Q3 2026 cable · lanes are a desk tag, not a Nielsen category · Nielsen Big Data + Panel
Right prime
2.25M
Fox 2.06M + Newsmax 185k
Left prime
1.54M
MS NOW 933k + CNN 608k
Right demo
192k
Fox 183k + Newsmax 9k
Left demo
185k
MS NOW 84k + CNN 101k
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CABLE NEWS, SAME QUARTER
Fox alone beats MS NOW and CNN combined on total viewers, 2.06 million to 1.54 million. Add Newsmax and the right lane is 2.25 million. On the demo, Fox alone is 183,000 and the left pair is 185,000. Newsmax’s 9,000 puts the right lane back in front.
| Lane | Network | Prime | Demo | Total day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right | Fox News | 2,064,000 | 183,000 | 1,321,000 |
| Right | Newsmax | 185,000 | 9,000 | 117,000 |
| Left | MS NOW | 933,000 | 84,000 | 592,000 |
| Left | CNN | 608,000 | 101,000 | 426,000 |
| Other | NewsNation | 120,000 | 13,000 | 61,000 |
Nielsen via TVNewser, Q3 2026. Lane tags are ours. NewsNation stays out of both sums.
SHOWS ACROSS THE PIPES
Cable figures are average audience. Podcast figures are chart rank on Oct 9, not viewers. Do not add them.
| Show | Lane | Pipe | Figure | Meter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Five | Right | Fox, 5 p.m. | 3,146,000 | Nielsen Q3 |
| Jesse Watters Primetime | Right | Fox, 8 p.m. | 2,758,000 | Nielsen Q3 |
| Gutfeld! | Right | Fox, 10 p.m. | 2,451,000 | Nielsen Q3 |
| Hannity | Right | Fox, 9 p.m. | 2,307,000 | Nielsen Q3 |
| The Tucker Carlson Show | Right | Podcast | Spotify 9 · Apple 42 | Chart rank Oct 9 |
| Shawn Ryan Show | Right | Podcast | Spotify 3 · Apple 10 | Chart rank Oct 9 |
| The Megyn Kelly Show | Right | Podcast | Apple 14 | Apple chart Oct 9 |
| Rachel Maddow | Left | MS NOW, 9 p.m. | 1,790,000 | September, not Q3 |
| NewsNight | Left | CNN | 686,000 | Nielsen Q3 |
| The Daily | Left | Podcast | Spotify 6 · Apple 1 | Chart rank Oct 9 |
| Pod Save America | Left | Podcast | Spotify 38 | Chart rank Oct 9 |
| The Ezra Klein Show | Left | Podcast | Apple 15 | Apple chart Oct 9 |
| Joe Rogan Experience | Neither | Podcast | Spotify 1 · Apple 4 | Chart rank Oct 9 |
Cable from TVNewser. Podcast ranks from Reason.fm Spotify chart and Podfollow Apple chart, both Oct 9, 2026. Rogan is neither. The lane is a desk tag.
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