The second airing of the Fox News program “Hannity” on weeknights is getting better ratings than every single show that makes up CNN’s lineup.
A graphic shared by Fox News contributor and Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha shows host Sean Hannity’s program drawing 911,000 viewers at 2 a.m. Eastern Time.
The closestCNNprogram is “The Arena with Kasie Hunt,” which airs at 4 p.m., with 807,000 viewers.
“The Lead with Jake Tapper” is next for CNN at 804,000 during the 5 p.m. Eastern hour. Longstanding host Anderson Cooper’s program only draws an audience of 684,000 at 8 p.m.
Hannity’s prime-time airing at 9 p.m. attracts 2,380,000 viewers.
By contrast, CNN’s “The Source withKaitlin Collins,” which airs during the same time slot, pulls an audience of 558,000. So CNN is apparently no longer “the most trusted name in news.”
Absolutely hysterical that reruns of Hannity at 2 am are now getting more viewers than every single show on CNN.https://t.co/fg8L7O3jpl
— Greg Price (@greg_price11)February 18, 2026
Fox Newsreported that during the 2016 presidential campaign, CNN’s prime-time lineup averaged 1.3 million viewers, which largely continued into his first year in office, when the number was approximately 1 million. Now its prime-time average viewership is 573,000.
“DePauw University professor and media analyst Jeffrey McCall feels the drastic decline in CNN’s audience was likely caused by a combination of factors,” according to Fox.
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