The Sunday block marked NewsNation’s highest-rated Sunday ever, far surpassing its normal averages. Viewership was up nearly 1,000% compared to the network’s typical Sunday afternoon ratings. At its peak, around 3:57 p.m. ET, nearly 2 million people were watching, with 1.96 million total viewers recorded.

The surge gave NewsNation decisive wins over its competitors.

CNN averaged 342,000 viewers during the same period (54,000 in the demo), while MSNBC managed 287,000 viewers (31,000 demo).

The strong showing follows another victory the previous week, when NewsNation topped CNN and MSNBC in Saturday prime-time ratings. However, the six-hour stretch on Sunday was the first time the network has simultaneously outperformed both rivals for such a sustained duration in total viewership and the 25-54 demo.

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While NewsNation celebrated a breakthrough, Fox News once again led cable news.

The network averaged 5.2 million viewers and 755,000 in the 25-54 demo during the same 1:30–7:15 p.m. ET window, according to Nielsen’s Big Data Plus Panel. That accounted for nearly 90% of total cable news viewership. Fox’s audience peaked during Erika Kirk’s tribute at 6 p.m. ET hour, drawing 6.6 million total viewers and 1.1 million in the demo.

The memorial service ratings highlighted a shifting cable landscape: Fox News remains the undisputed leader, NewsNation is carving out new territory with record viewership, and CNN and MSNBC continue to slide further behind.