FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Tops Cable
News in Total Viewers, A25-54 and A18-49
FNC Notches 2021’s Largest Audience Share in
Cable News with Most Politically-Diverse Audience
“The Five” Draws Cable News’ Second-Largest
Audience in Total Viewers, Notches Program’s Second Highest-Ranking
Year in History
“Hannity” is Second Most-Watched in Cable
News in 25-54 Demo; Laura Ingraham’s “The Ingraham Angle” Delivers
Most-Watched Female in Cable News for Second Year in a Row with
A25-54
FNC’s Late Night Program “Gutfeld!”
Dismantles Late Night Hierarchy, Greg Gutfeld Finishes Year as
Second Most-Watched Late Night Host in all of Television
FNC’s New Daytime Lineup Posts Double-Digit
Increases as Recently-Launched Programs Dominate Respective
Timeslots
FOX News Channel (FNC) capped off its 25th anniversary year by
dominating all of basic cable in total day and primetime for the
sixth consecutive year, according to Nielsen Media Research. In
primetime, FNC averaged 2,365,000 viewers and 374,000 with A25-54
along with 233,000 in A18-49. Meanwhile, in total day, the network
delivered 1,328,000 viewers and 223,000 in the younger 25-54 demo
and 135,000 in A18-49. The network was the most-watched basic cable
network, obliterating CNN and MSNBC across the board, and the only
cable network to deliver over two million viewers in primetime and
one million in total day. According to data from Nielsen/MRI
Fusion, this year, more independents and democrats tuned into FNC
than CNN while delivering the largest independent audience in cable
news, making FNC’s audience the most politically diverse (graph
attached) in cable news. Notably, FNC holds 44% of the cable news
audience in total day viewership and 41% of the audience with
A25-54. In primetime, the network holds a 47% audience share in
total viewers and 43% in the younger A25-54 demo. As a result, FNC
increased its share of the cable news audience with A25-54 from
2020 to 2021.
In commenting on the 2021 ratings, FOX News Media CEO Suzanne
Scott said, “As we embark on our 20th year as the leader in cable
news, the last six of which as number one in all of cable, I am
incredibly proud of the unrivaled success we’ve had at FOX News
Channel. Not only were we the only network to grow our audience
share, but we did so while changing our lineup and transforming the
entire late-night television landscape in the process, ensuring our
continued momentum for many years to come.”
Tucker Carlson Tonight finished 2021 as the highest-rated
program in cable news, averaging 3,219,000 viewers, 537,000 with
A25-54 and 340,000 with A18-49. At 5PM/ET, FNC’s late afternoon
program The Five (weekdays, 5PM/ET) topped all daytime and
primetime programming on CNN and MSNBC, delivering the second
largest audience in cable news in total viewers with 2,924,000
viewers and 422,000 in the 25-54 demo, making it the only
non-primetime show to rank in the top five notching its second
highest ranking in program history. In the younger A25-54 demo,
Hannity at 9PM/ET was the second highest-rated cable news
program with 463,000 A25-54 and saw 2,881,000 in total viewers. At
10PM/ET, Laura Ingraham finished the second year in a row as the
most-watched female in cable news with A25-54 as host of The
Ingraham Angle. FNC programs comprised 10 of the top 15
programs in cable news, including Tucker Carlson Tonight,
The Five, Hannity, The Ingraham Angle,
Special Report with Bret Baier, FOX News Primetime,
Gutfeld!, Outnumbered, America’s Newsroom and The
Faulkner Focus. The network also notched nine of the top 15
programs in the younger 25-54 demo, including Tucker Carlson
Tonight, Hannity, The Five, The Ingraham Angle, Special Report with
Bret Baier, Gutfeld!, FOX News Primetime, Outnumbered and
America’s Newsroom.
This year, FNC entered the late night space with
Gutfeld!, hosted by Greg Gutfeld, and promptly became the
home of the second highest-rated program in late night television
(1,693,000 P2+ and 324,000 A25-54), topping broadcast offerings
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NBC’s The Tonight Show, Comedy Central’s
The Daily Show and TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, among other
broadcast and cable programs. Gutfeld! was also the first late
night television host to unseat CBS’ Stephen Colbert as the
most-watched late night television host for a full week since 2018,
finishing several weeks in 2021 with the largest audience in all of
late night television. Following Gutfeld! at 12AM/ET, FOX News @
Night with Shannon Bream, which debuted in its new timeslot
earlier this year, improved the timeslot’s ratings across the
board. Also in 2021, FNC launched a new daytime lineup on January
18th, increasing the network’s daytime ratings by double-digits in
total viewers (+12%) and the younger 25-54 demo (+27%) from
9AM-4PM/ET.
During 2021, Special Report with Bret Baier at 6PM/ET
nabbed 2.1 million viewers and 332,000 in the 25-54 demo while
FOX News Primetime at 7PM/ET secured 1.87 million viewers
and 307,000 in the 25-54 demo.
