Your period is a bit misplaced. His show is still #3 for all cable news in the ratings, where it has been for a long time, and he absolutely kills everyone at this time slot which is the worst time slot, period.
I will watch what happens to make my final analysis. One does not take the third highest rated show in its cable news category and dump it unless they are headed off in another direction. I see it as they have reached viewer saturation for that time slot and will take him to other places they could not go and people who could not watch because of when he was on.
Roger knows the DVR is becoming the single most important item that is becoming a "necessity" for those who decided what the watch and when. I do. I am leaning on getting rid of DirecTV altogether because at any given moment on an average evening, I cannot find very much of any intellectual value that has not been rerun over and over again. The amount of literal crap in the entire lineup is stunning.
8PM #1 BOR 3,259,000
9PM #1 Hannity 2,256,000
5PM #1 Glenn Beck 2,227,000
6PM #1 Bret Baier 2,224,000
7PM #1 Shep Smith 2,220,000
10 PM #1 Gretta 2,045,000
11PM #1 BOR Rerun 1,280,000