Fox Information Channel had the highest-rated quarter amongst weekday whole viewers in cable information historical past throughout the first quarter of 2025, additionally topping broadcast competitors in key measurables alongside the way in which.
Through the historic quarter, Fox Information averaged 2.2 million whole day viewers on weekdays as Individuals relied on the community for data and evaluation throughout a momentous information cycle.
Fox Information averaged 1.9 million whole viewers, double the viewership of No. 2 ESPN, which averaged 869,000 whole day viewers. MSNBC managed a mean viewers of 593,000 and CNN settled for 428,000 regardless of the news-heavy quarter.
Fox Information additionally completed No. 1 in all of cable throughout the primetime hours of 8-11 p.m., averaging over three million viewers to trounce all different networks. ESPN completed second with 2.3 million whole primetime viewers, and MSNBC completed third with a smidge over a million. Fox Information has now marked 93 consecutive quarters because the most-watched cable information community in primetime.
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CNN averaged solely 558,000 and misplaced to HGTV and Hallmark because the community’s primetime lineup continues to wrestle.
It was Fox Information’ highest quarter cable information share ever, dwarfing with 65% of the viewers in whole day and 66% in primetime. Fox Information noticed double-digit year-over-year development in all classes whereas CNN and MSNBC noticed declines throughout the board in each whole day and primetime.
Fox Information’ primetime lineup additionally outdrew broadcast competitors on NBC and ABC for all the quarter.
Fox Information utterly dominated cable information among the many key demographic of adults aged 25-54, averaging 247,000 whole day viewers among the many advertiser-coveted group in comparison with 79,000 for CNN. It was CNN lowest rated quarter ever within the class and the fourth time because the starting of 2024 that CNN has had an all-time low.
Throughout primetime, Fox Information averaged 380,000 demo viewers in comparison with 121,000 for CNN.
MSNBC’s ongoing struggles within the vital class continued, because it managed solely 57,000 whole day viewers among the many demo to complete behind choices together with Investigation Discovery, FX, HGTV, Meals Community.
MSNBC’s turnout was even worse throughout primetime, because the liberal community managed solely 96,000 primetime viewers among the many key demo to complete behind 18 totally different cable information choices, together with A&E, Nick-at-Nite, Comedy Central and Grownup Swim. It was MSNBC’s sixth lowest-rated quarter ever and issues aren’t anticipated to get any simpler within the second quarter when “The Rachel Maddow Present” reverts to solely airing as soon as every week following President Trump’s first 100 days in workplace.
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Fox Information Channel hosts Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity, and Greg Gutfeld. (Fox Information)
“The 5” averaged 4.6 million viewers to complete because the No. 1 present on cable information as Fox Information packages occupied the highest 12 spots.
“The 5,” with Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Jeanine Pirro and rotating co-hosts Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., made cable information historical past as the primary non-primetime program to be essentially the most watched by viewers for 14 consecutive quarters. It additionally surpassed broadcast packages together with “American Idol,” “Survivor” and “The Neighborhood.”
“Particular Report with Bret Baier,” which featured unique newsworthy interviews together with sit-downs with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Elon Musk and his DOGE crew, dominated its timeslot with a mean viewers of three.5 million viewers. “Particular Report” even outdrew “CBS Night Information” 5 instances throughout the first quarter.
“Gutfeld!” continued to interrupt information because it delivered its highest-rated quarter in program historical past with 3.3 million viewers, topping all broadcast and late-night tv, together with CBS’ “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert,” ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Stay!,” NBC’s “The Tonight Present starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Late Night time with Seth Meyers,” CBS’ “After Midnight” and Comedy Central’s “The Each day Present with Jon Stewart.”
“Jesse Watters Primetime,” “Hannity,” “The Ingraham Angle,” “The Will Cain Present,” “Outnumbered,” “The Faulkner Focus,” “America Stories” with John Roberts and Sandra Smith, Martha MacCallum’s “The Story” and America’s Newsroom with Dana Perino and Invoice Hemmer” all additionally topped something MSNBC or CNN needed to provide, whereas “FOX Information @ Night time” and “FOX & Associates” additionally dominated their timeslots.
“America’s Newsroom,” “The Faulkner Focus,” “Outnumbered” and “America Stories” all had their highest-rated quarters of all time.
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“The 5,” with Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Jeanine Pirro and rotating co-hosts Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., made cable information historical past as the primary non-primetime program to be essentially the most watched in viewers for 14 consecutive quarters. (Fox Information Media)
MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Present” completed No. 13 because the most-watched program that doesn’t air on Fox Information with practically two million viewers. CNN’s most-popular program was “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” which averaged 662,000 whole viewers to complete No. 26 amongst cable information reveals.
Fox Information additionally continued to shine all through the weekend throughout the quarter, thumping CNN and MSNBC throughout each whole day and primetime amongst whole viewers and successful each hour of the day, topping the liberal shops mixed amongst whole viewers.
“My View with Lara Trump” was the most-watched present on Saturdays with 1.8 million viewers, whereas “Maria Bartiromo’s Sunday Morning Futures” took the Sunday crown with 2.2 million.
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Extra Independents and Democrats continued to tune in to Fox Information over some other cable community, in keeping with information from Nielsen MRI Fusion. This helped Fox Information dominate protection of political occasions, topping all of tv with protection of Inauguration Day and President Trump’s tackle to a joint session of Congress.
“Hannity” landed the primary joint interview with President Trump and Elon Musk on February 18, which drew a staggering common viewers of 5.4 million.
All scores information courtesy of Nielsen Media Analysis.
