Here Are the Cable News Ratings for April 2026

Compared to the previous month, CNN was up +1% in total viewers but declined by -10% in the demo during primetime. It was down by -6% in total viewers and -16% in the demo during total day. 

When looking at its performance to the same month in 2025 during primetime, it was up by +75% in total viewers and +59% in the demo. In total day, CNN grew by +46% and +35% in total viewers and the demo, respectively. 

CNN finished in the No. 5 position during primetime and was fourth during total day in total viewers. Its position in the demo saw it become the No. 6 cable network in primetime and in total day.

Looking at the April performance of the other news nets:

• NewsNation – The network’s primetime viewership averaged 192,000 total viewers and 27,000 demo viewers, respectively. Cuomo was the top show for the network in total viewers and the demo with 310,000 and 43,000 viewers, respectively.
• Fox Business – Varney & Company took the top spot in total viewers with 313,000, while Kudlow finished in first place in the demo with 15,000 viewers. 
• CNBC – Fast Money Halftime Report was the most-watched program in total viewers, with 277,000, and in the A25-54 demo, with 73,000 viewers. 
• Newsmax – Rob Schmitt Tonight was the net’s top show in total viewers with 362,000 viewers, and Carl Higbie Frontline finished in first place in the demo with 26,000 viewers.

PROGRAMMING

• Fox News – The Five was the most-watched program in Total Viewers with 3.784 million at 5 p.m. ET, and Gutfeld! claimed the top spot in the advertiser-coveted demo of A25-54 with 349,000 viewers.
• MS NOW – The most-watched show in total viewers and the demo continued to be The Rachel Maddow Show with 2.424 million and 278,000 viewers, respectively, at 9 p.m. ET on Mondays. 
• CNN – CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 was the network’s top performer in total viewers, with 1.214 million, and was the network’s No. 1 show in the A25-54 demo with 210,000 viewers. 

Among Total Viewers 

1. The Five – Fox News – (3,784,000)
2. Jesse Watters Primetime – Fox News – (3,603,000)
3. Hannity – Fox News – (3,211,000) 
4. Gutfeld!  – Fox News – (3,028,000)
5. Special Report with Bret Baier – Fox News – (2,982,000)
6. The Ingraham Angle – Fox News – (2,838,000)
7. The Rachel Maddow Show – MS NOW – (2,424,000)
8. The Will Cain Show – Fox News – (2,312,000)
9. Outnumbered – Fox News – (2,065,000)
10. The Story with Martha MacCallum – Fox News – (2,054,000)
11. America Reports – Fox News – (2,051,000)
12. America’s Newsroom – Fox News – (2,038,000)
13. The Faulkner Focus – Fox News – ( 2,002,000)
14. Fox News @Night – Fox News – (1,729,000)
15. The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell – MS NOW – (1,584,000)

Among Adults 25-54 

1. Gutfeld! – Fox News –  (349,000)
2. Jesse Watters Primetime – Fox News – (335,000)
3. The Five – Fox News – (329,000)
4. Hannity – Fox News – (319,000)
5. The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC – (278,000) 
6. Special Report with Bret Baier – Fox News – (272,000)
7. The Ingraham Angle – Fox News – (254,000)
8. Fox News @Night – Fox News – (215,000)
9. Anderson Cooper 360 – CNN – (210,000)
10.  America Reports – Fox News – (203,000)
11. The Will Cain Show – Fox News – (202,000)
12. Outnumbered  – Fox News – (192,000)
13. The Story with Martha MacCallum – Fox News – (191,000)
14. The Faulkner Focus – Fox News – (190,000)
15. America’s Newsroom – Fox News – (174,000)