Posted on 11/14/2020 5:31:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Well, this is unexpected. While I knew Fox News was losing viewers (at least during the times when Tucker Carlson and the rest of the prime time lineup aren’t saving them), I didn’t expect a competing, right-leaning network to do this well, this soon against the conservative news giant.
Newsmax broke 1 million viewers for the first time ever. ‘Greg Kelly Reports’ was the happy recipient of what appears to be a wave of Republican viewers changing the channel.
Another record night for @Newsmax: For the first time, one of its shows topped the 1 million viewer mark, according to Nielsen TV ratings. "Greg Kelly Reports" averaged 1.06 million viewers at 7pm last night. Fox News averaged 2.06 million at the same hour.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 13, 2020
We are talking about a show that could measure its audience in only tens of thousands not too long ago. Now, Greg Kelly is doing half the viewership of Martha MacCallum’s show. In fact, ‘The Story’ got bested by Erin Burnett’s shown on CNN strongly in the key demo and the overall ratings. In other words, this isn’t just about Newsmax catching up. This is about Fox News’ hard news shows clearly losing their audience while other networks gain. Yes, Tucker Carlson is still pulling in 4.5 million a night, but he is hardly indicative of what viewers are angry about at Fox News. Rather, Tucker represents one of their only saving graces with conservative viewers right now. Any attempt at deflection from Fox News by citing Tucker and their prime time hosts, a group that the hard news side apparently sneers at, is just intellectual dishonesty.
In short, you can only spit in your audience’s face for so long before they begin to rebel, and the rebellion has clearly started. I’ve got another example of that coming up in a story later this evening that will further show how far Fox News has fallen, so don’t miss that.
Google has to go too.
YaY!
Congratulation to Newsmax. I trust fox news continues to bleed viewers and web site views.
JoMa
FU Fox...except Tucker and Lou Dobbs.
RE: FU Fox...except Tucker and Lou Dobbs.
Hannity and Ingraham are saddened.
Greg Kelly is great and a Marine
Today I searched Directv for Newsmax and was shocked to find it on channel 349! Two numbers away from OANN (347)
Left Google for DuckDuckGo 6 or more years ago.
Left CNN after they slammed Clarence Thomas for sexual harassment and gave the Bent One, who had been raping women since Oxford, a free pass.
Now I’m leaving cable.
Fed up on steroids.
Many here like to be spat on and peed on because they are still watching certain Faux shows. I guess they get all excited when spat and peed on.
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Competition with fuxnoose? Huh?
Thanks!
I like just about everyone on Newsmax except Mark Halprin.
Time for Tucker and Hannity to migrate to Newsmax.
RE: Time for Tucker and Hannity to migrate to Newsmax.
Laura Ingraham is feeling mighty lonely reading this :(
RE: Time for Tucker and Hannity to migrate to Newsmax.
Also, how much would they get at Newsmax (salary) compared to Fox News?
Lou’s show tonight was a FDR/’rat sloberfest show with Brett Baier instead. Nmmmmmm..
I despise Baier. Still no Fox on my TV since election night.
Have CNN or MSNBC ratings gone up at the same time as Faux ratings gone down?
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