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.
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.