Ratings move with the news. This archive keeps every weekly and monthly chart exactly as it was published — nothing re-cut, nothing revised — so the shifts are there to see: who gained going into the election, who held the audience after it, and where the viewers went. Newest first. The current charts live on the Cable News Ratings page.
SNAPSHOTS BY DATE
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19–25, 2026 — WEEKLY · published Oct 30, 2026
OCTOBER 2026 — MONTHLY · published Oct 28, 2026
SEPTEMBER 2026 — MONTHLY · published Oct 2, 2026
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19–25, 2026 — WEEKLY (AdWeek TVNewser, published Oct 30, 2026 · Nielsen Big Data + Panel)
Adults 25–54 — the finishers the weekly report names (Fox News held the other 10 of the top 15 spots):
1. THE FIVE (Fox News) — 235,000
3. THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW (MS NOW) — 186,000
9. CNN NEWSNIGHT WITH ABBY PHILLIP (CNN) — 147,000
11. THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O’DONNELL (MS NOW) — 145,000
12. THE SOURCE WITH KAITLAN COLLINS (CNN) — 135,000
Total viewers — the finishers named: 1. The Five (Fox News) 2,794,000 · 7. The Rachel Maddow Show (MS NOW) 1,806,000 · 14. The Last Word (MS NOW) 1,242,000 · 15. Deadline: White House, 5 PM (MS NOW) 1,163,000. Fox News held 12 of the 15 spots.
Networks that week: Primetime — Fox News 1,747,000 total / 140,000 demo · MS NOW 954,000 / 111,000 · CNN 632,000 / 117,000. Total day — Fox News 1,156,000 / 103,000 · MS NOW 609,000 / 67,000 · CNN 424,000 / 65,000.
OCTOBER 2026 — MONTHLY (network releases, published Oct 28, 2026 · Fox: Live+SD · MS NOW: Big Data + Panel, Sep 28–Oct 25)
Adults 25–54 — Top 5 (the only demo ranking released for October):
1. THE FIVE (Fox News) — 238,000
2. GUTFELD! (Fox News) — 191,000
3. JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME (Fox News) — 189,000
4. HANNITY (Fox News) — 184,000
5. SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER (Fox News) — 165,000
Total viewers — Top 20:
1. THE FIVE (Fox News) — 2,707,000
2. JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME (Fox News) — 2,344,000
3. SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER (Fox News) — 2,022,000
4. GUTFELD! (Fox News) — 1,983,000
5. THE INGRAHAM ANGLE (Fox News) — 1,940,000
6. HANNITY (Fox News) — 1.8M+
7. THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW (MS NOW) — 1.7M
8. THE WILL CAIN SHOW (Fox News) — 1.6M
9. AMERICA’S NEWSROOM (Fox News) — 1.4M
10. THE FAULKNER FOCUS (Fox News) — 1.4M
11. OUTNUMBERED (Fox News) — 1.4M
12. THE STORY WITH MARTHA MACCALLUM (Fox News) — 1.4M
13. AMERICA REPORTS (Fox News) — 1.3M
14. SATURDAY IN AMERICA (Fox News) — 1.1M+
15. FOX NEWS @ NIGHT (Fox News) — 1.1M
16. SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (Fox News) — 1.0M
17. SUNDAY NIGHT IN AMERICA (Fox News) — 1.0M
18. FOX & FRIENDS (Fox News) — nearly 1M
19. FOX & FRIENDS WEEKEND (Fox News) — 949,000
20. THE SUNDAY BRIEFING (Fox News) — 937,000
Networks in October: Fox News 1,101,000 total day / 1,675,000 primetime · MS NOW 588,000 / 925,000 · CNN 402,000 / 598,000.
SEPTEMBER 2026 — MONTHLY (AdWeek TVNewser, published Oct 2, 2026 · Nielsen Big Data + Panel)
Adults 25–54 — the complete chart (15 programs, 12 rank positions, three ties):
1. THE FIVE (Fox News) — 273,000
2. GUTFELD! (Fox News) — 214,000
3. JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME (Fox News) — 212,000
4. HANNITY (Fox News) — 204,000
5. THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW (MS NOW) — 186,000
6. SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER (Fox News) — 179,000
7. (TIE) THE INGRAHAM ANGLE (Fox News) — 161,000
7. (TIE) THE WILL CAIN SHOW (Fox News) — 161,000
8. OUTNUMBERED (Fox News) — 147,000
9. (TIE) THE FAULKNER FOCUS (Fox News) — 139,000
9. (TIE) THE STORY WITH MARTHA MACCALLUM (Fox News) — 139,000
10. AMERICA REPORTS (Fox News) — 135,000
11. (TIE) AMERICA’S NEWSROOM (Fox News) — 121,000
11. (TIE) CNN NEWSNIGHT WITH ABBY PHILLIP (CNN) — 121,000
12. FOX NEWS @ NIGHT (Fox News) — 112,000
Total viewers — Top 15:
1. THE FIVE (Fox News) — 2,794,000
2. JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME (Fox News) — 2,408,000
3. GUTFELD! (Fox News) — 2,123,000
4. HANNITY (Fox News) — 2,055,000
5. SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER (Fox News) — 2,040,000
6. THE INGRAHAM ANGLE (Fox News) — 1,919,000
7. THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW (MS NOW) — 1,786,000
8. THE WILL CAIN SHOW (Fox News) — 1,645,000
9. THE STORY WITH MARTHA MACCALLUM (Fox News) — 1,427,000
10. AMERICA’S NEWSROOM (Fox News) — 1,414,000
11. OUTNUMBERED (Fox News) — 1,405,000
12. THE FAULKNER FOCUS (Fox News) — 1,399,000
13. AMERICA REPORTS (Fox News) — 1,368,000
14. THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O’DONNELL (MS NOW) — 1,110,000
15. FOX NEWS @ NIGHT (Fox News) — 1,095,000
How this archive works: each snapshot is the chart as it was first published, with its source and measurement basis (Live+SD or Nielsen Big Data + Panel) labeled on its block. Weekly rankers name their leading finishers in text; the full weekly program charts are published as graphics, so weekly blocks carry the named finishers and the network tables. Monthly blocks carry complete charts whenever a complete chart was published. No figure is estimated, revised, or back-filled.