Compared to how it performed during the previous month, CNN was up +7% in total viewers but down -1% in the demo during primetime. It was flat and down -5% in total viewers and the demo, respectively, during total day.
When looking at its performance to the same month in 2024 during primetime, it was down -2% in total viewers and in the demo. In total day, CNN was down by -6% and -8% in total viewers and the demo, respectively.
Looking at the March performance of the other news nets:
- NewsNation – The network marked its fourth anniversary of its rebrand to a 24/4 news network. In those four years it has climbed up 51 spots in the cable ranker with total viewers and up 38 spots in the demo. Cuomo continues to lead the way in total viewers and A25-54 with 174,000 and 20,000 viewers, respectively.
- Fox Business – Kudlow remained the net’s top show in total viewers, with 335,000 viewers. It was also No. 1 in the demo with 19,000 viewers.
- CNBC—Fast Money Halftime Report was the most-watched program in total viewers with 240,000, and finished in first place in the A25-54 demo with 69,000 viewers.
- Newsmax – Rob Schmitt Tonight was the net’s top show in total viewers, with 486,000 viewers. While in the A25-54 demo it had 40,000 viewers.
PROGRAMMING
- Fox News – The Five was the most-watched program in Total Viewers (4.300 million at 5 p.m. ET), and Jesse Watters Primetime finished in first place in the advertiser-coveted demo of A25-54 (485,000).
- MSNBC – Its most-watched show in total viewers and the demo continued to be The Rachel Maddow Show (2.077 million and 184,000, respectively, at 9 p.m. ET).
- CNN – Anderson Cooper 360 at 8 p.m. ET was the network’s top performer in total viewers with 672,000, and in the A25-54 demo, CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip at 10 p.m. ET continued to hold strong in first place with 138,000 viewers.
Among Total Viewers
- The Five – Fox News ( 4,300,000)
- Jesse Watters Primetime – Fox News -( 4,021,000)
- Special Report with Bret Baier – Fox News – (3,452,000)
- Gutfeld! – Fox News – (3,344,000)
- Hannity – Fox News – (3,338,000)
- The Ingraham Angle – Fox News – (3,334,000)
- The Will Cain Show – Fox News – (2,370,000)
- Outnumbered – Fox News – (2,364,000)
- The Faulkner Focus – Fox News – ( 2,233,000)
- America Reports – Fox News – (2,198,000)
- The Story with Martha MacCallum – Fox News (2,195,000)
- America’s Newsroom – Fox News – (2,166,000)
- The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC – (2,077,000)
- Fox News @Night – Fox News – (1,784,000)
- Fox and Friends – Fox News – (1,499,000)
Among Adults 25-54
- Jesse Watters Primetime – Fox News – (485,000)
- The Five – Fox News – (466,000)
- Gutfeld! – Fox News – (448,000)
- Hannity – Fox News – (432,000)
- The Ingraham Angle – Fox News – (379,000)
- Special Report with Bret Baier – Fox News – (374,000)
- Outnumbered – Fox News – (290,000)
- The Will Cain Show – Fox News – (284,000)
- America Reports – Fox News – (282,000)
- Fox News at Night – Fox News – (275,000)
- The Story with Martha MacCallum – Fox News (263,000)
- The Faulkner Focus – Fox News – (259,000)
- America’s Newsroom – Fox News – (243,000)
- Fox & Friends – Fox News – (200,000)
- The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC – (184,000)


