‘The Will Cain Show’ Doubles the Ratings in its Timeslot
NEW YORK – January 23, 2025 – FOX News Channel’s (FNC) debut of The Will Cain Show secured 3.5 million viewers and 451,000 in the 25-54 demo on Tuesday, January 21st making it the highest-rated daytime show debut in network history. This marked the second highest-rated 4 PM/ET hour for FNC since 2021, commanding 68% of cable news viewers and 73% of younger viewers in the 25-54 demo. Notably, Cain’s debut more than doubled the network’s 2024 average at 4 PM/ET, seeing a 106% increase with viewers and a 128% increase in the 25-54 demo. The debut was also a top 10 telecast in all of television broadcast prime and cable on Tuesday, besting every CNN and MSNBC show as well as broadcast programs including ABC’s The Rookie and CBS’ FBI International.
The Five was the top-rated show of the day in all of television on Tuesday with nearly 6 million viewers and 762,000 in the 25-54 demo. Special Report with Bret Baier captured 4.6 million viewers (668,000 in A25-54), The Ingraham Angle delivered 4 million viewers (556,000 A25-54) and Jesse Watters Primetime was the second most-watched show with 4.7 million viewers (643,000 A25-54). Sean Hannity’s eponymous program Hannity netted 3.8 million viewers while MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show only drew 1.68 million viewers (149,000 A25-54) and CNN had 708,000 total viewers (177,000 A25-54) at 9 PM/ET.
Across primetime, FNC scored 4.1 million viewers and 609,000 in the 25-54 demo and, during total day, posted 2.7 million viewers and 371,000 in the 25-54 demo, crushing the competition. Notably, a number of FNC programs delivered post-election viewership highs with Gutfeld! seeing 3.8 million viewers and 606,000 in A25-54, while The Faulkner Focus, Outnumbered, America Reports and The Story all notched 3.1 million viewers. In fact, every hour on FNC from 8 AM/ET through midnight averaged more than 2 million viewers, meanwhile neither CNN nor MSNBC reached that benchmark.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service and has been the number one network in basic cable for the last eight years and the most-watched television news channel for more than 22 consecutive years, currently attracting nearly 50% of the cable news viewing audience according to Nielsen Media Research. Notably, Nielsen/MRI Fusion has consistently shown FNC to be the network of choice for more Democrat and Independent viewers, with the most politically diverse audience in cable news. A 2024 Pew Research Center study found that more Americans named FNC as their main source for political news than any other network while a 2023 New York Times/Siena College poll found FNC as the leading single source of news for voters across the country. Owned by Fox Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 70 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top 10 programs in the genre.
