Posted on 11/06/2014 2:27:48 PM PST by forbushalltheway
Fox News obliterated its cable news competition during Tuesday night's election coverage, and did so by humiliating margins. However, co-hosts Megyn Kelly and Bret Baier not only vanquished CNN and MSNBC into oblivion, the dynamic duo also beat their broadcast network competition -- in both total viewers and the all-important 25-54 age demo:
According to Nielsen Media Research, Fox News Channel beat CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC and ABC's coverage in both total viewers and in the 25-to-54-year-old demographic.
Co-anchored by Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly, the channel's election coverage averaged 6.3 million viewers during prime time.
CNN was the second most watched news network, with 2.1 million viewers during prime time. MSNBC came in third with about 1.7 million viewers.
Basically, Fox News not only beat CNN and MSNBC combined, Fox almost doubled the combined viewership of its left-wing cable competition.
This is no surprise. Bret Baier hosts "Special Report," which has been the finest newscast found anywhere and in any format since Brit Hume launched it in 1998, and Megyn Kelly is the biggest star in news, cable or otherwise.
Meanwhile, over at CNN you had Wolf Blitzer co-anchoring -- a man America was already tired of in 1995 -- while Jake Tapper (who should've been front and center) was relegated to sometimes anchor/contributor status. If I knew anything about sports, I would end this paragraph with an awesome metaphor.
Co-anchoring MSNBC was Chris Matthews, who's so played out even his meltdowns have lost their kick.
The racket of bundled cable, though, means never having to say you’re sorry. MSNBC and CNN aren’t motivated to up the game because they don't have to. Whether you watch CNN and MSNBC or not, both networks make hundreds of millions just by being available in your home.
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Why would anyone turn on ABC for election night when ABC News hadn’t mentioned the elections for over 3 months??
And some of us traveling were forced in AIRPORTS to watch CNN and others only choice in International Hotel Chains CNN is only offered. I am glad for this report.
As I wrote in my book “You Might Be a Liberal” -—
——if you watch CNN anywhere but at an airport.....then you might be a liberal.....
Does TimeWarner shell out big bucks to have CNN as the airport default channel?
I wonder if perusing the budgets of public airports would reveal that?
The more 0bungles tries to demonize Fox News the more America tunes it in. Hmmm.
“Why would anyone turn on ABC for election night when ABC News hadn’t mentioned the elections for over 3 months??”
LOL. Even more shocking...1.7 MM MSNBC viewers...? Really?
It was worth flipping over to msdnc to see Chrissy look like he was holding a mouthful of vomit.
Have Dish, no CNN
Was skipping back and forth between Fox and CNN.
CNN coverage was better, IMO.
Was that a 5-year high for them?
It’s all downhill from there
But how many of those PMSNBC viewers were watching just to see the anchors go insane?
This story was big hit on Deadline Hollyweird forum
Brett is usually a bit stoic but Megan loosened him up some. She has a blast on election night coverage. Its kinda fun watching her have fun.
Brett is usually a bit stoic but Megan loosened him up some. She has a blast on election night coverage. Its kinda fun watching her have fun.
I have to admit, the other night I did switch over to MSNBC for a few minutes of comedy relief with Weird Al Sharpton, Rachael Madcow, and Prissy Chrissy Matthews. It was Hilarious!
I’ve actually watched more MSNBC the last 3 days than I ever had before.
It so fun watching their head explode trying to explain what happened.
Of course, they will NEVER admit it’s their ideology thats the problem.
CNN is also almost in most work breakrooms, tire shops and Chinese buffets, well at, least that covers my day.
I like CNN’s John King and his magic board that he whips around. I also like the parallel lines of commentators; it’s less claustrophobic.
I put together a cold cut and create board for my husband and myself; we treated election night, like a party. The hard cider flowed freely and we had Cracker Jack for dessert.
I watch CNN because I like catching them in their lies, like late last night, the presenter said about Obama’s threatened executive action on immigration, was popular amongst us. Yeah, right.
And Pajama Boy cried.
I tried a few other channels to see what was being broadcast and all I got was a stunned cast looking like they were angry and going to cry.
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