Fox News continued its dominance within the April scores, whereas community protection of Donald Trump’s hush cash trial has failed to provide blockbuster viewership.
In truth, all the key cable information networks noticed a drop off in the important thing 25-54 demo versus a yr in the past.
Working in opposition to the networks is the truth that the tv protection of the Trump trial is prohibited within the courtroom, leaving it to correspondents to test in with common experiences together with an assortment of authorized analysts. CNN and MSNBC have added scrolls on the facet of their screens with actual time textual content updates from the courthouse.
In primetime, Fox News topped with a median of 1.98 million viewers, down 5% versus 2023, in comparison with 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%, in comparison with MSNBC with 114,000, down 3%, and CNN with 113,000, down 16%.
In whole day, Fox News averaged 1.27 million, down 2%, in comparison with MSNBC with 864,000, up 5%, and CNN with 505,000, up 5%. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 156,000, down 3%, in comparison with CNN with 88,000, down 13%, and MSNBC with 88,000, down 14%.
Fox News’ The Five was probably the most watched present, averaging 3.03 million viewers, adopted by Jesse Watters Primetime with 2.57 million, Hannity with 2.22 million, Gutfeld! with 2.08 million and Special Report with 2.06 million.
In the 25-54 demo, Gutfeld! topped with a median of 295,000, adopted by The Five with 262,000, Jesse Watters Primetime with 244,000, Hannity with 240,000 and The Ingraham Angle with 198,000.
The rankings don’t embody the once-a-week The Rachel Maddow Show, which has averaged 2.5 million viewers this yr and has topped its time slot.
In the primary week of the Trump trial, beginning with opening arguments, Fox News averaged 1.93 million in primetime, in comparison with 1.44 million for MSNBC and 772,000 for CNN. In whole day, Fox News averaged 1.27 million, in comparison with 980,000 for MSNBC and 582,000 for CNN.
The viewership figures are from Nielsen through Fox News, MSNBC and CNN.
CNN topped with its protection of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday evening, averaging 1.37 million, in comparison with 1.13 million for Fox News and 979,000 for MSNBC. In the 25-54 demo, CNN averaged 185,000, in comparison with 111,000 for Fox News and 81,000 for MSNBC.