News channel trailed NBC and ABC, but edged out CNN, MS Now and CBS in primetime hours on midterm election night
On a midterm election night that was a huge disappointment for Republicans, with Democrats taking control of the US House and Senate, the country’s most prominent conservative television network seemingly felt the brunt of viewer disillusionment with Donald Trump and his party, according to final audience numbers released on Thursday.
The Fox News channel, which often leads among all news networks in viewership on election nights, fell behind two top broadcasters on Tuesday. According to ratings dating from the Nielsen firm, the network averaged 4.3 million total viewers between 8 and 11pm, behind broadcast networks NBC (6.7 million viewers) and ABC (5.2 million viewers), though it edged out fellow cable networks CNN (4.1 million viewers) and MS Now (3.7 million viewers). Fox News handedly defeat CBS News, which attracted just 2.8 million viewers. CNN performed better in the 25-to-54 age demographic prized by advertisers, besting Fox News, MS Now and CBS.
Pretty obvious, I don’t like really bad news so image MAGA doesn’t either. Pity that Fox’s future is tied to such a conservative base.
they most left for things like newsmax and oan, and watching right wing grifter podcasts. fox news is too traditional for them,.
It’s great that Republicans and conservatives media have taken a hit but it’s like leftist have to go out and do something
MAGA has become the thing they hate the most: a minority.
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They always have been. Just a very vocal minority.
If they dip any further they might get abducted by iSSe agents
We really needed statistics to say “Conservatives got pissed when they realized that they’d lost, and watched something else instead”?
It would be crazier if their ratings didn’t drop.
arnt most “fox news” viewers now watching more right wing content, than fox itself.
Who the fuck even watches TV anymore?
Isn’t Hasan Piker’s election night strean blowing all these guys out of the water?
Old people. My mom has had directtv for 15 years.
Why watch anyone is what I don’t get, the numbers on the AP news app is the fastest way to see the results. The news channels and that streamer, just get their information from them and yap.
I moved away from the US several years ago and unfortunately grew up in a fox household. On election night/the next day, I found myself seeking out CNN and MSN for the first time in my life. Normally I just do the results, but I wanted to bathe in people finally choosing differently. I wanted to hear the commentary and see their relief and I’m glad that I got to see Rachel Maddow talking about just throwing away trump’s comments.
TIL DirecTV was still a thing.
She’s paying like 250 a month to watch 1 channel. Newsmax.
That is stupid, makes perfect sense, and makes my head hurt.
I watch local news ota for…local news. I’ll be damned before I watch 24/hr news. That said I’m an elder millennial so ymmv
GenX here. I made that switch (and quit listening to radio as well) around 16 years ago when it dawned on me where it was all headed. Was local only until I just got sick of the constant unending political ads. I can’t take it anymore. I quit television altogether except OTA football on Sunday pretty much. As for local news, all I do now is go to their websites to watch their weather forecasts.
People who aren’t terminally online. It’s a real issue. Piker can’t even approach their reach.
what I’m taking away from this is we need to make a lot more people terminally online. /s
Average age is 69.
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I sometimes watch conventional ota TV for football and basketball games and SNL.
Old folks are the only ones with cable or satellite these days.
News and Entertainment.
Fake news, right everyone?
Yes, fockz nooz is, in fact, fake news
