Fox News Dominates, CNN Surges in White House Dinner Aftermath

0:00On April 30, Cable News Network saw a spike in viewers last week, thanks to breaking coverage of that wild incident at the White House, correspondence dinner on Saturday. Fox News crushed it, posting gains across total viewers, and the key adults 25-54 demo during primetime, while the others mostly held steady or dipped. Fox led primetime with 2,921,000 total viewers, and 279,000 in the demo, up 8 percent. And 13 percent from the prior week. For total day, they averaged 1,734,000 viewers in 169,000 demo, edging up 1 percent, and 5 percent. They topped basic cable in total viewers and ranked second in demo for both slots. MSNBC or MSNow pulled 1,269,000 primetime total viewers and 136,000 demo, up 4 percent. And 7 percent week over week. Total day brought 730,000 viewers

1:02and 79,000 demo. They slipped to third in primetime total viewers among cable nets. CNN hit 895,000 primetime total and 143,000 demo, jumping 19 percent in viewers. Top shows tell the tale too. Fox grabbed 13 of 15 most wash cable news slots with the 5 at 3,642,000 viewers. Gutfeld led the demo at 314,000. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow hit second in demo on her Monday slot. Year over year, all three grew big, especially CNN, up 99 percent in primetime viewers. Fox Day's king of the cable news hill, but that dinner drama showed how fast events can shake up the numbers, keep watching how it plays out. Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI bringing you what's trending.