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Fox News dominates November with the largest cable news share ever, while MSNBC and CNN fall after the election
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Fox News dominates November with the largest cable news share ever, while MSNBC and CNN fall after the election

Fox News Channel dominated November, posting one of the most watched months in network history, joining MSNBC and CNN since hemorrhaging viewers.

November saw the momentous presidential election between President-elect Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, along with weeks of critical news about Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Along the way, Americans have relied on Fox News Channel for information and analysis, while MSNBC and CNN have struggled to maintain an audience since Trump’s decisive victory. Fox News ended the month with a 62% share of the cable news audience.

Fox News averaged nearly two million viewers per day this month, while no other cable network even surpassed the one million benchmark. ESPN finished second with 741,000 average viewers. It was Fox News’ sixth most-watched month in history and the second-best November of all time.

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Martha MacCallum Bret Baier

Fox News Channel hosts Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier led the “Democracy 2024” coverage of the historic presidential race. (FOX News Media)

MSNBC averaged 720,000 total daytime viewers and CNN settled for 482,000 as the liberal networks failed to collectively beat Fox News despite the historic election.

It was much the same during primetime, when Fox News Channel averaged a whopping 3.2 million viewers, crushing all competition.

ESPN finished second with two million average viewers from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM ET. MSNBC averaged 1.1 million and CNN averaged 725,000, as they also failed to beat Fox News combined in that category.

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Fox News Channel hosts Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity and Greg Gutfeld. (Fox News)

Fox News also dominated cable news among advertisers’ coveted demographic of adults 25 to 54, with an average of 282,000 daytime viewers compared to 108,000 for CNN and just 91,000 for MSNBC.

During primetime, Fox News averaged 476,000 viewers in the bill-paying demo, compared to 196,000 for CNN and 161,000 for MSNBC.

On Election Day, FOX News Media’s primetime coverage of election night on Fox News Channel, FOX Network, FOX Business Network (FBN) and Fox News Digital topped all television networks with nearly 13.6 million viewers and 4.4 million in the main demo.

Fox News’ primetime coverage “Democracy 2024,” co-anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, averaged nearly 10.8 million viewers and 3.3 million in the key demo. The next day, Fox News’ coverage of Harris’ concession speech was No. 1 on television, averaging nearly eight million viewers and 1.4 million in the demo.

November marked the 45th consecutive month that Fox News ranked No. 1 in cable news among both primetime and total days, both in viewers and in its key demographic.

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"The five," starring Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Jeanine Pirro and rotating co-hosts Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., was the most-watched show on cable news.

“The Five,” starring Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Jeanine Pirro and rotating co-hosts Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., was the most-watched show on cable news. (FOX News Media)

“The Five,” starring Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Jeanine Pirro and rotating co-hosts Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., averaged 4.4 million viewers and 510,000 in the critical demo that covered all cable news for the month led .

“The Ingraham Angle,” “Jesse Watters Primetime” and “Hannity” all dominated their time slots and “Gutfeld!” had its best month since launch. ‘Special Report with Bret Baier’, ‘FOX & Friends FIRST’, ‘FOX & Friends’, ‘America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino’, ‘The Faulkner Focus’, ‘Outnumbered’, ‘America Reports with John Roberts and Sandra Smith,” “FOX News @ Night” and “Your World with Neil Cavuto” also all had great months helping Fox News crush the cable news competition.

“Life, Liberty & Levin” averaged 1.8 million viewers and finished as the No. 1 program on Saturday, while “Sunday Morning Futures” took the Sunday crown with 1.9 million average viewers.

While Fox News Channel conquered CNN and MSNBC combined across the board, liberal networks have had a particularly tough time all month since Election Day.

MSNBC is down 42% among total viewers, down 52% during primetime and lost a shocking 57% of its primetime audience among the key demo compared to 2024 averages since losing Harris. CNN has lost 30% of its total viewers over the same period and 39% during primetime.

Fox News has an impressive 73% share of cable news viewers during primetime and a 69% share of total viewers since Election Day. Since election night, Fox News also tops ABC, CBS, NBC and all other cable networks.

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A variety of MSNBC shows, including “Jose-Diaz Balart Reports,” “The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle,” “Ana Cabrera Reports,” “Chris Jansing Reports,” “Katy Tur Reports” and “The Reidout” all have low points since election day.

MSNBC’s problems extend far beyond its ongoing struggle to attract an audience.

MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski irritated liberal viewers and colleagues alike after admitting they met Trump face-to-face in the aftermath of the election after years of insisting he was a “fascist” and a generic leader . threat to democracy.

Parent company Comcast also announced it would spin off its cable assets, including MSNBC, into a separate company in the coming year, leaving MSNBC staffers uncertain about the fate of shared resources with NBC News. Additionally, the FEC filing revealed that the Harris campaign made two $250,000 donations to MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton’s nonprofit organization in September and October, just before he sat down with the Democratic nominee for a friendly interview.

All data courtesy of Nielsen Media Research.

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