FOX News Channel Sweeps Total Day and Primetime Across Both Viewers and 25-54 Demo for Second Consecutive Month - Seite 2

Among FNC’s early and late evening programming, The Five (5PM/ET) dominated the month during the 5PM/ET hour and finished April as the second most-watched program with 2.7 million viewers and 431,000 in the 25-54 demo, propelled by breaking news coverage of the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict. The Five surpassed ABC’s The View, NBC’s 3^rd Hour of TODAY and NBA Saturday basketball in overall viewers. Special Report with Bret Baier was number one in its timeslot (weeknights, 6PM/ET) among total viewers for the month, garnering 1.8 million viewers and 298,000 in the 25-54 demo. At 7PM/ET, FOX News Primetime, guest-hosted by various rotating guest hosts, averaged 1.6 million viewers, 278,000 in the 25-54 demo throughout April. At its new 12AM/ET timeslot, FOX News @ Night with Shannon Bream had an average audience of 960,000 viewers and 207,000 in the 25-54 demo for the month.

From 4-6AM/ET, FOX & Friends FIRST garnered 456,000 viewers during the month of April, while FNC’s signature morning show FOX & Friends (weekdays, 6-9AM/ET) ended the month as the highest-rated cable morning show in both categories for the first time since November 2020. The program earned 1.2 million viewers and 221,000 in the demo, surpassing CNN’s New Day and MSNBC’s Morning Joe across both categories for the entire month.

FNC’s daytime lineup, kicking off with the two-hour morning news program America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino (weekdays, 9-11AM/ET), was the top-rated in its timeslot with 1.4 million viewers and 242,000 in the 25-54 demo. The Faulkner Focus at 11AM/ET, anchored by Harris Faulkner, notched 1.3 million viewers and 214,000 in the 25-54 demo, capturing a win against the competition in total viewers. At 12PM/ET, Outnumbered earned 1.4 million viewers and 228,000 in the demo. From 1-3PM/ET, America Reports with John Roberts and Sandra Smith garnered 1.2 million viewers and 211,000 in the 25-54 demo. At 3PM/ET, anchor Martha MacCallum’s The Story averaged 1.2 million viewers and 199,000 in the 25-54 demo, while Your World with Neil Cavuto at 4PM/ET nabbed 1.3 million viewers and 222,000 in the 25-54 category for the month.

On the weekends, FNC swept the competition, besting CNN and MSNBC on Saturday and Sunday with total day and primetime across both categories. 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 month. Watters’ World (Saturdays at 8PM/ET) earned the number one program in total viewers, with 1.8 million and 198,000 in the demo. Justice with Judge Jeanine (Saturdays at 9PM/ET) followed as the next most-watched, with 1.7 million viewers and 203,000 in the demo. Cavuto Live airing on Saturday mornings earned 1.1 million viewers and 184,000 in the demo.