Posted on 10/11/2017 8:24:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Fox News is back on top in the cable news wars. Two weeks ago, Fox News began to introduce its new prime time schedule and the shift in programming, which will be complete on October 30 when Laura Ingraham and Shannon Bream launch their new shows. Now it has regained its previous position as the #1 cable news channel.
The #1 prime time show in recent months, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow at 9 P.M. E.T., has on most nights since September 25 been relegated to second – sometimes a distant second – place by Sean Hannity. Last week, for example, with overall cable news ratings pumped up by breaking news coverage of the Las Vegas shootings, Hannity handily won the week against his competition on MSNBC and CNN. Not only that, as TVNewser reported on October 10:
Sean Hannity had the No. 1 program of the week across all of cable news, beating rival Rachel Maddow and fellow Fox Newser Tucker Carlson both in total viewers and in the all-important [age] 25-54 demo.
Sean Hannity
In times past, CNN, banking on its once-unchallenged reputation for being the original, the oldest, and the only cable news channel for its first 16 years (1980-’96), often rose to the top during times of major breaking news, but recently it has been coming in third to the other two news channels, breaking news events notwithstanding.
On October 3, in an analysis of the first week of Fox News’ new schedule, A. J. Katz wrote at TV Newser:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It was a significant week for Fox News. Not only was it the No. 1 basic cable network in total day, but it showed off a revamped prime time lineup, with Sean Hannity assuming the network’s 9 p.m. slot. Hannity, with help from some high-profile guests, got off to a very strong start. He defeated new time slot rival Rachel Maddow both in total viewers and the key news demo, en route to becoming cable news’s No. 1 show of the week.
Fox News would get even higher ratings if they went more conservative and got rid of a few of the lefties there.
I said from the beginning that Madcow would fade into obscurity just as Glen Beck did and for the exact same reasons.
Both rose to fame attacking newly elected presidents with outlandish made up crap, and Madcow will (and has already started) fall, just as Beck did.
Little CNN is disappearing.
Hey FOX, learn something from this. Your listening public does NOT want to listen to liberal horse-crap. Your “fair-and-balanced” agenda does not work for them.
Need more explanation????
GET RID OF little Shep girly!!!
POTUS.45 should have his own cable network for us old F@rt$ who don’t dig twitter/dunno tweet from a twaddle, etc, and don’t have that NWO chip implanted in our butts!
Semper Mr. Trump Cocked and Locked!
Trump If We Can Keep Him!
Gunny G
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And to think, they tried to get rid of Sean just a few months ago.
Just shows there is a sizable market out there for conservative-based news programming in prime time. If FoxNews does not provide the content, hopefully somebody else will.
That 9PM "The Five" show featuring Juan Williams was the most awful thing FoxNews ever put in prime time. No wonder that Rachel Maddow was getting good ratings.
8-9 and 9-10 is the networks 1-2 punch.
Tucker taking on the outlandish liberal agenda by hosting opposition guests (mostly) and then talking them into a corner of a box where they reveal themselves to be totally vacuous.
Hannity picks up at 9 playing the good cop interviewing conservatives and reinforcing conservatism (in general).
What is Laura Ingraham going to do?
Jesse Watters is like Tucker Carlson but with more of a killer instinct. He dominates Juan Williams and I’m sure Juan has been griping about it. Juan can no longer just read the DNC talking points in the green room and repeat them ad nauseum because Jesse has been pinning that tail on the donkey since he’s started on the 5.
It’s good to see some passion on these opinion shows. That’s Fox’s + side. They don’t pretend to be reporting the news, just discussing it.
Now I would like to see Sheppard Smith get booted because he does pretend to be reporting news. Fox needs to find a black conservative willing to stick to conservative line of thought and replace Shep.
Put Shep Smith at the top of the list to get rid of.
Hey FOX, learn something from this. Your listening public does NOT want to listen to liberal horse-crap. Your “fair-and-balanced” agenda does not work for them.
Need more explanation????
You tell ‘em! My thoughts exactly.......;)
No one but shut-ins and cat ladies watch TV at 3PM. If Liberace was still around he would have the FNC 3PM slot. He’s not so Shep fits the demo.
“Fox needs to find a black conservative willing to stick to conservative line of thought and replace Shep”
Harris Faulkner would be a vast improvement.
How about a nightly show for Mark Steyn and Judge Pirro? Scrap the RINO Dana Perino, Juan Williams, and all the Liberals Tucker has on.
And Richard Fowler and Mary Ann Marsh and Juan Williams and on and on. There must be about 50 of them. Some days my TV is on ‘mute’ more than the sound is on.
Shep plays the keys?
It was thought these were the keys to the “men’s room” only rather than the ivory’s
;)
Yes, morons tried to get rid of him. He fought off the lies and smears and thank gawd he did.
Gillian Turner, the attractive redhead, is a liberal who attempts to disguise it, but fails miserably.
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