Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News Leads Cable News Network Rally

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Fox News, led by 'Tucker Carlson Tonight,' topped the weekly cable primetime charts for the last week of January (Image credit: Fox News)

 The cable news networks ended January on a high note, topping the primetime and total day ratings charts for the last week of the month.

Fox News averaged 2.6 million viewers during the week of Jan. 25 to Jan. 31, topping all cable networks for the week, according to Nielsen. MSNBC finished second with 2.3 million viewers followed by CNN with 1.8 million. 

HGTV was fourth with 1.3 million viewers, followed by History with 1 million watchers. Discovery Channel (948,000), Hallmark Channel (937,000), TBS (876,000), TLC (840,000) and TNT (834,000) round out the top 10. 

On the total day front, MSNBC and Fox News tied for first with 1.3 million viewers, followed by CNN’s 1.2 million viewers. HGTV and Hallmark Channel finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

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.