
Fox News Still Leads Cable News Amid Yearly Slumps
Fox News remained the top cable-news network for the week of May 11 with about 2.282 million total viewers and 202,000 adults 25-54 in primetime, though both figures were down from the prior week and year. MS NOW posted year-over-year gains but slipped week-over-week (primetime 903k total; 87k demo; total day 581k total; 62k demo), while CNN fell week-over-week but posted strong YoY increases (primetime 661k total; 104k demo; total day 447k; 69k). The Five led the top shows at 3.373 million total viewers (317k demo), with the only non-Fox title in the top 15 being MS NOW’s The Rachel Maddow Show at 1.942 million total viewers (160k demo). Nielsen data cited by AdWeek show overall declines versus the prior week across the networks, with Fox News down in primetime and total day, while MS NOW and CNN exhibit divergent year-over-year patterns.










