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Tucker was averaging 3.2 million viewers a night in his primetime slot. On Tuesday after his firing, FOX News had only 1.7 million viewers at 8 PM. Since then FOX News has lost two-thirds of their viewers in the coveted 8 PM timeslot. Their numbers have absolutely FLATLINED since firing their top-rated host. On Thursday FOX News at Night, the show that replaced Tucker Carlson, had 1.394 viewers. They lost TWO-THIRDS of their audience! And after two weeks — IT’S NOT COMING BACK! Nice job, Paul Ryan! On Saturday FOX News SUDDENLY decided to air President Trump’s rally in Iowa....

Just how bad are things for Fox News? On Thursday, Megyn Kelly shared the shocking data behind the network’s primetime collapse, and it shows that the fall is much steeper than many suspected it would be. ... At the heart of the matter is the recent firing of Tucker Carlson, once the highest-rated host on cable news. He was unceremoniously dumped for as-yet unconfirmed reasons ... They’ve lost almost two-thirds of the audience that helps pay their bills. They’re left with about a one-third of their audience. I mean, that’s stunning, and I looked up and down the board at...

I've turned off Fox News completely, like many here, and in the aftermath, I've watched a couple of Megyn Kelly's Shows. NOW HOLD OFF, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING..."I WOULDN'T WATCH BLANKETLY BLANK OR HER BLANKETY BLANK BLANK SHOW ETC.!!!!!" Like just about everyone on this forum, she pis*ed me off with her chicken shit questioning of Trump during the 2016 debates, but She really upset me more, when she remarked on her Fox Show one night, that she had received a "creepy letter" from Donald Trump congratulating her on her new promotion at Fox. I thought what an ungratefully...

Fox News is still not recovering from their Post-Steal ratings collapse. Going from record ratings before their duplicitous Arizona call, to a disastrous ratings collapse by Thursday 1/14. Here are the current Fox News ratings losses since The Steal according to Nielsen as of Thursday 1/14: Ingraham -56% MacCallum -54% Bream -54% Fox and Friendless -52% Baier -51% Hannity -50% Carlson -49% Sandra Smith -49% Outnumbered -48% Hemmer -45% Cavuto -43% Perino -40% The Five -39%

December's Ratings Collapse for Fox News continues to be a disaster, particularly in daytime. Going from record ratings in November, to massive ratings collapse by Wednesday 12/9. Here are the current Fox News ratings losses according to Nielsen. Sandra -78% Fox/Friendless -75% Cavuto -75% Perino -74% Hemmer -73% Outnumbered -70% MacCallum -64% Baier -63% The Five -54% Ingraham -48% Carlson -46% Hannity -45%

December's Ratings Collapse for Fox News continues to be disastrous. Going from record ratings during Election week, to massive ratings collapse by Thursday December 3rd. Here are the current Fox ratings losses according to Nielsen. McCallum -72% Cavuto -65% Hammer -65% Baier -63% Perino -62% Sandra -61% Fox/Friend -57% Outnumbered -57% Ingraham -49% The Five -48% Carlson -41% Hannity -40%

President Trump’s rally on Saturday attracted a record-setting audience on TV despite the smaller-than-expected crowd in attendance at the Tulsa, Okla., event. A whopping 7.7 million total viewers tuned into Fox News from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT during Trump’s remarks, making it the most watched Saturday in the network’s history during that time period, according to early Nielsen data. Trump’s rally also gave Fox News its largest Saturday night primetime audience ever from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Trump’s State of the Union address is the only telecast on Fox News in 2020 to outdraw the 9 p.m....

There’s really only one word to describe what has happened to viewership at flagship cable news channel CNN and its big sis MSNBC over the past month: Collapse. According to Nielsen Media Research, CNN‘s viewership tanked a whopping 26 percent in April, a dip tied inextricably to the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report in which he officially cleared POTUS Donald Trump of “colluding” with Russia to “steal” the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton. Mueller also did not recommend charging the president with obstruction of justice because he also could not find any evidence for that, as well. Meanwhile,...

