For the same dates, Fox News averaged 3.6 million viewers in the evening, Nielsen said. Fox’s prime-time viewership during the two weeks after the election was up 50 percent over last year.
DoodleBob, not sure why you posted this but I know there are other threads on FR that contradict this info. From what I have read and heard, Fox lost views following election night.
As for the quoted statistic, you have to parse the words. While Fox's numbers In mid-Nov 2020 are way down from Election Night 2020, that reduced figure is likely up meaningfully vs non election year prime time avg of 2.77MM viewers a year ago. Thus, it's entirely plausible that Fox's primetime ratings of about 3.8MM thru Nov 12 2020 was up close to vs that in November 2019.
Well, it's a fairly detail-oriented article. That's why I posted it, even if it is a little barfy.
As for the quoted statistic, you have to parse the words. While Fox's numbers in mid-Nov 2020 are way down from Election Night 2020, that reduced figure is up meaningfully vs non election year prime time avg of 2.77MM viewers a year ago. Thus, using my validated figures, Fox's primetime ratings of about 3.8MM thru Nov 12 2020 was up close to 50% (about 41%) vs that in November 2019.