Fox News Channel wallops CNN, MS NOW viewership during first quarter of 2026

Fox News Channel dominated the first quarter of 2026, topping all of cable for the 20th consecutive quarter while beating CBS among weekday primetime viewers. 

Fox News averaged 1.7 million total day viewers during the jam-packed news cycle, compared to 691,000 for MS NOW and 577,000 for CNN. 

During primetime, Fox News averaged 2.6 million viewers, while MS NOW managed 1.1 million and CNN settled for only 797,000. It was the 97th straight quarter that Fox News topped cable news primetime viewership...