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Fox News Celebrates Ratings as ‘Most-Watched Cable News Channel in History’ – But Do The Numbers Tell the Whole Story?
MenRec ^ | 12/20/20 | Rusty

Posted on 12/20/2020 2:19:29 PM PST by rustyweiss74

Fox News is celebrating ratings success from this past year which made them the highest-rated cable news channel in history.

The numbers come from Nielsen Media Research and indicate that Fox is the cable news king for a fifth consecutive year.

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But it would sure be interesting to see how November into December compares to the rest of the year.

You know, when Fox went off the deep end by prematurely calling state election results, hosts started censoring legal challenges to the election, and others simply mocked people who value the integrity of the voting process.

For instance, The Hill analyzes that CNN and MSNBC both had impressive numbers of their own.

MSNBC described a “record-breaking year in total viewers” and the sixth consecutive year of growth, while CNN celebrated its “best year ever” in ratings.

Media analyst Joe Concha, a Fox News contributor, shared a Hill report from earlier this month which showed the network earning the highest November ratings in the network’s history.

Day-to-day reports by Adweek in December, however, show the two left-wing media networks on top several times, as well as other days in which Fox News split ratings supremacy with others.

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We know Marth MacCallum had some trouble, becoming the first show on Fox to lose to another on the competing channel, Newsmax.

Newsmax TV scored their historic, first-ever ratings victory over Fox News Channel earlier this month, according to a CNN Business report.

The notable win came in the key 25- to 54-year-old demographic prized by advertisers, when the “Greg Kelly Reports” show topped Fox’s “The Story with Martha MacCallum.”

(Excerpt) Read more at menrec.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; bot; foxdecembercrash; foxit; learntocode; ratingscrash
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Is Fox really doing this well?
1 posted on 12/20/2020 2:19:29 PM PST by rustyweiss74
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To: rustyweiss74

Wait till next year...


2 posted on 12/20/2020 2:21:30 PM PST by farmguy
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To: farmguy

Drive their viewership down to ZERO.

Then we can say :

WE DID IT !!!


3 posted on 12/20/2020 2:25:24 PM PST by Pearfect
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To: rustyweiss74

I had been getting sick of Fox and avoiding it pretty much besides Tucker, Levin and a few others. But I won’t touch it ever again. Nothing.


4 posted on 12/20/2020 2:26:54 PM PST by Phillyred
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To: farmguy
I discontinued DirecTV along with Fox News. Too liberal for me. Before I did, I could barely watch Tucker and Ingrham.

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

5 posted on 12/20/2020 2:27:22 PM PST by Varmint Al
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To: rustyweiss74

Fox News December Ratings Collapse-Thursday 12/17: Ingraham -59%, Hannity -54%, MacCallum -52%, Baier -52%, Cavuto -50%, Carlson -49%, Sandra Smith -46%, Perino -36%

December’s Ratings Collapse for Fox News continues to be a debacle for the Murdochs and the Fox News Crown Loyalists.

Going from record ratings in November, to a massive ratings collapse by Thursday 12/17.

Here are the current Fox News ratings losses as of Thursday 12/17 according to Nielsen:

Ingraham -59%,

Hannity -54%,

MacCallum -52%,

Baier -52%,

Cavuto -50%,

Carlson -49%,

Sandra Smith -46%

Fox and Friendless -46%

Outnumbered -44%

Hemmer -42%

The Five -36%

Perino -36%

Nielsen Ratings:

http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-monday-cable-originals-network-finals-11-2-2020.html

http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-12-17-2020.html

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3916866/posts


6 posted on 12/20/2020 2:31:46 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: rustyweiss74
FauxNews is trying to pretend November & December ratings didn't happen, so it's desperately publicizing 12-month ratings. LOL. Good luck in 2021, FauxNews.

Switched to OAN & Newsmax on Election Night.


7 posted on 12/20/2020 2:36:25 PM PST by gw-ington (The Office of the President-Elect gw-ington and Vice President-Elect Loch Ness Monster)
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To: Varmint Al

I cant watch Fox anymore even if I wanted to.


