Average number of TVs tuning to news programming during the daytime news slot for CNN, Fox News and MSNBC
YearCNNFox NewsMSNBC
2016700,6621,146,520529,723
2017679,9471,090,430569,357
2018664,4341,100,619672,817
2019687,4181,253,005765,725
20201,193,9751,758,9641,051,594

Note: Numbers represent CNN, Fox News and MSNBC for the full year and include live viewership only. “Average audience” is the average number of TVs tuned to an entity throughout the selected time frame. It is calculated by dividing the total hours viewed by the length of the time frame (in hours). National news is defined as any telecast that has been flagged by Comscore (either by notification from clients or from standard processes) as being a news-based program airing at approximately the same time across a majority of markets. The prime news time slot includes newscasts that air from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.; the daytime news time slot includes newscasts that air from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Source: Comscore TV Essentials®, 2016-2020, U.S.

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