In a month marked by a heated midterm race, Fox News won the primary ratings race for the fourth straight month, surpassing the combined ratings of CNN and MSNBC in November. In primetime, the Fox News Channel draws 1.6 million viewers, compared to MSNBC's 752,000 and CNN's 560,000. All cable news networks are up from last year, helped by more viewers before the election, with MSNBC posting the biggest overall gain , with 13%.
Among viewers 25-54, the key demographic most valued by advertisers, Fox News gained 356,000 viewers in November, compared to CNN's 190,000 and MSNBC's 148,000. In a big demo, CNN had its biggest gain of the year, down 26%, while Fox News fell 16%. MSNBC rose slightly to 4%.
Fox News Channel's The Five was the most-watched cable news program this month with an average of 3.7 million viewers, followed by Tucker Carlson Tonight (3.5 million viewers), Jesse Watters Primetime (3.171 million viewers), Hannity (3.075 million viewers) followed. , and Special Relationship with Brett Baier (2.799 million viewers), all on Fox News.
FNC rounds out the top five most-watched shows in the demo. Tucker Carlson Tonight is no. 1 in November with 506,000 viewers, followed by The Five (466,000), Hannity (428,000), Jesse Waters primetime (405,000 viewers). ) and Gutfeld! (397,000 viewers).
To Gutfeld from FNC! , had another historic month, the highest-rated month in the show's history, breaking into the top five highest-rated shows on cable news, while outpacing all broadcast and late-night cable programming and CBS's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert surpassed . Basic demo for the first time for a whole month.
Fox News' election night broadcast was also a big ratings winner, bringing in a broad audience of 7.4 million viewers — and 1.879 million viewers in the key demo on Nov. 8, making the network's halftime coverage the highest-rated midterm on cable and broadcast. television, ahead of not only CNN and MSNBC, but also ABC, CBS and NBC.