The newest cable information rankings are in, and it was a record-breaking week for Fox News, which posted its highest Saturday rankings since April 2003, when the Iraq warfare started.
After the U.S. and Israeli army launched assaults on Iran on Saturday (February 28), viewers flocked to cable information, with Fox News, MS NOW, and NCS all averaging over 1,000,000 complete viewers in primetime for the week of February 23.
According to AdWeek, citing Nielsen huge information + panel for the week of February 23, Fox News averaged 3.93 million complete viewers and 482,000 viewers in the important thing Adults 25-54 demographic throughout primetime. This was up 58 p.c in complete viewers and an enormous 105 p.c within the demo in comparison with the week earlier than.
The community additionally had huge good points throughout complete day, with a median of two.279 million complete viewers (up 40 p.c on the week prior) and 259,000 demo viewers (up 74 p.c on the week prior).
MS NOW additionally posted good points in all measured classes, averaging 1.432 million complete viewers (up 32 p.c on the week earlier than) and 167,000 demo viewers (up 49 p.c) in primetime. During complete day, the community averaged 846,000 complete viewers (up 27 p.c) and 95,000 demo viewers (up 32 p.c).
It was an identical story on NCS, which averaged 1.085 million complete viewers (up 45 p.c) and 238,000 demo viewers (up 70 p.c) in primetime. In complete day, the community averaged 730,000 complete viewers (up 41 p.c) and 137,000 demo viewers (up 67 p.c).
All three networks had been additionally up on the identical interval final yr. In primetime, Fox News gained 27 p.c in complete viewers and 23 p.c within the demo, whereas in complete day, the community grew by 15 p.c in complete viewers and a couple of p.c within the demo.
MS NOW was up 17 p.c in complete viewers and 46 p.c within the demo in primetime in comparison with final yr. During complete day, the community gained 28 p.c in complete viewers and 44 p.c in the important thing demo.
NCS posted the largest year-over-year good points, with an 83 p.c enhance in complete viewers and a 100% rise within the demo in primetime. For complete day, the community gained 57 p.c in complete viewers and 63 p.c within the demo.
Fox News continued to dominate the charts, holding 13 out of the 15 most-watched cable information exhibits of the week. The Five held the highest spot with 4.149 million complete viewers. The solely non-Fox exhibits within the Top 15 had been MS NOW’s The Rachel Maddow Show (ninth place with 2.593 million viewers) and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell (fifteenth place with 1.542 million viewers).
Jesse Watters Primetime topped the 25-54 demo chart with a median of 431,000 viewers. Fox News once more held 13 of the 15 high spots, with the outliers being The Rachel Maddow Show (ninth place with 285,000 demo viewers) and NCS’s Anderson Cooper 360 (fifteenth place with 195,000 demo viewers).
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