FOX News Channel Reigns as Top-Rated Network in Both Total Day and Primetime Viewers in All of Basic Cable in July - Seite 2

Host Greg Gutfeld’s new late night program Gutfeld! finished the month as the number one-rated show in cable news in total viewers at 11 PM/ET, surpassing every CNN program in total viewers as well as various broadcast and cable comedy shows. Meanwhile, timeslot competitor MSNBC’s The 11^th Hour with Brian Williams notched the program’s lowest-rated month in the demo since the show’s inception. In Nielsen’s Live+3 measurement, Gutfeld! delivered wins against ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in total viewers. Averaging 1.5 million viewers and 290,000 with A25-54 for the month, the program also topped The Tonight Show in total viewers in the Live+SD measurement. Gutfeld! crushed TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee across the board in total viewers and the younger 25-54 demo in both Live+SD and Live+3.

Among FNC’s early and late evening programming, The Five, which marked its 10 year anniversary, dominated the month during the 5 PM/ET hour with 2.5 million viewers and 359,000 in the 25-54 demo, besting every CNN and MSNBC program across the board. FNC’s primetime programs Tucker Carlson Tonight and Hannity, as well as The Five, surpassed ABC’s The View and This Week in overall viewers. Special Report with Bret Baier was number one in its timeslot (weeknights, 6 PM/ET) among total viewers for the month, garnering 1.8 million viewers and 283,000 in the 25-54 demo. At 7 PM/ET, FOX News Primetime, guest-hosted by various rotating hosts, averaged 1.7 million viewers, 289,000 in the 25-54 demo throughout July. Notably, MSNBC’s The Reidout with host Joy Reid delivered the program’s lowest-rated month in total viewers in program history. At 12 AM/ET, FOX News @ Night with Shannon Bream had an average audience of 833,000 viewers and 179,000 in the 25-54 demo.

From 4-6 AM/ET, FOX & Friends FIRST garnered 439,000 viewers. FNC’s FOX & Friends (weekdays, 6-9 AM/ET) marked its fourth straight month as the top-rated cable news morning show across the board, with 1.1 million viewers and 200,000 in the demo, easily outpacing CNN’s New Day and MSNBC’s Morning Joe across both categories. Meanwhile, CNN’s sixth relaunch attempt of New Day delivered its lowest-rated month in the demo since 2014, averaging less than 500,000 viewers (450,000 P2+; 84,000 A25-54) and notching double-digit losses across the board. CNN’s morning news program was the least-watched program in all of cable news in the demo between the hours of 6 AM -12 AM/ET.