The past year, 2024, was supposed to be a big audience uplift for major cable news networks: a presidential election, with proven ratings-getter Donald Trump as one of the major players.

5 averaged 42.29 million viewers across 18 cable and broadcast networks from 7-11 p.m. ET, according to final same-day ratings from Nielsen. That's a steep, 26 percent decline from four years ago ...

Roughly 26 million people tuned in live to watch the president’s lunchtime swearing-in on the major TV networks, according to ...

As streaming became the default for a plurality of TV users, though ... Unless noted, all ratings figures for cable or broadcast shows mentioned are from Nielsen, and other than for news and ...