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Adweek

Weekly American advertising trade publication that was first published in 1978

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Dec 2, 2025
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What are the top liberal and conservative news outlets in the US by viewership in 2025?

Fox News was the largest U.S. cable news audience in 2025, regularly drawing well over 2 million primetime viewers in monthly and quarterly tallies (e.g., 2.334–3.091 million in sample months) and sec...

Dec 6, 2025
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How do 2025 cable news ratings compare to 2024 for CNN Fox News and MSNBC?

Fox News remained the clear ratings leader through most of 2025, often drawing multiple millions in primetime and outperforming MSNBC and CNN in both total viewers and the advertiser-coveted Adults 25...

Jan 16, 2026
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List all the mainstream (legacy) media US tv and cable outlets in order of ratings (highest to lowest).

A contemporary snapshot compiled from industry trackers shows traditional broadcast networks — led by NBC, ABC and CBS — still occupying the top slots by total audience, while Fox (as a broadcast bran...

Jan 26, 2026

What are Nielsen’s most recent weekly primetime ratings for Fox News, Newsmax and OANN?

’s most recent publicly available weekly primetime audience figures (for the week ending Jan. 4, 2026) show at about 1.52 million average primetime viewers and at roughly 156,000, while is not covered...

Dec 12, 2025

Have any sponsors pulled ads from Jimmy Kimmel Live after viewer complaints or social media campaigns?

Yes — in the September 2025 controversy over Jimmy Kimmel’s comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, some local broadcasters preempted his show and a handful of advertisers an...

Nov 15, 2025

What is the current viewership ratio of ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox news?

Recent Nielsen-based reporting shows Fox News has frequently outpaced the three broadcast networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) in weekday primetime during 2025, but the relative ranking depends on the exact time ...

Jan 22, 2026

How do audiences for Fox News, Newsmax, and OANN compare by cable TV prime‑time ratings?

’s prime‑time audience dwarfs ’s by an order of magnitude most weeks — Fox routinely posts primetime averages in the low millions while Newsmax is measured in the low hundreds of thousands — and avail...

Jan 15, 2026

How have MSNOW’s TV ratings trended over the last three years and how do those trends affect ad revenue estimates?

MS NOW’s ratings have been a study in volatility: industry tallies show multi-year declines across much of 2023–2025 punctuated by a clear, short-term rebound tied to the network’s late‑2025 rebrand a...

Dec 2, 2025

Which CNN anchors saw the biggest ratings increases in 2025 and why?

CNN’s biggest reported audience gains in early 2025 were month‑to‑month rebounds (December→January) rather than durable year‑over‑year wins: CNN’s primetime average rose 55% month‑to‑month in January ...

Nov 20, 2025

Abc news viewership

ABC’s evening newscast World News Tonight has led the broadcast evening-news pack in multiple recent snapshots: Nielsen-based weekly and quarterly tallies show ABC averaging between about 7.2 million ...

Dec 11, 2025

How have trust ratings for Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC shifted since 2020?

Since 2020, public trust and audience patterns for Fox News, CNN and MSNBC have shifted in contrasting ways: YouGov data show net trust movements and large partisan gaps (CNN net trust 80 points highe...

Nov 26, 2025

Does Discord log device identifiers like MAC addresses or advertising IDs?

Discord’s public user-facing settings let you view and manage devices and sessions (showing OS, app/web, location and last-used time) but do not advertise exposure of low-level hardware identifiers li...

Nov 20, 2025

Which Jimmy Kimmel Live sponsors have been criticized for their advertising?

Available reporting shows advertisers and sponsor groups drew scrutiny during the September 2025 controversy over ABC’s temporary pull of Jimmy Kimmel Live! after Kimmel’s monologue about the killing ...

Nov 23, 2025

What are the latest primetime average viewers for ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox News in 2025?

Available reporting consistently shows Fox News averaging roughly 2.4–3.3 million primetime viewers in various 2025 periods and often outpacing ABC, NBC and CBS in weekday or seasonal primetime averag...

Nov 19, 2025

How do viewer demographics differ between Fox News and CNBC and how might that affect measured IQ?

Available reporting shows Fox News typically draws far larger total audiences than CNBC and often larger primetime audiences than other cable news outlets (e.g., Fox primetime averages ~2.48–3.28 mill...

Nov 23, 2025

Is abc news presently going through a shake up

ABC News has undergone several notable personnel and leadership changes across 2024–2025, including programming and host moves at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s ABC (Fran Kelly and Media Wa...

Nov 19, 2025

FOX vs. CNBC viewer IQ?

Claims that "Fox viewers have lower IQs than CNBC viewers" stem from viral items and hoax studies rather than peer‑reviewed research; a widely circulated "IQ 20 points lower" study about Fox viewers h...

Jan 26, 2026

cable news

was defined by one clear pattern: expanded its lead in total viewers across primetime and total day while and saw softer performances in key demos, a trend captured by reporting and industry summaries...

Jan 24, 2026

How did streaming and YouTube viewership compare to linear Nielsen ratings for Fox News, CNN, and MS NOW in 2025?

dominated traditional linear ratings across 2025—averaging roughly 2.4–2.7 million primetime viewers and comfortably outpacing and in the advertiser‑valued Adults 25–54 demo—while also claiming far la...

Jan 5, 2026

How have advertisers and network executives responded to controversies involving Jimmy Kimmel?

Network executives at ABC and parent Disney moved swiftly between punishment and damage control when Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks sparked a national uproar, briefly suspending his show and then reversing th...