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Fox News Wins Again With Tucker Carlson
In terms of overall viewers, Fox News outperforms MSNBC and CNN combined, demonstrating its unwavering power on Thursday.
According to Mediaite, “Fox News averaged 1.54 million total day viewers and 178,000 demo viewers to land in first place.”
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“MSNBC brought in an average of 852,000 total day viewers and 90,000 demo viewers to come in second. CNN, meanwhile, averaged 403,000 total day viewers and 78,000 demo viewers for third,” said the report.
In an intriguing change of events, Newsmax took fourth place overall, putting NewsNation, the network that hosts Chris Cuomo’s show, an ex-CNN primetime host, in distant fifth place.
Fox’s prime-time programming, starting with “The Five,” dominated its rivals.
Here are the figures for the top three networks on Thursday:
Total viewers:
CNN: 403,000
Fox News: 1.54 million
MSNBC: 118,000
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 78,000
Fox News: 178,000
MSNBC: 90,000
The primetime numbers for total viewers and the key demo (those between the ages of 35 and 54) are as follows:
25-54 Demo:
CNN: 78,000
Fox News: 245,000
MSNBC: 118,000
Carlson’s program outperformed the competition and reached the pinnacle of cable news ratings with an astounding 3.09 million riveting viewers, 365,000 of whom belonged to the highly sought-after 25-54 demographic. The riveting revelation of previously unaired footage from the dramatic 2021 January 6 U.S. event contributed to this spike in interest. Protest at the Capitol Building.
“That audience was enough to beat out the usual top show in cable news, Fox News’s The Five, as well as beat the competition on MSNBC and CNN by miles. In total viewers, Carlson tripled the 8 p.m. competition on MSNBC and sextupled his CNN rival. In the demo, Carlson more than tripled both MSNBC and CNN,” Mediaite reported.
Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” recently experienced a meteoric rise in popularity, drawing in a whopping 4.1 million viewers in a single evening. With a daily audience of over 3 million viewers, Fox News prime time reached previously unheard-of heights, outpacing its rivals.
“The very strong prime time number was anchored by Tucker Carlson, who brought in 4.14 million total viewers as his show sparked controversy on Monday night for his Jan. 6th coverage. Fox prime time doubled MSNBC’s average of 1.49 million total viewers and brought in more than six times the viewers of CNN. CNN’s prime time average came in at 451,000 total viewers,” Mediaite reported.
Yet, not everyone approved of him showing the footage.
The United States has taken action after previously secret security footage was made public. The Capitol Police Chief immediately sent a memo to his department. The video shows a worrying sight where police appear to be passive as a large mob storms the Capitol.
Police Chief Tom Manger sharply rebuked the deceptive and offensive remarks made on Tucker Carlson’s Monday night show, which distorted the facts surrounding the Capitol riot on January 6th and called into question the credibility of the occasion where Congress certified President Joe Biden’s victory.
“The program conveniently cherry-picked from the calmer moments of our 41,000 hours of video,” Manager asserted. “The commentary fails to provide context about the chaos and violence that happened before or during these less tense moments.”
Manager mentioned Capitol Police “maintains, as anyone with common sense would, that had Officer Sicknick not fought valiantly for hours on the day he was violently assaulted, Officer Sicknick would not have died the next day.”
Manger saluted the courageous members of the Capitol Police team in a touching message, expressing his gratitude and respect for their commitment and strength on January 6.
“You fought like hell on January 6 and risked your lives to protect the Constitution and everything this country stands for,” he wrote. “You, along with our law enforcement partners, saved every member of Congress and their staff.”
Democrats and Republicans argue over the decision by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to give Carlson unique access to 40,000 hours of previously unseen surveillance material, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expresses his displeasure.
“It was a mistake in my view for Fox News to depict this in a way that is completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the Capitol thinks,” according to USA Today, McConnell remarked.
