Overview

• Fox News averaged 3.6 million weekday primetime viewers during the week of February 24, surpassing ABC and rivaling NBC, prompting Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch to label it a 'fifth broadcast network.'
• Bret Baier’s interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 28 attracted a peak audience of 6.4 million viewers, outperforming NBC and CBS evening news shows in the same time slot.
• The Zelensky interview followed a tense Oval Office meeting with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, during which U.S.-Ukraine relations and mineral agreements were debated.
• Fox News maintained its dominance in cable news, capturing 65% of the market and taking 13 of the top 15 most-watched cable news programs of the week.
• MSNBC and CNN also saw significant viewership gains during the same week, with MSNBC experiencing its highest ratings since election week and CNN improving in key demographic rankings.