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Fox News tops ESPN as most-watched cable network while CNN sheds nearly 90% of 2021 audience
Fox News ^ | Jan 11, 2021

Posted on 01/11/2022 8:11:45 PM PST by 11th_VA

Fox News Channel kicked off the new year as the No. 1 basic cable network from Jan. 3-9, 2022, as CNN saw staggering declines, shedding nearly 90% of its early 2021 audience in multiple categories.

CNN averaged 2.7 million viewers from Jan. 4-10 last year as the network experienced a brief post-election spike but plummeted to only 548,000 average viewers last week, for a stunning year-over-year drop of 80% of its total audience.

During the same time periods, Fox News averaged 1.4 million total viewers last week for only a 15% drop compared to the first full week of 2021, when a jam-packed news cycle that included the Capitol riot ensued. Fox News has now outdrawn CNN and MSNBC combined for 21 straight weeks. Fox also outdrew NFL-heavy ESPN’s 1.1 million viewers to finish as the most-watched basic cable option.

CNN’s eye-popping decline is even worse among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults age 25-54, as the liberal network shed 86% of its viewers and finished last week with only 113,000 average viewers in the critical category after averaging 822,000 a year ago.

Among the demographic of people age 18-49, CNN shed nearly 90% of its 2021 audience by dropping from 624,000 younger viewers to a dismal 73,000…

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cnn; espn; fox; media; sports
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1 posted on 01/11/2022 8:11:45 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Could not happen to a nicer network. Bwahahahahahahaha


2 posted on 01/11/2022 8:13:21 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: 11th_VA

one day these businesses will wake up and stop being “woke” and remember .. they are a business

And when they do, the shift will happen fast.


3 posted on 01/11/2022 8:17:54 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Time is rapidly running out for them. They are going to find their credit lines choked off real soon.


4 posted on 01/11/2022 8:19:35 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: 11th_VA

If true it is How Sweet It Is-—Jackie Gleason.


5 posted on 01/11/2022 8:21:22 PM PST by Fungi
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To: 11th_VA

If it ain’t Woke, don’t fix it.


6 posted on 01/11/2022 8:22:03 PM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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so presumably 90% of their audience only watched for the latest news on how bad the orange man is


7 posted on 01/11/2022 8:23:52 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: 11th_VA

At this point, it’s troubling that ANYONE still believes the Fake News media.


8 posted on 01/11/2022 8:26:17 PM PST by BrexitBen
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To: 11th_VA

Let us not forget that CNN is WarnerMedia which is AT&T.


9 posted on 01/11/2022 8:26:20 PM PST by sphinx
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To: 11th_VA

Discovery is gonna fix CNN but it will take years.


10 posted on 01/11/2022 8:27:49 PM PST by bigbob
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To: 11th_VA

The 15% loss by FNC is because conservatives are moving on.


11 posted on 01/11/2022 8:28:21 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why he would)
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To: 11th_VA

Thing is even if nobody watches it but they are on your boob tube provider they get paid the same by the provider.


12 posted on 01/11/2022 8:29:01 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: 11th_VA

Any random American could post videos of them farting on their cat’s face and get a better rating in CNN!


13 posted on 01/11/2022 8:31:27 PM PST by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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90 PERCENT??? Does CNN have any stockholders with brains at all?


14 posted on 01/11/2022 8:33:29 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: 11th_VA

Do you still have to watch CNN in every airport in America? (I haven’t flown in years)


15 posted on 01/11/2022 8:37:07 PM PST by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: immadashell
Do you still have to watch CNN in every airport in America? (I haven’t flown in years)

No, CNN terminated its contracts with U.S. airports in 2021. CNN used to pay airports to broadcast its channel and pulled out as a cost-cutting move. And yes, like most people, I only viewed CNN at airports.

16 posted on 01/11/2022 8:44:15 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: aquila48

Sadly true. They don’t really care if you watch. I’m also sick of paying for woke sports networks that you couldn’t pay me to watch.

No wonder they’re against a la cart cable fees.


17 posted on 01/11/2022 8:48:02 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: 11th_VA

CNN’s only remaining viewers are captive audiences in Airport Terminals and hospital waiting rooms.


18 posted on 01/11/2022 9:03:28 PM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: 11th_VA
I’m not sure topping ESPN is something to brag about.

Frankly, I despise the traitors at Foxnews more than any of them.

Foxnews sold our country out to communists. Never forget.

19 posted on 01/11/2022 9:22:49 PM PST by precisionshootist
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To: 11th_VA

Cut,
Nobody’s
Noticing!


20 posted on 01/11/2022 9:25:08 PM PST by twister881
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