8 posted on 12/20/2020 2:41:40 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: rustyweiss74

Freepers should be careful when comparing the current Fox New viewership to the very high ratings they had in November.

As you will recall - There was an election in early November. If you can actually call that event an election. And all the news shows had high sky high ratings. That never looked permanent to me,

And right now, Tucker, Hannity and Laura are running at about their business as usual rates. With all the viewers they have lost (and that includes me) that may just indicate that we are still in the election bubble. Maybe not like November but still up. If so, further declines are inevitable.

What is meaningful in the Fox data is that their viewership lead over CNN and MSNBC is diminished. At least it was the last time I checked.

I watch Bannon on YouTube and Newsmax the rest of the time. I don’t miss Fox at all.


9 posted on 12/20/2020 2:47:01 PM PST by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed.)
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To: gw-ington
Klowd TV is offering OANN for $2.50 per month (or $30 per year is avalable too) . Currently Klowd TV is free until January. OANN needs to land a "name" host for their evening programming, and then they could give Faux a real run for the money.

Klowd TV

10 posted on 12/20/2020 2:47:58 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: rustyweiss74

Frankly, it doesn’t matter.

They have stabbed us in the back one too many times and we should focus on building up OANN and/or Newsmax TV. We can make them a force to be reckoned with.

Also adopt things like Rumble, Parler, and other alternative social media venues.

Starve the beast! Let’s take control instead of giving them control. THEN we can win.


11 posted on 12/20/2020 2:48:20 PM PST by Paulie (Better Dead than Red)
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To: marcusmaximus

12 posted on 12/20/2020 2:54:06 PM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian (It is the Trump way! It is the only way!)
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To: InterceptPoint

It’s NOT business as usual.

Here’s what happened in December 2016 after the election for Fox Prime host Nielsen ratings:

Hannity -25%

OReilly -9%

Carlson -7%

Megyn Kelly -2%

What happened to Fox ratings after the 2020 Steal is not normal.

Losing 50% of their ratings after an election is NOT NORMAL.

Even dim bulb Hannity, who lost 25% of his audience in December 2016 has lost twice that number in December 2020.


13 posted on 12/20/2020 2:54:26 PM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

I want to know who hired Arnon Mishkin for the election desk. Mishkin is a communist Chinese agent and who ever hired him is a traitor.

Those responsible for the election theft will be dealt with, thrown in prison, tortured and then executed. I am talking all Rats and RINO’s, a total genocide is coming.


14 posted on 12/20/2020 3:30:10 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus
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To: rustyweiss74

>Was< the most watched.


15 posted on 12/20/2020 3:44:56 PM PST by SkyDancer
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To: InterceptPoint

...Bannon ...
_________________________

Also on Real America’s Voice (Pluto) I hear it is on Dish, also....don’t know. I think Roku dropped it.

Instead of You Tube, go to pandemic.warroom.org for Real America’s Voice.

Confession: I do use YT for DIY tutorials and sometimes for movies/TV series. ALL the political and other shows DH follows he now gets on other platforms, such as Bitchute.


16 posted on 12/20/2020 3:47:42 PM PST by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: InterceptPoint

I get Bannon (and others) on America’s Voice...It is on Pluto (free platform) on my TV or computer.

I like NewsMax and AON too—just adding to the list :)


17 posted on 12/20/2020 3:53:18 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (Republicans will get the government they deserve if they do nothing :()
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To: marcusmaximus

Thx for the numbers :)


18 posted on 12/20/2020 3:55:04 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (Republicans will get the government they deserve if they do nothing :()
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To: rustyweiss74

Those dickheads are nearly dead with ratings tumbling 79%

Only America hating plebiscites watch them


19 posted on 12/20/2020 4:16:43 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: reformedliberal

I LOVE Steve Bannon’s Pandemic: Warroom. Absolutely love it. Best reporting in the country. Newsmax is a horrible disappointment to me, especially their apparent inability to let me register so I can see the comments, AND the emails they send me which consist mostly of a big paid advertisement, sometimes highly offensive ones.


20 posted on 12/20/2020 5:25:23 PM PST by EinNYC
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