Fox News Channel outdraws ABC, NBC, CBS in July weekday primetime while thumping MS NOW, CNN across board

Fox News Channel continued its television dominance during July, outdrawing broadcast networks ABC, NBC and CBS during weekday primetime while crushing cable news competitors. 

Fox News averaged 2.6 million weekday viewers during primetime compared to 2.5 million for NBC, 2.3 million for ABC and 1.9 million for CBS. 

When it comes to cable audiences, Fox News defeated MS NOW and CNN combined in both total day and primetime viewers. 

Fox News averaged 1.5 million viewers while MS NOW managed 636,000 and CNN settled for 465,000. During primetime, Fox News averaged 2.3 million total viewers compared to a smidge over 1 million for MS NOW and only 658,000 for CNN.

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"The Five," with Dana Perino, Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., averaged 3.3 million viewers and 300,000 among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults age 25-54 to finish as the No. 1 cable news program in both categories. 

"Jesse Watters Primetime," "Gutfeld!," "Hannity," "Special Report with Bret Baier," "The Ingraham Angle," "The Will Cain Show," America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer and Sandra Smith," "Outnumbered," Martha MacCallum’s "The Story," "The Faulkner Focus," "America Reports with Sandra Smith and John Roberts" and "FOX News @ Night with Trace Gallagher" all dominated their timeslots to help Fox News finish as the most-watched network among all of basic cable.

The only MS NOW program to finish among the 14 most-watched cable news programs was "The Rachel Maddow Show," which only aired three times the entire month because its namesake host is on a Mondays-only schedule. 

CNN’s most-watched show, "Anderson Cooper 360," landed at No. 24 and finished with a smaller audience than 14 Fox News shows and nine MS NOW offerings. 

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Fox News finished with its most-watched July 4 in history during marathon America 250 programming, peaking at 5.7 million viewers and 701,000 in the demo during President Donald Trump’s speech from 11:15-11:45 p.m. ET. 

Special coverage, hosted by Bret Baier, Sean Hannity, Dana Perino, Harris Faulkner, and Brian Kilmeade from 7 pm through 1 a.m. ET averaged 3.9 million viewers and 459,000 in the demo to nab 73% of the cable news share.

"FOX & Friends" finished the month with 1.3 million viewers and 124,000 in the demo to remain the No. 1 cable news morning show among both categories for 65 consecutive months, beating CNN and MS NOW combined in the process.

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Kayleigh McEnany’s "Saturday in America" was the most watched show on cable news of the day on Saturdays, with over 1.6 million viewers, while "Sunday Morning Futures" took the Sunday crown with 1.7 million viewers. 

"FOX News Saturday Night with Jimmy Failla," "Life, Liberty & Levin," "My View with Lara Trump," "The Big Weekend Show," "Sunday Night in America," "The Sunday Briefing" with rotating co-anchors Peter Doocy and Jacqui Heinrich, "FOX & Friends Weekend" and "One Nation with Brian Kilmeade" also thrived to help Fox News defeat CNN and MS NOW by double to triple-digits during weekends.