Water is wet, the sun rises in the east, and Fox News Channel averaged the most viewers of any cable news channel in both primetime and for the total day for the 38th consecutive quarter going back to the first quarter of 2002.
FNC had the top eight programs in the advertising centric 25-54 demo and the top 12 programs with total viewers.
In total viewers Special Report with Bret Baier ranked number three across all cable news programs, trailing only The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity.
FOX & Friends was up 8% year over year in adults 25-54, beating MSNBC’s Morning Joe and CNN’s American Morning combined in both P2+ and 25-54.
Adults 25-54 and P2+ Ratings/Rankings 3/28/11-6/24/11:
| Rank | Network | Program | A25-54 (000) |
| 1 | FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 636 |
| 2 | FNC | Hannity | 504 |
| 3 | FNC | GLENN BECK | 413 |
| 4 | FNC | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | 398 |
| 5 | FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR (repeat) | 384 |
| 6 | FNC | The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | 381 |
| 7 | FNC | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | 377 |
| 8 | FNC | FOX AND FRIENDS | 358 |
| 9 | MSNBC | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW | 314 |
| 10 | CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 (10P) | 302 |
| 11 | FNC | AMERICAS NEWSROOM | 284 |
| 12 | MSNBC | Ed Show | 271 |
| 13 | MSNBC | LAST WORD w/L. ODONNELL | 251 |
| 14 | CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 (11P) | 248 |
| 14 | HLN | NANCY GRACE | 248 |
| 16 | FNC | YOUR WORLD w/NEIL CAVUTO | 235 |
| 17 | MSNBC | MSNBC INVESTIGATES | 228 |
| 18 | FNC | AMERICA LIVE | 209 |
| 19 | CNN | PIERS MORGAN TONIGHT | 204 |
| 20 | HLN | HLN SPECIAL REPORT | 200 |
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| Rank | Network | Program | P2+ (Millions) |
| 1 | FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 2.824 |
| 2 | FNC | Hannity | 2.043 |
| 3 | FNC | SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER | 1.876 |
| 4 | FNC | GLENN BECK | 1.769 |
| 5 | FNC | ON THE RECORD W/GRETA | 1.685 |
| 6 | FNC | The Fox Report W/S.SMITH | 1.645 |
| 7 | FNC | YOUR WORLD w/NEIL CAVUTO | 1.256 |
| 8 | FNC | THE OREILLY FACTOR (repeat) | 1.246 |
| 9 | FNC | AMERICAS NEWSROOM | 1.158 |
| 10 | FNC | FOX AND FRIENDS | 1.030 |
| 11 | FNC | AMERICA LIVE | 1.029 |
| 12 | FNC | STUDIO B w/S. SMITH | 1.023 |
| 13 | MSNBC | RACHEL MADDOW SHOW | 1.022 |
| 14 | MSNBC | Last Word w/L. ODONNELL | 0.941 |
| 14 | FNC | HAPPENING NOW | 0.926 |
| 16 | MSNBC | Ed Show | 0.877 |
| 17 | HLN | NANCY GRACE | 0.852 |
| 18 | CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 (10P) | 0.841 |
| 19 | HLN | HLN SPECIAL REPORT | 0.704 |
| 20 | MSNBC | HARDBALL w/C. MATTHEWS | 0.698 |
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