Fox News Eclipses Broadcast Giants CBS And NBC To Rank Second In All Of Television
Fox News Channel (FNC) has moved into the number two spot across all of television for weekday primetime viewership so far in 2025, overtaking traditional broadcast heavyweights CBS and NBC.
According to the latest Nielsen Big Data + Panel figures, FNC has averaged 3,222,000 viewers year-to-date in the weekday primetime slot. This performance pushes the cable network ahead of CBS, which tracks at 3,168,000 viewers, and NBC, which sits at 3,062,000.
For the week of November 17 specifically, the network captured 88 of the top 100 cable news telecasts. The Five remained the dominant force in the lineup, averaging 3.7 million viewers and 298,000 in the key 25-54 demographic, making it the most-watched show in cable news.
The Nielsen data also highlights a continuing shift in late-night viewing habits. FNC’s Gutfeld! averaged 2.5 million viewers at 10 PM ET, outpacing the broadcast competition. By comparison, CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert drew 2 million viewers, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! pulled in 1.8 million, and NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon trailed with 938,000 viewers.
The ratings gap extended into daytime programming as well. The Will Cain Show averaged 2.1 million viewers at 4 PM ET, topping NBC’s Today Third Hour. Similarly, daytime blocks including The Faulkner Focus and America’s Newsroom posted higher viewership numbers than ABC’s GMA3 and NBC News Daily.
Weekend programming followed the trend, with Kayleigh McEnany’s Saturday in America and Maria Bartiromo’s Sunday Morning Futures ranking as the most-watched cable news shows on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
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