Fox News Channel leads CBS and NBC in weekday primetime, dominates cable viewership in second quarter ratings

Fox News Channel dominated all of cable among viewers across total day and primetime and also finished June by leading CBS and NBC with weekday primetime viewers.

Fox News was the only basic cable option to surpass the one-million viewer benchmark, crushing the competition with an average audience of 1.6 million during the second quarter. ESPN finished second with 664,000 average viewers, followed by MS NOW’s 655,00 and 496,000 for CNN.

During primetime, Fox News averaged 2.5 million viewers to finish No.