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Thanks to the Mueller Report, Fox News Is Getting a Ratings Boost
Advertisers Are Not Happy With Fox News’ Tucker Carlson
He made anti-immigration remarks on his show.
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By BRIAN RAFTERY
March 29, 2019
Fox News has a lock on prime-time ratings—at least, for now.
As Variety notes, the network has experienced an uptick in prime-time viewership in the days since special counsel Robert Mueller delivered his report on the Russia investigation. The network’s improved numbers come after several competitive months in the cable-news arena, where Fox News and MSNBC have been battling for supremacy.
As of today, Fox is in the lead, with both Sean Hannity’s 9 p.m. program, Hannity, and Tucker Carlson’s 8 p.m. show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, gaining over its rivals. On Wednesday, Variety notes, Hannity earned 4.3 million viewers; that’s more than a million more than it averaged in January. That same night, Tucker Carlson Tonight—which faced a boycott call earlier this month, when controversial comments from the host were re-surfaced—pulled in about 3.49 million viewers. Tucker averaged less than 3 million viewers a night in January.
Yet the surge could be short-lived, as cable-news ratings are famously fast-changing. Hannity and MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show have effectively been trading off the top spot, ratings-wise, all year: Maddow won January, while Hannity took February. With both hosts now going deep on the Mueller report and its fallout, expect their shows to continue the back-and-forth ratings battle throughout the spring.
Thanks to the Mueller Report, Fox News Is Getting a Ratings Boost
Advertisers Are Not Happy With Fox News’ Tucker Carlson
He made anti-immigration remarks on his show.
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By BRIAN RAFTERY
March 29, 2019
Fox News has a lock on prime-time ratings—at least, for now.
As Variety notes, the network has experienced an uptick in prime-time viewership in the days since special counsel Robert Mueller delivered his report on the Russia investigation. The network’s improved numbers come after several competitive months in the cable-news arena, where Fox News and MSNBC have been battling for supremacy.
As of today, Fox is in the lead, with both Sean Hannity’s 9 p.m. program, Hannity, and Tucker Carlson’s 8 p.m. show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, gaining over its rivals. On Wednesday, Variety notes, Hannity earned 4.3 million viewers; that’s more than a million more than it averaged in January. That same night, Tucker Carlson Tonight—which faced a boycott call earlier this month, when controversial comments from the host were re-surfaced—pulled in about 3.49 million viewers. Tucker averaged less than 3 million viewers a night in January.
Yet the surge could be short-lived, as cable-news ratings are famously fast-changing. Hannity and MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show have effectively been trading off the top spot, ratings-wise, all year: Maddow won January, while Hannity took February. With both hosts now going deep on the Mueller report and its fallout, expect their shows to continue the back-and-forth ratings battle throughout the spring.
and a massive ‘L’ for Maddow and them. This isn’t surprising at all...
OK, nevermind. lol