Bartiromo earned the top spot for both viewers and the coveted 25-54 demo during the second quarter, with over 1.7 million viewers and 245,000 in the demo watching her show on Sunday.

It was recently reported that Fox News continued to dominate cable news ratings for the second quarter of 2022 across the board delivering 96 of the top 100 telecasts in cable news. Fox News was also the most-watched network on cable. The second quarter of 2022 makes 82 consecutive quarters Fox News has led.

Fox News issued a statement that said:

“On Sundays, FNC’s Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo earned the top-rated spot in both viewers and the coveted 25-54 category during the second quarter, with over 1.7 million viewers and 245,000 in the demo. 

“MediaBuzz, hosted by Howard Kurtz, delivered 1.4 million viewers and 198,000 in the 25-54 demo, outpacing CNN’s Reliable Sources across the board for the quarter and held a 101% advantage in viewers and a 78% advantage in the demo over the CNN program, which averaged only 678,000 viewers and 111,000 with A25-54, with June being its lowest-rated month in the 25-54 demo since 2001 with 79,000 viewers. 

“CNN’s Reliable Sources notched its lowest-rated quarter with total viewers since 2019 and its lowest demo month since June 2001.

“Meanwhile, FNC’s Life, Liberty & Levin outpaced every CNN program in total viewers, drawing an audience of 1.7 million viewers and 179,000 in the 25-54 demo, securing the next most-watched program in total viewers for the quarter, Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy earned 1.5 million viewers and 157,000 in the demo, while The Next Revolution with host Steve Hilton secured 1.3 million viewers and 160,000 in the demo. 

“Notably, FOX & Friends Weekend on Sundays outdrew CNN and MSNBC every hour in total viewers and the 25-54 demo during the quarter, with 1.3 million viewers and 200,000 in the demo.

“MSNBC’s newly-launched weekend show Symone has been outpaced by FNC in the 4 PM/ET hour by triple-digits among total viewers and the 25-54 demo, notching 387,000 total viewers and 35,000 in the 25-54 demo since launch,” the statement said.

FNC: 1,450,000 total viewers – up 21% (229,000 in 25-54 – up 11%)

CNN: 521,000 total viewers – down 21% (113,000 in 25-54 – down 31%)

MSNBC: 684,000 total viewers – down 20% (77,000 in 25-54 – down 34%)

PRIMETIME

FNC: 2,267,000 total viewers – up 4% (345,000 in 25-54 – down 2%)

CNN: 670,000 total viewers – down 27% (155,000 in 25-54 – down 31%)

MSNBC: 1,130,000 total viewers – down 23% (121,000 in 25-54 – down 40%)

JUNE 2022 VS. JUNE 2021 NIELSEN NUMBERS (seven day week, L+SD):

TOTAL DAY

FNC: 1,378,000 total viewers – up 17% (211,000 in 25-54 – up 7%)

CNN: 486,000 total viewers – down 17% (103,000 in 25-54 – down 23%)

MSNBC: 765,000 total viewers – flat (86,000 in 25-54 – down 15%)

PRIMETIME

FNC: 2,169,000 total viewers – up 2% (319,000 in 25-54 – down 4%)

CNN: 654,000 total viewers – down 19% (147,000 in 25-54 – down 19%)

MSNBC: 1,282,000 total viewers – down 3% (136,000 in 25-54 – down 20%)