Thursday, March 4, 2021

News Ratings: Week Ending February 28, 2021

Below are the ratings for the evening news telecasts on the three major broadcast networks: ABC (World News Tonight), CBS (CBS Evening News), and NBC (NBC Nightly News), as well as six hours of evening/night ratings (6pm-12am) for the three major cable news networks: CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. There are three charts below, the first includes total viewership (presented in thousands), the second includes viewership among adults 25-54 (the news demographic), and the final chart includes 18-49 ratings for the cable programs. I don't have 18-49 data for the broadcast news programs. Additionally, data only goes from Monday-Friday as I do not track weekend news ratings. 

Total viewers:
TIMENETViewers
(000)
Viewers
(000)
Viewers
(000)
Viewers
(000)
Viewers
(000)
MonTueWedThuFri
 
VARABC9,9249,4209,2879,5158,937
CBS5,9035,8845,6125,6365,434
NBC7,9258,0807,2837,5867,211
 
6PCNN1,4111,4421,0701,2101,165
FOX NEWS1,8722,0691,9362,0421,926
MSNBC2,310/1,9572,062/1,5961,8331,8251,861
 
7PCNN1,6211,5491,3311,4421,405
FOX NEWS1,5591,7561,5831,7001,638
MSNBC1,9261,6891,8301,8311,338
 
8PCNN1,7981,3701,3551,6681,542
FOX NEWS3,3433,2983,0473,4072,852
MSNBC2,1022,0932,1792,1691,700
 
9PCNN1,8251,4051,5201,7311,577
FOX NEWS2,6662,9112,8392,9572,678
MSNBC3,4633,3293,4683,2382,406
 
10PCNN1,3311,2631,2051,2311,007
FOX NEWS2,0022,2142,0892,1322,040
MSNBC2,5612,2312,5222,2401,836
 
11PCNN699821838765873
FOX NEWS1,0961,2521,1611,2241,222
MSNBC2,0471,7381,8081,7761,584

Adults 25-54 viewers:
TIMENET25-54
(000)
25-54
(000)
25-54
(000)
25-54
(000)
25-54
(000)
MonTueWedThuFri
 
VARABC1,9211,7821,7621,8671,583
CBS1,0531,1139891,0701,051
NBC1,5601,6121,3541,3421,281
 
6PCNN322316242305273
FOX NEWS288294262297250
MSNBC310/286282/240240219225
 
7PCNN386362244330314
FOX NEWS254242177346241
MSNBC315240259263189
 
8PCNN445319300352337
FOX NEWS501486357572436
MSNBC324317297318235
 
9PMCNN416332329390306
FOX NEWS423410390499368
MSNBC538491513482331
 
10PCNN325363336293234
FOX NEWS417385356372284
MSNBC362287353343231
 
11PCNN150223247195207
FOX NEWS251251238209181
MSNBC331233251270221

Cable 18-49 ratings:
TIMENET18-4918-4918-4918-4918-49
MonTueWedThuFri
 
6PCNN0.180.220.130.170.16
FOX NEWS0.140.120.100.150.12
MSNBC0.12/0.130.15/0.110.110.100.07
 
7PCNN0.220.220.140.180.19
FOX NEWS0.130.100.070.180.11
MSNBC0.150.120.130.130.07
 
8PCNN0.240.180.180.180.18
FOX NEWS0.260.210.170.280.20
MSNBC0.160.140.150.170.10
 
9PCNN0.210.190.180.200.16
FOX NEWS0.220.190.170.230.16
MSNBC0.270.240.240.260.16
 
10PCNN0.170.210.190.160.13
FOX NEWS0.230.180.170.170.13
MSNBC0.190.120.160.180.11
 
11PCNN0.080.110.140.120.12
FOX NEWS0.110.110.100.090.07
MSNBC0.160.120.110.140.11

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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