Fox and Friends Dominates Competition On CNN And MSNBC, Finishes October As Number One Cable Morning Show For 19th Consecutive Month

Fox News’s hit show Fox and Friends continued to dominate the competition finishing October with 1.4 million viewers and critical A25-54 211,000 in the demo. The show easily beat CNN’s New Day and MSNBC’s Morning Joe combined across both categories.

Fox and Friends continued as the number one cable news program in the mornings in both categories for the 19th consecutive month. Fox News also beat CNN and MSNBC combined with total day and primetime viewers and the critical A25-54 Demo for the 15th consecutive month.

Fox News had 98 of the top 100 cable news telecasts for the month of October. Fox was the only cable news network to post growth month over month across the board. In total day, Fox News delivered 1.5 million viewers, 206,000 with the 25-54 demo and 124,000 with the 18-49 demo. 

In primetime, Fox News delivered 2.3 million viewers, 295,000 in the 25-54 demo and 180,000 with the 18-49 demo. October was also CNN’s worst month with primetime viewers year to date.

Cable News Demo Rankings Tue Nov 1

1⃣@TuckerCarlson
2⃣@JessePrimetime
3⃣@GutfeldFox!
4⃣@SeanHannity
5⃣@TheFive @DanaPerino @GregGutfeld @JesseBWatters @KatiePavlich* @HaroldFordJr
6⃣@IngrahamAngle
7⃣@BretBaier @MarthaMacCallum
8⃣9⃣@FoxandFriends
🔟@DanaPerino @BillHemmer pic.twitter.com/8whiINxTOY

— RoadMN 📈 (@RoadMN) November 2, 2022

Fox News’ hit show The Five continued as the number one rated show in viewers for the seventh consecutive month and finished first in cable news for the last 10 out of 11 months.

The show averaged 3.4 million viewers, 419,000 in the 25-54 demo and 255,000 in the 18-49 demo beating every show on CNN and MSNBC.

Tucker Carlson Tonight continued as the highest-rated program in cable news in the younger 25-54 demo, averaging 3.3 million viewers and 470,000 in the 25-54 demo, as well as 295,000 in the 18-49 category throughout October.

The Ingraham Angle had 2.2 million viewers, 292,000 in the 25-54 demo and 171,000 in 18-49 continuing her streak as the most-watched female in cable news. The Five and Tucker Carlson Tonight both beat ABC’s Good Morning America in total viewers.

Total Viewers: 

The Five (3,406,000), 

Tucker Carlson Tonight (3,298,000), 

Jesse Watters Primetime (2,911,000), 

Hannity (2,741,000), 

Special Report with Bret Baier (2,495,000)

Adults 25-54: 

Tucker Carlson Tonight (470,000), 

The Five (419,000), 

Jesse Watters Primetime (364,000) 

Hannity (344,000), 

Gutfeld! (337,000)

Great to be on @foxandfriends to talk about how the left has weakened our national security.

It’s no coincidence that Biden cut off U.S. drilling while increasing our dependence on Russian oil.

Check it out here: https://t.co/XEilcU4SoD pic.twitter.com/tcM7doqg7V

— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) November 1, 2022