Fox News Channel And Fox Business Network Ranked In Top Five Basic Cable Primetime For Week

FBN Scored #1 Telecast in All of Cable with Tuesday’s GOP Debate

FNC Ranked #1 in Basic Cable Total Day Fueled by Paris Coverage

According to Nielsen, during the week of 11/9-11/15, both FOX News Channel (FNC) and FOX Business Network (FBN) finished in the top 5 basic cable primetime in total viewers. Fueled by the Paris terrorist attack coverage, FNC delivered 2.3 million viewers in primetime (8-11PM/ET), ranking #2 in basic cable primetime and #1 in total day with 1,395,000 viewers. Over the weekend in the aftermath of the Paris attacks, FNC was the #1 cable news channel in total viewers. For Saturday and Sunday, FNC averaged 1,346,000 viewers and 280,000 in the key demo up 98% in viewers and 109% in the demo compared to the 2015 average.

FBN had the #1 rated program in all of cable last week with Tuesday night’s GOP debate, pulling in a network record breaking 13.5 million total viewers and 3.7 million viewers in the A25-54 demo. The debate helped place FBN at #4 in basic cable primetime.

Meanwhile, the competition was unable to crack the top 16 with MSNBC ranking 22^nd and CNN ranking 16^th in primetime total viewers.

Week 11/9-11/15

Top 5 – Primetime (P2+)

1. ESPN (2,825,000)
2. FNC (2,321,000)
3. Hallmark (1,767,000)
4. FBN (1,622,000)
5. AMC (1,498,000)

Top 5 – Total Day (P2+)

1. FNC (1,395,000)
2. NICK (1,219,000)
3. Adult Swim (1,060,000)
4. ESPN (1,008,000)
5. Hallmark (894,000)

Cable News Rankings (P2+)

• FNC ranked #2 in primetime (2,321,000 P2+) and #1 in total day (1,395,000 P2+)
• CNN ranked #16 in primetime (987,000 P2+) and #10 in total day (728,000 P2+)
• MSNBC ranked #22 in primetime (713,000 P2+) and #21 in total day (432,000 P2+)

• FBN ranked #4 in primetime (1,622,000 P2+) and #20 in total day (432,000 P2+)