averaged 2 million viewers to finish as Saturday’s No. 1 show, while Maria Bartiromo’s “Sunday Morning Futures” took the Sunday title with 2.3 million viewers.
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Ratings data courtesy of Nielsen Big Data + Panel.
