Thursday marked the continuation of Fox News’ dominance over competing cable news networks, with the network’s overall audience surpassing that of MSNBC and CNN combined.
According to Mediaite, “Fox News averaged 1.54 million total day viewers and 178,000 demo viewers to land in first place.”
“MSNBC brought in an average of 852,000 total day viewers and 90,000 demo viewers to come in second. CNN, meanwhile, averaged 403,000 total day viewers and 78,000 demo viewers for third,” the report said.
Fourth overall was the right-leaning Newsmax, followed by NewsNation, where former CNN primetime host Chris Cuomo hosts a show, in a distant fifth place.
Fox’s prime-time programming, beginning with “The Five,” dominated the competition.
As for the top three networks, here are Thursday’s numbers:
Total viewers:
CNN: 403,000
Fox News: 1.54 million
MSNBC: 852,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 78,000
Fox News: 178,000
MSNBC: 90,000
Here are the primetime figures in terms of overall viewers and key demo viewers (ages 35-54):
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 78,000
Fox News: 245,000
MSNBC: 118,000
Last week, according to Mediaite, Carlson’s show was the highest-rated program in all of cable news, attracting 3.09 million total viewers and 365,000 in the 25-54 market as he played video footage from the Jan. 6 rally at the United States Capitol Building in 2021.
“That audience was enough to beat out the usual top show in cable news, Fox News’s The Five, as well as beat the competition on MSNBC and CNN by miles. In total viewers, Carlson tripled the 8 p.m. competition on MSNBC and sextupled his CNN rival. In the demo, Carlson more than tripled both MSNBC and CNN,” Mediaite reported.
Last week, “Tucker Carlson Tonight” attracted a staggering 4.1 million people on another night. Over the whole day, the average number of viewers for Fox News’ prime-time programming surpassed three million, crushing the competition.
“The very strong prime time number was anchored by Tucker Carlson, who brought in 4.14 million total viewers as his show sparked controversy on Monday night for his Jan. 6th coverage. Fox prime time doubled MSNBC’s average of 1.49 million total viewers and brought in more than six times the viewers of CNN. CNN’s prime time average came in at 451,000 total viewers,” Mediaite reported.
But, not everyone was pleased with his decision to show the film.
The chief of the U.S. Capitol Police wrote a memo to his staff in response to the screening of previously unseen video footage that appeared to show police personnel standing by while a big crowd entered the Capitol.
Police Chief Tom Manger condemned the remarks made during the airing of the footage on Tucker Carlson’s Monday night program, stating that it was “filled with offensive and misleading conclusions” regarding the riot that occurred on January 6, 2021, when a group of individuals breached the U.S. Capitol building, disrupting the process of certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
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“The program conveniently cherry-picked from the calmer moments of our 41,000 hours of video,” Manger claimed. “The commentary fails to provide context about the chaos and violence that happened before or during these less tense moments.”CONTINUE READING…