Wednesday, May 15 Scoreboard: CNN Scores Second Place in the Demo in Total Day and Primetime (2024)

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Wednesday, May 15 Scoreboard: CNN Scores Second Place in the Demo in Total Day and Primetime? ›

In primetime, Fox News topped with an average of 1.98 million viewers, down 5% versus 2023, compared to MSNBC with 1.25 million, down 5%, and CNN with 624,000, up 6%. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 219,000, down 9%, compared to MSNBC with 114,000, down 3%, and CNN with 113,000, down 16%.

In primetime, Fox News topped with an average of 1.98 million viewers, down 5% versus 2023, compared to MSNBC with 1.25 million, down 5%, and CNN with 624,000, up 6%. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 219,000, down 9%, compared to MSNBC with 114,000, down 3%, and CNN with 113,000, down 16%.

Fox News topped its rivals in the March and first-quarter 2024 ratings by a wide margin, but MSNBC and CNN showed the biggest growth versus the same period a year ago.

Further, CNN reached the most viewers in cable news in Q1 2024 among both P2+ and P25-54 (P2+: CNN: 44.0m, Fox News: 43.4m, MSNBC: 34.9m; P25-54: CNN: 11.6m, Fox News: 10.6m, MSNBC: 8.8m).

NEW YORK – April 2, 2024 – FOX News Channel (FNC) finished the first quarter of 2024 as cable's most-watched network in total day and primetime, dominating primetime viewers in cable news for 89 consecutive quarters, according to Nielsen Media Research.

“Good Morning America” ranked as America's No. 1 morning newscast in all key target demos: Total Viewers (3.056 million), Adults 25-54 (641,000) and Adults 18-49 (454,000) for the week of July 18, 2022, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

ABC's “The View” delivered 2.512 million Total Viewers, 219,000 Women 25-54 and 142,000 Women 18-49 during the 1st quarter of 2024, based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research.

Newsmax TV momentarily exceeded Fox News in viewership in December 2020, but lost viewers after the conclusion of the election cycle. A Pew Research Center study found that Newsmax's reach (10% of American adults) continued to trail Fox News's reach (43% of American adults) in March 2021.

Fox News grew during the late 1990s and 2000s to become the dominant United States cable news subscription network. By September 2018, 87 million U.S. households (91 percent of television subscribers) could receive Fox News. In 2019, it was the top-rated cable network, averaging 2.5 million viewers in prime time.

Fox News Channel finished 2023 as cable television's most-watched network for the eighth consecutive year as "The Five" continued to make history and the network's new primetime lineup thrived.

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As some of the most widely available channels, Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC are often referred to as the "big three" with Fox News having the highest viewership and ratings.

Overall, NBC once again led the year in total viewers (and like last year, just narrowly over CBS) with 4.54 million viewers, while the Super Bowl helped give Fox the lead in adults 18-49 (with a nice 10% year-to-year bump).