This is TVNewser's basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of March 10, 2025. Fox News was watched by 63% of the cable news audience across total day and primetime, continuing its ratings dominance. FNC was the No. 2 network in all of television, averaging 3 million primetime total viewers and...

The start of daylight saving time may have negatively affected the evening newscasts. Viewership declined in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo when the clocks fell back one hour during the week of March 10. Additional hours of daylight in the evening present more outdoor opportunities, which could have resulted in lower tune-in numbers...

ABC News' Good Morning America remained America's most-watched morning show for the second consecutive week. GMA expanded its total viewer lead over NBC News' Today to 77,000, easily solidifying its win for the week of March 10. Unfortunately, all three morning shows posted lower numbers in total viewers and the advertiser-coveted demo of Adults 25-54,...

Cross-platform distribution led to another record-breaking viewership event in February. This year's Super Bowl Sunday, which culminated in the Philadelphia Eagles winning the Vince Lombardi Trophy, saw Fox Sports earn 127.7 million viewers, with some watching Super Bowl LIX on Fox's free ad-supported streaming service, Tubi. According to Nielsen's Media Distributor Gauge, Super Bowl Sunday...

A Jesse Watters-less edition of Primetime saw its total viewer and Adults 25-54 audience fall on Friday night. Fox News' 8 p.m. ET show finished third in total viewers and fourth place in the demo for the night with The Five claiming most-watched status in both categories. FNC finished as the second most-watched network in...

CNN may have found its hit roundtable show as NewsNight with Abby Phillip continues to shine for the network. The 10 p.m. newscast repeated as CNN's most-watched show in the Adults 25-54 demo and finished second place in total viewers. The success of the format has seen CNN experimenting Saturday morning shows also hosted by...

Top of the Ticker: A recent regulatory filing by Newsmax revealed that the network paid $40 million to settle its defamation lawsuit with Smartmatic. The case was settled in September with the terms initially remaining undisclosed, Newsmax's filing also revealed that Smartimatic would be able to purchase 2,000 shares of preferred stock of the cable...

The power of friendship pushed the Netflix drama series Sweet Magnolias to the top of the chart of the most-watched streaming title for the week of Feb. 10, according to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings. Season 4 of Sweet Magnolias, which debuted in second place the week of Feb. 3, enjoyed 1.162 million viewing minutes, dethroning...

MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler and her senior executives are in the midst of preparing for the network to be spun off from the NBCUniversal News Group and join the newly-created SpinCo later this year. The network is in the process of looking for new office and studio space. It also recently hired Scott Matthews to...

Jesse Watters Primetime had a massive showing in the Adults 25-54 demo for Fox News with 550,000 viewers tuning in on Wednesday. Primetime also joined The Five in reaching 4 million total viewers, with that 5 p.m. show being the most-watched program of the evening across all three networks. Meanwhile, The Rachel Maddow Show continued...

Roundtable Addition: Catherine Rampell is joining MSNBC as co-host of The Weekend's 6 p.m. ET show. Formerly a Washington Post opinion columnist, Rampell joins Ayman Mohyeldin and a soon-to-be-announced third co-host on the roundtable show franchise, which will have two airings on Saturdays and Sundays when it launches in April. Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels, and...

Writer and journalist Michael Wolff has written three bestselling books about President Donald Trump that were extensively covered by the major news networks. He recently released his fourth book All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America, which would also seem poised to generate a new round of headlines and media appearances. But in a guest...

We've reached the midpoint of President Donald Trump's first 100 days in the Oval Office. That's also the midpoint for Rachel Maddow's return to a Monday through Friday schedule on MSNBC. In that time, Maddow has given MSNBC a ratings boost, fueling the network to double-digit growth in primetime and total day. MSNBC suffered a...

The Five was the only Fox News show to bring in more than 4 million total viewers on Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, MSNBC and CNN were led by The Rachel Maddow Show and Anderson Cooper 360, respectively. In the Adults 25-54 demo, Gutfeld! led the way for Fox News, followed by Maddow and CNN NewsNight with...

This is TVNewser's basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of March 3, 2025. One week after Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch observed that Fox News should be considered "the fifth broadcast network," the network continued to cement that moniker with a No. 1 finish for the first week of March....

Gutfeld! kicked off the week as Fox News' most-watched program in the Adults 25-54 demo, overtaking usual No. 1, The Five. On MSNBC, The Rachel Maddow Show remained in first place with that advertiser-coveted cohort. And on CNN, Erin Burnett OutFront eked out a slim demo victory, finishing with 1000 more A25-54 viewers than The...

The expanded Big Weekend Show is proving to be a winner for Fox News as it ranked as Sunday's most-watched show. In recent weeks, the two-hour block has regularly supplanted Life, Liberty & Levin as the network's top Sunday show. Elsewhere, CNN finished as the No. 2 network in the demo during primetime and total...

Fox News' My View with Lara Trump was the most-watched show on Saturday night in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo. Meanwhile, an interesting Saturday night trend is beginning to emerge on CNN. The network's re-airing of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher consistently wins in total viewers, while its partner show Have I...

The first week of March yielded mixed results for the three evening newscasts. The CBS Evening News was the only newscast to see week-to-week growth in total viewers, while NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt enjoyed positive movement in the Adults 25-54 demo. As for World News Tonight with David Muir, the flagship ABC News...

ABC News' Good Morning America has once again reclaimed the top spot from NBC News' Today as America's most-watched morning show in the ongoing seesaw ratings battle between the two morning shows. A difference of 47,000 total viewers propelled GMA over Today during the first week of March. ABC News' morning show was also the...