Fox News Channel Finishes Highest-rated First 100 Days In Cable News History With Dominant April

Fox News Channel vanished April pinch a larger weekday primetime assemblage than ABC and NBC while dominating cablegram pinch nan highest-rated first 100 days of an management successful cablegram news history. 

Fox News vanished April pinch 3.1 cardinal mean viewers during weekday primetime, making it nan 2nd highest-rated web successful each of tv arsenic ABC settled for 2.9 cardinal and NBC delivered 2.8 million. 

The period wrapped up arsenic President Donald Trump deed nan 100th time of his 2nd administration, and Fox News averaged 1.9 cardinal full time viewers and 3 cardinal successful primetime during nan historical first 100 days. Fox News viewership was up 25% compared to nan first 100 days of nan Biden management successful 2021 and up 8% compared to Trump’s first term, while some CNN and MSNBC saw double-digit collapses of their audiences complete nan aforesaid clip period. 

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"Special Report pinch Bret Baier" averaged complete 3 cardinal viewers during April to apical evening newscasts connected CBS, NBC and ABC successful a assortment of markets.

As Fox News thrived, CNN shed astir 60% of viewers crossed some full time and primetime compared to nan first 100 days of nan Biden administration.

Fox News averaged 1.6 cardinal full time viewers to predominate basal cablegram during April, arsenic No. 2 MSNBC managed only 656,000 full time viewers followed by 604,000 for ESPN. CNN settled for only 411,000 full time viewers arsenic Fox News topped MSNBC and CNN combined. It was nan 50th period successful a statement that Fox News topped cablegram among full time viewers. 

During primetime, Fox News averaged 2.6 cardinal viewers successful April compared to 1.4 cardinal for No. 2 ESPN. MSNBC averaged 1.2 cardinal primetime viewers and CNN averaged conscionable 519,000 arsenic Fox News topped nan wide networks mixed successful that category, too. 

Fox News has now topped cablegram news for 51 consecutive months during primetime. 

It was nan 3rd highest-rated April successful Fox News history among some full time and primetime viewers. 

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Fox News Channel hosts Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity, and Greg Gutfeld. (Fox News)

In nan advertiser-coveted demographic of adults 25-54, Fox News averaged 202,000 full time cardinal viewers compared to 68,000 for CNN and only 62,000 for MSNBC. CNN had its worst period ever successful nan category, finishing beneath 70,000 full time demo viewers for only nan 2nd clip since 1997. 

In primetime, Fox News averaged 296,000 viewers from nan captious demo while MSNBC managed 105,000 and CNN delivered only 99,000. 

Despite nan engaged news rhythm arsenic Trump’s first 100 days of his 2nd word wrapped up, Discovery Channel, History, HGTV, ESPN2, TLC, Bravo and nan Food Network were among nan 13 basal cablegram offerings to outdraw CNN’s primetime lineup successful nan cardinal demo. 

It was astir CNN’s worst capacity of each clip successful nan category, and conscionable nan 3rd clip nan struggling web grounded to ace nan 100,000-viewer benchmark among nan primetime demo since 1997. 

Fox News swept cablegram news among full time and primetime successful some full viewers and nan demo for nan 50th consecutive month.

"The Five," pinch Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Jeanine Pirro and rotating co-hosts Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., averaged 4.1 cardinal full viewers and 447,000 successful nan cardinal demo to lead cablegram news successful some categories. 

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Fox News Channel had nan highest-rated first 100 days of an management successful cablegram news history during President Trump’s 2nd term.  (Fox News)

While "The Five" dominated cablegram news, it besides topped broadcast programs specified arsenic CBS’ "The Neighborhood," "NCIS Sydney," NBC’s "Law and Order" and "CBS Evening News." 

It wasn’t nan only Fox News offering to outdraw broadcast programs. 

"Special Report pinch Bret Baier" averaged complete 3 cardinal viewers to apical evening newscasts connected CBS, NBC and ABC successful a assortment of markets and "Gutfeld!" averaged 3.1 cardinal viewers to conclusion ABC’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," NBC’s "The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night pinch Seth Meyers." 

"The Ingraham Angle" averaged 2.9 cardinal viewers arsenic Laura Ingraham continued her reign arsenic nan highest-rated female successful cablegram news, "Jesse Watters Primetime" topped each primetime programs pinch 3.6 cardinal viewers and 421,000 successful nan captious demo and "Hannity" averaged 2.9 cardinal viewers and 346,000 successful nan demo to predominate its timeslot, including MSNBC’s "The Rachel Maddow Show." 

"FOX & Friends" averaged 1.4 cardinal full viewers and 192,000 successful nan demo, finishing arsenic nan No. 1 greeting programme connected cablegram news for nan 50th consecutive month. 

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"FOX & Friends First," "America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino," "The Faulkner Focus" anchored by Harris Faulkner, "America Reports" with John Roberts and Sandra Smith, Martha MacCallum’s "The Story," "The Will Cain Show" and "FOX News @ Night" each had robust April audiences arsenic Fox News has aired nan apical 980 cablegram news telecasts since Election Day.

Fox News besides continued to radiance against nan title during nan weekend, winning each hr among full viewers and the-54 demo, while defeating CNN and MSNBC by double to triple-digits among some categories connected Saturdays and Sundays. 

"Life, Liberty & Levin" averaged 1.5 cardinal viewers to decorativeness arsenic Saturday’s highest-rated show, while "Sunday Morning Futures" took nan Sunday crown pinch 1.8 million. 

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Fox News besides vanished atop nan demographic of adults ages 18-49 for 48 consecutive months arsenic younger viewers proceed to flock to nan network. 

More Democrats, Independents and Republicans tuned successful to Fox News complete immoderate different cablegram web crossed full day, according to information from Nielsen MRI Fusion.

Ratings information courtesy of Nielsen Media Research.