Fox News Tops May Ratings But Sees Viewership Falloff After Dropping Tucker Carlson From Primetime
deadline.comThe month of May was the first full month without cable news’ top primetime host, Tucker Carlson, and it showed. Fox News continued to top primetime and total day viewers, but the margins have narrowed considerably with MSNBC, which was the only major cable news network to see viewership gains.
Fox News averaged 1.42 million viewers in primetime, a 37% drop from the same month a year ago. MSNBC averaged 1.16 million viewers, an increase of 14% from May, 2022.
CNN averaged 494,000, a drop of 25%. In the 25-54 demo, Fox News averaged 135,000, down 62% from a year ago. MSNBC averaged 120,000, up 14%, while CNN posted 113,000, down 25%.
In total day, Fox News averaged 1.09 million viewers, down 25%, while MSNBC posted 736,000, up 16% and CNN fell 17% to 416,000.
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