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[Perhaps with the election “over” - ratings and interest in current events would naturally decline?]

What we have here is a contested election. Interest should be pretty high still.

http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-monday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-16-2020.html
http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-monday-cable-originals-network-finals-10-26-2020.html
http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-monday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-21-2016.html
http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-monday-cable-originals-network-finals-10-31-2016.html

The only direct comparable I see, after a quick look, is Hannity. The drop in % terms is huge vs 4 years ago. Before the election in 2016, Hannity’s audience # was 3.4m vs 2020’s pre-election 7.3m. After the election in 2016, Hannity’s number was 2.6m, vs 2020’s post-election 3.6m. In effect, despite a contested election in 2020, Hannity’s post-election number went down over 50%, vs 2016’s post-election decline of 24%.

It’s hard to tell if Fox New execs are panicking. But their ad rates may soon return to 2016 numbers, after their media personalities presumably got hefty raises.