Fox News Ratings

Can CNN Compete With Headline News?

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.22.2012

Reese Schonfeld

I launched both CNN and Headline News, and I never believed the days would come when more people watched our tabloid version rather than what was supposed to be the quality product.

CNN Has Worst Month In Over A Decade

Posted 05.02.2012

April was the worst month for CNN in over a decade, and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes made his dissatisfaction clear on Wednesday. The cable news ra...

It's Official: O'Reilly Signs New Deal With Fox News

Posted 04.24.2012

It's official: Bill O'Reilly signed a new contract with Fox News. Deadline reported that Fox News CEO Roger Ailes made the official announcement on...

O'Reilly, Hannity To Sign New Deals With Fox News

Posted 04.19.2012

Fox News hosts Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are close to signing new deals with the network that employs them. According to Deadline, O'Reilly a...

Fox News Changes Its Morning Lineup

Posted 03.01.2012

Fox News is changing its morning lineup. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fox News is expanding its morning program "Fox & Friends" to four ho...

Which Cable News Shows Are Leading The Pack?

Posted 04.30.2012

The cable news ratings for February 2012 are in, and things were not business as usual. Like clockwork, Fox News cleared the top of the list. The ...

Cable News Ratings: CNN Tops MSNBC In Primetime

Posted 02.01.2012

The cable news ratings for January 2012 are in, and as usual, Fox News cleared the top programs. The network claimed the thirteen highest rating shows...

In Cable, Viewers Tune In For Talk, Not News

Posted 12.27.2011

The New York Times' Brian Stelter wrote about the rise of Fox News' 5:00 p.m. show, "The Five" on Sunday. Stelter recounted how the program, which...

Fox News' Gloating Christmas Card

Posted 12.21.2011

Fox News sent out quite the Christmas card this year, complete with a poem gloating the network's ratings success. On the front of the card, a car...

Fox News Tacking Towards Center: Report

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 12.05.2011

Fox News has put on a different hat this primary season. New York Magazine's Gabriel Sherman reported on the network's noticeably tougher approach...

Cable News Ratings: Fox News Down, MSNBC Up

Posted 11.30.2011

November's cable news ratings are out and here we go again! Like clockwork, Fox News dominated the ratings. Still, every network had an interesting st...

Who Came Out On Top In The Cable News Wars?

Posted 01.03.2012

October's cable news ratings are out, and Fox News reigned again. The perennial first place network claimed the top eight primetime shows last month. ...

Which Cable News Shows Are Leading The Pack?

Posted 11.28.2011

The third quarter cable news ratings are out, and Fox News reigned again. Behind Fox News though, things were not business as usual: CNN is gaining on...

HLN Surges Like Crazy: See The Top 30 Cable News Programs For July 2011

Posted 10.04.2011

Another month, another boring old list of cable news ratings. In July, Fox News cleared the field as usual, racking up the top--wait. It didn't? No...

Fox News Ratings Dip: See The Top 30 Cable News Shows

Posted 08.29.2011

All four top cable news networks had something to celebrate during the second quarter of the 2011 ratings season. Fox News could toast its usual domi...

Sean Hannity Is Right!

Russell Simmons | Posted 08.23.2011

Russell Simmons

Fox News has always been a network that we assume to be evil. What is hard to often swallow is they are sometimes right.

CNN Skyrockets, Fox News Still Tops In May Ratings

Posted 08.01.2011

Most months, the cable news ratings show little fluctuation. Fox News is always dominant, and the rest of the pack shuffles around a bit. In May, thou...

Fox News, Anderson Cooper Win Day 2 Of Bin Laden Coverage

Posted 07.04.2011

Fox News regained its lead in the ratings on Monday, a day after CNN posted astonishingly high viewer figures for the coverage of Barack Obama's speec...

Morgan Strong, Hannity Edges Back Up: See Top 30 Cable News Shows In April

Posted 06.26.2011

Another month, another chance to survey the cable news landscape. April was not the cruelest month for Fox News; the network took its usual 11 slots a...

CNN Soars, MSNBC Stumbles: See The Top 30 Cable News Shows

Posted 05.29.2011

CNN's ratings soared in the first quarter of 2011, making it one of the biggest winners of the last three months of cable news ratings. While Fox News...

CNN Triumphs (At Least in Most Demographic Categories)

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Reese Schonfeld

Last week's news numbers are the most substantial proof I can present that when major news breaks, occasional (non-regular) news viewers still turn to CNN to get the facts.

Cooper Rockets Up, Baier Steady: See Top 30 Cable News Shows In February

Posted 05.25.2011

Fox News' Bret Baier and Shepard Smith have firmly settled into the top 5 of the cable news ratings. February's number show that Baier has had the sec...

Beck Tumbles, Baier Rises: See Top 30 Cable News Shows In January

Posted 05.25.2011

In a way, January's cable news ratings are no surprise: Fox News overwhelmed the competition, and MSNBC beat CNN. But there were some interesting tidb...

2010 Cable News Ratings: Fox News Trounces Rivals...See Top 30 Programs

Posted 05.25.2011

2010 is almost done, and the cable news ratings for the entire year are in. As always, Fox News came out on top, thoroughly dominating the competition...

Fox News Reigns, 'Special Report' Moves Up...See Top 30 Cable News Shows For November

Posted 05.25.2011

It's not a surprise that Fox News swamped all of the other cable news channels in the November ratings -- it tends to do that every month. However, th...