Here Are the Cable News Ratings for February 2026

During primetime in December, CNN had 807,000 total viewers and 154,000 A25-54 viewers. Looking at total day, the network had 564,000 total viewers and 93,000 demo viewers.

Compared to the previous month, CNN was up +22% in total viewers and +14% in the demo during primetime. It also grew by +11% in total viewers but was down -3% in the demo during total day. 

When looking at its performance to the same month in 2024 during primetime, it was up by +46% in total viewers and +26% in the demo. In total day, CNN grew by +30% and +13% in total viewers and the demo, respectively. 

CNN finished in the No. 5 position during primetime and total day in total viewers. Its position in the demo was No. 6 in primetime and total day.

Looking at the January performance of the other news nets:

• NewsNation – The network’s primetime viewership averaged 169,000 total viewers and 29,000 demo viewers, respectively. Cuomo was the top show for the network in total viewers and the demo with 264,000 and 44,000 viewers, respectively.
• Fox Business – Varney & Company took the top spot in total viewers with 318,000, while Making Money with Charles Payne finished in first place in the demo with 16,000 viewers. 
• CNBC – Fast Money Halftime Report was the most-watched program in total viewers and in the A25-54 demo with 252,000 and 66,000 viewers, respectively. 
• Newsmax – Rob Schmitt Tonight was the net’s top show in total viewers and the demo with 403,000 and 40,000 viewers, respectively.

PROGRAMMING

• Fox News – The Five was the most-watched program in Total Viewers (4.002 million at 5 p.m. ET). Gutfeld! was the top show in the advertiser-coveted demo of A25-54 with 347,000 viewers.
• MS NOW – The most-watched show in total viewers and the demo continued to be The Rachel Maddow Show (2.376 million and 286,000 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 908,000, while CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip was the network’s No. 1 show in the A25-54 demo with 187,000 viewers. 

Among Total Viewers 

1. The Five – Fox News (4,002,000)
2. Jesse Watters Primetime – Fox News – (3,437,000)
3. Special Report with Bret Baier – Fox News – (3,098,000)
4. Gutfeld! – Fox News – (3,036,000)
5. The Ingraham Angle – Fox News – (2,892,000)
6. Hannity – Fox News – (2,864,000) 
7. The Rachel Maddow Show – MS NOW – (2,376,000)
8. The Will Cain Show – Fox News – (2,336,000)
9. Outnumbered – Fox News – (2,139,000)
10. The Faulkner Focus – Fox News – (2,130,000)
11. America Reports – Fox News – (2,080,000)
12. America’s Newsroom – Fox News – (2,073,000)
13. The Story with Martha MacCallum – Fox News (2,048,000)
14. Fox News @Night – Fox News – (1,780,000)
15. The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell – MS NOW – (1,473,000)

Among Adults 25-54 

1. Gutfeld! – Fox News – (347,000)
2. The Five – Fox News – (337,000)
3. Jesse Watters Primetime – Fox News – (329,000)
4. Special Report with Bret Baier – Fox News – (289,000)
5. The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC – (286,000) and Hannity – Fox News – (286,000)
6. The Ingraham Angle – Fox News – (284,000)
7. Fox News @Night – Fox News – (229,000)
8. Outnumbered  – Fox News – (201,000) and The Will Cain Show – Fox News – (201,000)
9. America Reports – Fox News – (200,000)
10. The Faulkner Focus – Fox News – (199,000)
11. CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip – CNN – (187,000)
12. The Story with Martha MacCallum – Fox News – (185,000) and America’s Newsroom – Fox News – (185,000)