Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News Ends July on Top of Primetime, Total-Day Charts

By R. Thomas Umstead
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MSNBC, Hallmark Channel finish among the most-watched networks

Fox News' Trace Gallagher
Trace Gallagher of ‘Fox News @ Night’ (Image credit: Fox News)

Fox News Channel closed out July on a roll, sweeping the month’s cable primetime and total-day ratings charts. 

The cable news network averaged 1.8 million viewers in primetime for the week of July 24 to July 31, beating out second place MSNBC's 1.2 million viewers and marking its fifth straight win on the chart, according to Nielsen numbers supplied by Fox News.

Hallmark Channel rode its “Christmas in July” slate of holiday films to a third-place finish with 836,000 watchers, followed by Discovery Channel with 828,000 viewers, and INSP with 756,000 viewers.

History pulled into sixth place with 702,000 viewers, followed by HGTV and TLC in a tie for seventh with 648,000 viewers, USA Network (626,000 viewers) and ESPN (599,000).

Fox News continued its dominance of the total day charts, notching its 30th straight win with an average of 1.1 million viewers, followed by MSNBC (760,000 viewers), Hallmark Channel (476,000), CNN (431,000) and INSP (415,000).  

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.