Overview

• NewsNation beat CNN and MSNBC for six consecutive hours during Sunday coverage of Charlie Kirk’s memorial, marking its highest-rated Sunday with viewership up nearly 1,000% versus typical Sunday afternoons.
• From 1:00 to 7:15 p.m. ET, NewsNation averaged about 615,000 total viewers and 173,000 adults 25–54, peaking near 1.96 million just before 4 p.m. ET.
• During the same window, CNN averaged roughly 342,000 viewers with 54,000 in the 25–54 demo, and MSNBC averaged about 287,000 viewers with 31,000 in the demo.
• Fox News led by a wide margin throughout the period, averaging about 5.2 million viewers and 755,000 in the 25–54 demo, with a 6.6 million peak during a 6 p.m. ET tribute.
• AdWeek’s Nielsen analysis for the week of September 8 shows event-driven gains across cable news, with Fox posting large week-over-week increases and NewsNation outpacing select CNN and MSNBC programs in the key demo.