Overview
- Fox averaged about 2.3 million viewers in October primetime, far ahead of MSNBC’s 815,000 and CNN’s 504,000 as both rivals posted October lows in the 25–54 demo.
- Through October, Fox is averaging roughly 3.3 million weekday primetime viewers for 2025, outpacing ABC, CBS and NBC.
- Fox’s The Five led all cable news in October with about 3.692 million viewers and ranked No. 1 across all television at 5 p.m.
- Gutfeld! topped cable news in adults 25–54 with an average of 325,000 viewers and continued to outdraw broadcast late‑night shows.
- Fox commanded approximately 63% of total‑day and 64% of primetime cable‑news audience share, and Special Report beat CBS Evening News in 19 major markets.