Saturday, May 1, 2021

News Ratings: Week Ending April 25, 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.

Note that the verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial came down during the 5pm hour on Tuesday which is not included in the charts below. Here is how each of the networks performed in that hour:
  • CNN: 1.10 adults 18-49 rating, 1.44 P25-54, 4.689 million viewers
  • Fox News: 0.50 adults 18-49 rating, 0.80 P25-54 (964K), 4.330 million viewers
  • HLN: 0.24 adults 18-49 rating, 0.31 P25-54, 939,000 viewers
  • MSNBC breakdown is split
    • 4pm-5:30pm: 0.32 adults 18-49 rating, 0.49 P25-54 (597K), 3.311 million viewers
    • 5:30pm-6pm: 0.34 adults 18-49 rating, 0.52 P25-54 (631K), 3.105 million viewers
Ratings for the 4:30pm - 6:30pm window on Tuesday:
  • CNN: 4.028 million viewers, 1.459 million adults 25-54
  • ABC: 4.003 million viewers, 980,000 adults 25-54
  • Fox News: 3.442 million viewers, 742,000 adults 25-54
  • MSNBC: 3.066 million viewers, 562,000 adults 25-54
  • CBS: 3.017 million viewers, 682,000 adults 25-54
  • HLN: 825,000 viewers, 309,000 adults 25-54
Total viewers:
TIMENETViewers
(000)
Viewers
(000)
Viewers
(000)
Viewers
(000)
Viewers
(000)
MonTueWedThuFri
 
VARABC8,4957,6078,3088,0357,819
CBS5,0954,4675,0625,0524,701
NBC7,0166,3836,7436,4875,990
 
6PCNN1,3602,903737739761
FOX NEWS2,1412,262/1,6921,9231,9111,519
MSNBC1,7112,2311,3601,3951,081
 
7PCNN1,4262,406916932808
FOX NEWS1,8791,6351,5411,5181,374
MSNBC1,6092,0731,3291,3261,124
 
8PCNN1,4152,0751,0261,097829
FOX NEWS3,4013,3292,7502,9732,184
MSNBC1,7491,9271,4121,5721,394
 
9PCNN1,4591,9561,1771,162859
FOX NEWS4,0902,8112,6582,5982,254
MSNBC2,8302,7202,5032,5642,262
 
10PCNN1,2481,5781,033875496
FOX NEWS2,4452,1851,9462,0881,835
MSNBC1,8101,9691,7401,7511,148
 
11PCNN8871,034719617408
FOX NEWS1,6371,6071,3401,5111,428
MSNBC1,4281,5631,2971,3601,018

Adults 25-54 viewers: not available for 6pm or 7pm on Tuesday for CNN
TIMENET25-54
(000)
25-54
(000)
25-54
(000)
25-54
(000)
25-54
(000)
MonTueWedThuFri
 
VARABC1,6421,5691,5661,6451,402
CBS833839914736753
NBC1,3551,3481,3171,1481,066
 
6PCNN392-223181202
FOX NEWS320487/382322331212
MSNBC276480183175126
 
7PCNN417-240277218
FOX NEWS357393256293228
MSNBC255475211200154
 
8PCNN438746236300195
FOX NEWS656671473605300
MSNBC280373211215175
 
9PMCNN429730304310159
FOX NEWS836539487460289
MSNBC445498379383262
 
10PCNN432581305251123
FOX NEWS509452376404276
MSNBC251339239262151
 
11PCNN318388246174118
FOX NEWS358356269315227
MSNBC241293224206128

Cable 18-49 ratings:
TIMENET18-4918-4918-4918-4918-49
MonTueWedThuFri
 
6PCNN0.210.700.130.100.11
FOX NEWS0.150.24/0.200.140.140.11
MSNBC0.120.260.080.070.07
 
7PCNN0.230.560.130.160.11
FOX NEWS0.180.190.120.130.11
MSNBC0.120.240.110.100.08
 
8PCNN0.230.420.110.160.10
FOX NEWS0.320.330.220.300.16
MSNBC0.140.190.120.110.09
 
9PCNN0.240.440.150.170.09
FOX NEWS0.430.260.230.210.13
MSNBC0.220.250.200.200.13
 
10PCNN0.230.330.150.130.07
FOX NEWS0.250.210.180.190.14
MSNBC0.130.170.130.130.09
 
11PCNN0.160.220.110.100.06
FOX NEWS0.160.170.130.160.11
MSNBC0.120.150.120.110.08

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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