FOX News Channel Reclaims Lead Sweeping Total Day and Primetime Viewers and Demo for the Month of March - Seite 2

Among FNC’s early and late evening programming, The Five (5PM/ET) dominated the quarter during the 5PM/ET hour with 2.8 million viewers and 391,000 in the 25-54 demo, besting CNN and MSNBC in total viewership. FNC’s primetime programming as well as The Five all surpassed CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NBC’s 3^rd Hour of TODAY and NBA Saturday basketball airing on ABC in overall viewers. Special Report with Bret Baier was number one in its timeslot (weeknights, 6PM/ET) among total viewers for the quarter, garnering 2.1 million viewers and 328,000 in the 25-54 demo. At 7PM/ET, FOX News Primetime, guest-hosted by various rotating guest hosts, averaged 1.8 million viewers, 287,000 in the 25-54 demo throughout the quarter. At 11PM/ET, FOX News @ Night with Shannon Bream had an average audience of 1.3 million viewers and 261,000 in the 25-54 demo for the quarter.

From 4-6AM/ET, FOX & Friends FIRST garnered 453,000 viewers during the first quarter. FNC’s signature morning show FOX & Friends (weekdays, 6-9AM/ET) marked the quarter with 1.1 million viewers and 204,000 in the demo, surpassing CNN’s New Day across both categories.

FNC’s new daytime lineup, announced at the beginning of the quarter, kicks off with two-hour morning news program America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino (weekdays, 9-11AM/ET), which saw 1.4 million viewers and 232,000 in the 25-54 demo. The Faulkner Focus at 11AM/ET, anchored by Harris Faulkner, also notched 1.4 million viewers and 208,000 in the 25-54 demo and bested MSNBC across the board. At 12PM/ET, Outnumbered earned 1.5 million viewers and 230,000 in the demo. From 1-3PM/ET, America Reports with John Roberts and Sandra Smith garnered 1.3 million viewers and 209,000 in the 25-54 demo. At 3PM/ET, anchor Martha MacCallum’s The Story averaged 1.2 million viewers and 200,000 in the 25-54 demo, while Your World with Neil Cavuto at 4PM/ET nabbed 1.3 million viewers and 215,000 in the 25-54 category for the quarter.

On the weekends, Saturday’s primetime powerhouse lineup crushed the competition, each sweeping their respective timeslots and beating the cable news competition combined in total viewers for the quarter. Watters’ World (Saturdays at 8PM/ET) earned the number one program in total viewers, with 2.1 million and 243,000 in the demo. Justice with Judge Jeanine (Saturdays at 9PM/ET) followed as the next most-watched, with 2 million viewers and 219,000 in the demo. The Greg Gutfeld Show (Saturdays at 10PM/ET) finished the quarter as the second highest-rated late-night program in total viewers with 1.9 million, topping various broadcast and cable late night comedy programs, including ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher and NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. The program, which moves to a weekday 11PM/ET timeslot on April 5^th, also secured 257,000 in the demo. Cavuto Live airing on Saturday mornings earned 1.2 million viewers and 193,000 in the demo, beating MSNBC in its time slot.