As MSNBC and CNN have lost viewers since Election Day, Fox News dominated November, recording one of its most-watched months in network history.
Along with weeks of important news about Trump’s Cabinet appointments, November saw the historic presidential election between President-elect Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Americans looked to Fox News Channel for information and commentary at this time, whereas CNN and MSNBC have had trouble sustaining viewership after Trump’s resounding win. At the end of the month, Fox News had a 62% viewer share on cable news.
No other cable network even exceeded the one-million threshold, but Fox News averaged almost two million total day viewers over the month. With an average viewership of 741,000, ESPN came in second. It was the second-best November in Fox News’ history and the sixth-most-watched month.
For the 45th consecutive month, Fox News topped the cable news rankings for primetime and whole day in terms of viewers and the key demographic in November.
“The Five,” which featured Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Jeanine Pirro, and rotating co-hosts Harold Ford Jr. and Jessica Tarlov, led all cable news for the month with an average of 4.4 million people overall and 510,000