Fox News has dominated May ratings—however, CNN Prime Time has jumped 117%
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2016 at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, outside Washington, March 4, 2016. / AFP / SAUL LOEB Fox News Channel rode a wave of viewership across cable news to a dominant first-place finish in the May ratings period, ending the key month with an average total audience in prime time of 3.441 million viewers, well ahead of second-place MSNBC, which drew a total audience of 1.923 million viewers.
With a global pandemic impacting cities across the U.S., viewership was up significantly from the same period a year ago, with Fox News’ prime time ratings up 44% year-over-year. CNN, which finished in third place overall with an average audience of 1.652 million viewers, had the largest gains—with prime ratings up a staggering 117% according to ratings data compiled by Nielsen., in first place overall with a total audience of 4.
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