Fox News Channel dominated basic cable for the month of April, beating news, sports, and entertainment networks in total day and primetime viewers, while rival news channel CNN continued to shed its audience. According to Nielsen Media Research, FNC garnered 2.4 million viewers in primetime and finished first among all basic cable stations for the third month in a row, and 1.4 million viewers in total day to top basic cable for the 34th consecutive month. For the 208th month in a row, FNC also beat left-leaning CNN and MSNBC across both categories, while CNN marked its lowest-rated month in...

Fox News won the cable news ratings race for the 69th consecutive quarter over MSNBC and CNN, according to Nielsen Media Research numbers released Tuesday.

Karma has come calling at CNN and MSNBC, the avid broadcast-promoters of the Russia hoax. Viewers who deserted the conspiracy theorists after it turned out that Mueller reported no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia are staying away and — even worse! — migrating to Fox News.

CNN gets its rating from AIRPORTS!

Rachel Maddow had a monster ratings night Wednesday — dominating time-slot rival Sean Hannity and even finishing ahead of two of the major broadcast networks.

Serious commentary, or just a bad case of ratings envy rearing its ugly head? On CNN's New Day this morning, former Bill Clinton spokesman Joe Lockhart, now a CNN political commentator, took some ugly shots at two of the Fox & Friends crew. Reacting to President Trump's decision not to agree to a government funding bill that would not have included money for the border wall, Lockhart said that Trump was going to sign the bill, but: "when the great powerhouses like Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocy weighed in, and then Ann Coulter weighed in, Trump folded, and folded quickly....

In the latest cable news ratings for the month of October, Fox News achieved higher ratings than MSNBC and CNN combined. Overall for October, Fox averaged 2.8 million total viewers in prime time while MSNBC got 1.58 million and CNN 931,000, according to Nielsen Media Research. The president took to Twitter to react to the latest ratings.

Fox News topped MSNBC and CNN combined in the cable news ratings race for the month of October, according to Nielsen Media Research. Overall, Fox averaged 2.8 million total viewers in prime time, up 25 percent from October 2017. MSNBC placed second in the category, with 1.58 million viewers, while CNN finished third, with 931,000 viewers, during the time period. In the key 25- to 54-year-old demographic advertisers covet most, CNN fared better than MSNBC, averaging 290,000 viewers to 281,000. Fox News won that category with 540,000 viewers.

Fox News maintained its position as “King of Cable” last week during the dramatic confirmation hearings and subsequent vote for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Fox crushed rivals CNN and MSNBC in all demographics. Nielsen Media Research reports that, from October 1 through October 7, Fox News more than doubled the viewership of CNN and MSNBC in total viewers for both primetime and total daily viewers. Hannity was the most watched cable show in the country averaging 4.4 million total viewers. Tucker Carlson Tonight and Ingraham Angle both clocked in with 3.7 million viewers. Ultimately, a total of five Fox...

NEW YORK — The U.S. Senate’s vote confirming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a time to celebrate at Fox News Channel. The network recorded its biggest Saturday audience in more than a decade. The Nielsen company said Fox reached 4.34 million viewers for the Senate vote, the biggest Saturday audience since Hurricane Katrina coverage in 2005. Saturday’s prime-time lineup did even better, drawing Fox’s largest crowd since the Iraq War in 2003. CNN and MSNBC viewers found something better to do. The two networks combined on Saturday reached just over 2 million viewers for the Senate vote. Things were...

More than 5 million people tuned into Fox News on Thursday to watch the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. According to Nielsen Media numbers, Fox averaged 5,691,000 viewers from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with coverage of the hearing led by Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum and Chris Wallace. The staggering ratings continued into the primetime shows, where “Tucker Carlson Tonight” garnered 5,283,000 viewers, “Hannity” earned 5,857,000, and “The Ingraham Angle” snagged 5,369,000. Fox News managed to beat both MSNBC and CNN combined, with MSNBC averaging 2,892,000 viewers from 10 a.m....

In the sea of liberal media outlets, the only mainstream network going against the grain continues to dominate the ratings. July marked the 25th consecutive month that Fox News was the most watched cable network (overall), averaging 1.4 million viewers in the day, and 2.4 million in prime-time. A new analysis shows that when it comes to the networks reach, those viewers are just the tip of the iceberg. According to the Conservative Tribune, “FOXNews.com beat out other top brands such as CNN.com, NewYorkTimes.com, and WashingtonPost.com in terms of engagement and time spent on the site by individual readers. That...