Jesse Watters Shows Joe Behar And Whoopi Goldberg Who’s Boss, Has Two Shows That Beat The View In January

Fox News star Jesse Watters had a great January as did the entire Fox Network. Fox dominated the competition delivering 99 of the Top 100 Cable News Telecasts in January.

Fox finished January 2023 surpassing CNN and MSNBC with total day and primetime viewers and A25-54 for the 23rd consecutive month. The Five continued to make history, marking ten consecutive months as the most-watched program on cable news.

Tucker Carlson Tonight continued to dominate cable news in the younger advertiser coveted 25-54 demo. Gutfeld! continued to bring in huge numbers and beat ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

Fox and Friends continued to dominate the morning hours easily beating the newly launched CNN This Morning and MSNBC’s Morning Joe combined across both categories.

But the big winner was Jesse Watters and the big losers were Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg. Jesse had two shows that beat The View this month in a wake-up call for the ABC show.

The Five, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Jesse Watters Primetime, and Hannity all surpassed ABC’s The View with total viewers.

Special Report with Bret Baier averaged 2.4 million viewers and 278,000 in the 25-54 demo. 

Jesse Watters Primetime finished as the third highest-rated cable news program, averaging 2.8 million viewers and 319,000 in the 25-54 demo.

JANUARY 2023 RATINGS FOR THE TOP FIVE PROGRAMS IN CABLE NEWS:

Total Viewers:

The Five (3,378,000),

Tucker Carlson Tonight (3,188,000),

Jesse Watters Primetime (2,836,000),

Hannity (2,568,000),

Special Report with Bret Baier (2,406,000)

Adults 25-54:

Tucker Carlson Tonight (448,000),

The Five (379,000),

Jesse Watters Primetime (319,000),

Hannity (307,000), Gutfeld! (301,000)

JANUARY 2023 VS. JANUARY 2022 NIELSEN NUMBERS (seven day week, L+SD):

So much for prime time. Fox’s 5 p.m. chat fest is the new king of cable news https://t.co/TKGL4yyDum

— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) January 12, 2023

TOTAL DAY

FNC: 1,349,000 total viewers – down 4% (173,000 in 25-54 – down 23%)

CNN: 524,000 total viewers – up 7% (107,000 in 25-54 – up 7%)

MSNBC: 703,000 total viewers – up 7% (78,000 in 25-54 – up 5%)

PRIMETIME

FNC: 1,945,000 total viewers – down 13% (239,000 in 25-54- down 29%)

CNN: 629,000 total viewers – down 1% (144,000 in 25-54 – up 3%)

MSNBC: 1,047,000 total viewers – down 9% (109,000 in 25-54 – down 16%)