The Fox News Channel is now the most watched channel for June and July of 2020. The numbers are staggering. It looks like people are going to a source of news to which they trust.
Even Fox News had the top five most-watched cable news programs back during the first quarter of 2020.
With the coronavirus pandemic increasingly taking up much of the media’s focus, prime-time hosts Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson had the top two shows, averaging more than 4 million viewers a night, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Fox News Nielson Ratings June 2020
The Five, which starts at 5 p.m. ET; Laura Ingraham’s evening program, which airs at 10 p.m.; and news anchor Bret Baier’s program, which airs at 6 p.m., rounded out the top five. Each program averaged more than 3 million viewers. These five shows also finished in the top five of the key 25-54 age demographic, which helps determine ad rates.
Since June 1, Fox News Channel has been not just the most-watched cable news network, but the highest-rated network in all of television. Here is the average prime-time audiences:
FNC (3.451 million) viewers
CBS (3.430 million)
NBC (3.155 million)
ABC (2.690 million)
Fox Broadcasting (1.414 million)
I don’t see MSNBC or CNN….. hahahaha. Forbes has a piece on this story.
With the coronavirus dominating news coverage since early in the year, cable news has seen big jumps in viewership, but neither CNN nor MSNBC has managed to deliver audiences as consistently big as Fox News. The network’s ratings delivery has held strong, even as some major sports—initially canceled or delayed due to the pandemic—returned to television.
Even on July 24th, ESPN’s coverage of Major League Baseball’s opening day featured a marquee prime-time matchup between the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals. The game drew an average total audience of 4.005 million viewers and finished as the fourth-highest-rated show on television that night.
But Fox’s Hannity and Tucker Carlson Tonight both beat the big game.
FoxNews’s Hannity taking first place in all of television with 4.340 million viewers,
CBS’s Young Sheldon (4.111 million viewers)
FoxNews’s Tucker Carlson Tonight (4.016 million).