Fox News topped its cable news rivals when the announcement of Pope Leo XIV was made on Thursday afternoon. During the 1 p.m. ET hour, Fox News had 3.7 million total viewers and 667,000 viewers in the Adults 25-54 demo, while CNN had 1.5 million total viewers and 326,000 demo viewers, and MSNBC had 974,000 total viewers and 127,000 A25-54 viewers. In the later hours, The Five was FNC’s most-watched show in total viewers, while the 5 p.m. hour of Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace led for MSNBC, and Erin Burnett OutFront was first for CNN.
25-54 Demographic (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 264 | CNN: 96 | MSNBC: 65
Prime: FNC: 363 | CNN: 128 | MSNBC: 97
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Cain: 338 |
Hunt: 143 |
Wallace: 86 |
| 5PM | Five: 365 |
Tapper: 146 |
Wallace: 125 |
| 6PM | Baier: 244 |
Tapper: 88 |
Melber: 89 |
| 7PM | Ingraham: 299 |
Burnett: 121 |
Weeknight: 60 |
| 8PM | Watters: 353 |
Cooper: 138 |
Hayes: 103 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 345 |
Collins: 109 |
Psaki: 98 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld!: 390 |
Phillip: 135 |
O’Donnell: 91 |
| 11PM | @ Night: 250 |
Coates: 86 |
Ruhle: 54 |
Total Viewers (Live+SD x 1,000)
Total Day: FNC: 1.965 | CNN: 526 | MSNBC: 694
Prime: FNC: 3.003 | CNN: 623 | MSNBC: 1.106
| FNC: | CNN: | MSNBC: | |
| 4PM | Cain: 2.204 |
Hunt: 777 |
Wallace: 1.079 |
| 5PM | Five: 3.565 |
Tapper: 747 |
Wallace: 1.239 |
| 6PM | Baier: 2.740 |
Tapper: 550 |
Melber: 1.082 |
| 7PM | Ingraham: 2.693 |
Burnett: 769 |
Weeknight: 829 |
| 8PM | Watters: 3.204 |
Cooper: 725 |
Hayes: 1.002 |
| 9PM | Hannity: 2.821 |
Collins: 588 |
Psaki: 1.105 |
| 10PM | Gutfeld!: 2.983 |
Phillip: 556 |
O’Donnell: 1.213 |
| 11PM | @ Night: 1.523 |
Coates: 315 |
Ruhle:: 765 |