FNC’s signature morning franchise, FOX & Friends, remained
cable’s most-turned to morning show, kicking off weekdays at 4AM/ET
with FOX & Friends First delivering 468,000 viewers and
95,000 in the 25-54 demo while FOX & Friends (6-9 AM/ET)
continued to rank as the highest-rated morning program on cable,
averaging 1.2 million viewers and 211,000 in the 25-54 demo. FNC’s
newly-launched daytime lineup posted double-digit gains versus the
month prior. Beginning with America’s Newsroom (weekdays,
9-11AM/ET), co-anchors Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino pulled in an
audience of 1.5 million viewers and 247,000 in A25-54. At 11AM/ET,
Harris Faulkner’s The Faulkner Focus delivered 1,470,000
viewers and 236,000 in the younger 25-54 demo. FNC’s Outnumbered
(weekdays at 12PM/ET) with co-hosts Harris Faulkner, Emily Compagno
and Kayleigh McEnany had an audience of 1.58 million viewers and
250,000 in A25-54. America Reports with John Roberts and
Sandra Smith (weekdays from 1-3PM/ET), garnered 1.4 million
viewers and 237,000 in A25-54. At 3PM/ET, The Story with Martha
MacCallum delivered 1.4 million viewers and 230,000 in the
younger demo while Your World with Neil Cavuto averaged 1.42
million viewers and 237,000 in the 25-54 demo.
FNC’s weekend programming continued to exert its ratings
strength, beginning with FOX & Friends Weekend
(Saturdays and Sundays, 6-10AM/ET) topping CNN and MSNBC across the
board with 1.2 million viewers and 197,000 with A25-54. Cavuto
Live (10AM/ET) crushed the competition on Saturday mornings,
averaging 1.2 million viewers and 194,000 in A25-54. At 6PM/ET on
Saturdays, FOX Report with Jon Scott delivered 1 million
viewers and 141,000 in A25-54. FNC’s The Big Saturday Show garnered
an audience of 917,000 viewers and 137,000 in A25-54. During
primetime on Saturdays, FNC dominated CNN and MSNBC, beginning with
Watters’ World at 8PM/ET (1,868,000 P2+; 226,000 A25-54),
the weekend’s highest-rated program in total viewers, Justice
with Judge Jeanine at 9PM/ET (1,816,000 P2+; 209,000 A25-54)
and the newly launched Unfiltered with Dan Bongino at
10PM/ET (1,538,000 P2+; 218,000 25-54). Sunday Morning Futures
with Maria Bartiromo (Sundays at 10AM/ET) was the highest-rated
program of the weekend this year in the younger A25-54 demo,
averaging 1.65 million viewers and 249,000 in A25-54. At 11AM/ET,
MediaBuzz with Howard Kurtz notched 1.3 million
viewers and 211,000 in the 25-54 demo, crushing CNN’s Reliable
Sources across the board. FNC’s The Big Sunday Show at
5PM/ET was the highest-rated program in its hour, delivering
917,000 in viewers and 137,000 with A25-54. At 7PM/ET, FNC’s
recently-launched Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy
topped the competition with 1.4 million viewers and 172,000 in
A25-54 and at 8PM/ET, Life, Liberty & Levin notched
Sunday’s largest audience in total viewers with 1.6 million viewers
and 195,000 in the 25-54 demo. The Next Revolution with Steve
Hilton won its timeslot with total viewers, delivering 1.3
million viewers and 180,000 in A25-54.
Nielsen Cable News Ratings for 2021 (12/28/20-12/09/21) vs.
2020 (12/30/19-12/27/20)
Primetime:
FNC: 2,365,000 P2+ (down 34%); 374,000 25-54 (down 41%) CNN:
1,103,000 P2+ (down 38%); 276,000 25-54 (down 46%) MSNBC: 1,554,000
P2+ (down 27%); 220,000 25-54 (down 38%)
Total Day:
FNC: 1,328,000 P2+ (down 29%); 223,000 25-54 (down 35%) CNN:
787,000 P2+ (down 31%); 190,000 25-54 (down 39%) MSNBC: 919,000 P2+
(down 26%); 128,000 25-54 (down 36%)
About FOX News Channel
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in basic cable, FNC has been the most
watched television news channel for nearly 20 consecutive years.
According to Nielsen Media Research, FNC currently attracts more
than 50% of the cable news viewing audience. Notably, a 2021
Nielsen/MRI Fusion report showed the network garners the largest
independent audience in cable news, while FNC’s primetime hours
deliver the second largest liberal audience in cable news.
Additionally, a 2021 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index
report stated FOX News leads the news industry in both brand
loyalty, engagement and expectations. Owned by FOX Corp, FNC is
available in 80 million homes and dominates the cable news
landscape, routinely notching the top 10 programs in the genre.
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