Here Are the Cable News Ratings for February 2026

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

Compared to the earlier month, CNN was up +22% in complete viewers and +14% within the demo throughout primetime. It additionally grew by +11% in complete viewers however was down -3% within the demo throughout complete day. 

When its efficiency to the identical month in 2024 throughout primetime, it was up by +46% in complete viewers and +26% within the demo. In complete day, CNN grew by +30% and +13% in complete viewers and the demo, respectively. 

CNN completed within the No. 5 place throughout primetime and complete day in complete viewers. Its place within the demo was No. 6 in primetime and complete day.

Looking on the January efficiency of the opposite news nets:

• NewsNation – The community’s primetime viewership averaged 169,000 complete viewers and 29,000 demo viewers, respectively. Cuomo was the highest present for the community in complete viewers and the demo with 264,000 and 44,000 viewers, respectively.
• Fox Business – Varney & Company took the highest spot in complete viewers with 318,000, whereas Making Money with Charles Payne completed in first place within the demo with 16,000 viewers. 
• CNBC – Fast Money Halftime Report was the most-watched program in complete viewers and within the A25-54 demo with 252,000 and 66,000 viewers, respectively. 
• Newsmax – Rob Schmitt Tonight was the web’s high present in complete 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 highest present within the advertiser-coveted demo of A25-54 with 347,000 viewers.
• MS NOW – The most-watched present in complete 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 community’s high performer in complete viewers, with 908,000, whereas CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip was the community’s No. 1 present within 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 – MS NOW – (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)