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Breaking News: Fox News Channel (FNC) dominated cable news viewership for the day and prime-time hours on August 2, 2023, according to Nielsen data. FNC secured 1.752 million total viewers for the entire day, significantly outpacing CNN’s 398,000 and MSNBC’s 572,000. In prime-time viewing, FNC led with 3.039 million viewers,compared to CNN’s 536,000 and MSNBC’s 896,000.
These figures represent Live + Same Day (SD) viewership, measured in thousands.
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Cain: 1,973 |
Hunt: 523 |
Wallace: 1,025 |
| 5PM | Five: 3,853 |
Tapper: 591 |
Wallace: 1,004 |
| 6pm | Baier: 2,560 |
Tapper: 437 |
Melber: 875 |
| 7pm | Ingraham: 2,449 |
Burnett: 532 |
Weeknight: 722 |
| 8PM | watters: 3,405 |
Cooper: 536 |
Hayes: 839 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 2,598 |
Collins: 557 |
Psaki: 953 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld: 3,114 |
Phillip: 515 |
O’Donnell: 897 |
| 11PM | Gallagher: 1,614 |
Coates: 263 |
Ruhle: 594 |
Detailed Viewership Breakdown (Live+SD x 1,000):
4 PM: Harris Faulkner’s “the Faulkner Focus” on FNC drew 1,973,000 viewers, while CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” with Kaitlan Collins garnered 523,000, and “Deadline: White House” hosted by Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC reached 1,025,000 viewers.
5 PM: “The Five” on FNC led with 3,853,000 viewers. CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” attracted 591,000 viewers, and MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House” with Nicolle Wallace secured 1,004,000 viewers.
6 PM: Bret Baier‘s “Special Report” on FNC achieved 2,560,000 viewers. Jake Tapper’s program on CNN had 437,000 viewers, and Ali Velshi’s “The Beat” on MSNBC reached 875,000 viewers.
7 PM: Laura Ingraham‘s “The Ingraham Angle” on FNC garnered 2,
