Fox News Ratings

Fox News Tops For Fort Hood Breaking News Coverage Ratings

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.06.2009 | Media


When news of the shooting at Fort Hood broke Tuesday, Fox News is where the majority of Americans turned for breaking news coverage. Over the course ...

Food Shines, News Declines

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media


Reese Schonfeld

In the October ratings, the Food Network had more viewers under 55 than any of the news networks, including Fox, which finished behind Food in every single advertising demographic category.

CNN Falls To Last Place In Primetime Demo

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media


The October 2009 cable news ratings are in with a major milestone: CNN has fallen to last place in the primetime demographic, the category advertisers...

Fox News Ratings Undamaged By White House War

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media


Many critics of the Obama administration's ongoing war against Fox News have cautioned that, if anything, calling out the network will only increase i...

Fox News #3 Cable Network In Total Day, Beck Beats Hannity For Week

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media


Fox News was the #3 network in cable in both primetime and total day ratings last week, the first time since the 2008 election that the cable news net...

Fox News Dominates 3Q 2009 Cable News Ratings

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media


Fox News has pulled off another dominant quarter, claiming the top 10 cable news programs in 3Q 2009 and growing against 3Q 2008, while CNN and MSNBC ...

Fox News Ratings Remain Strong Into Fall Season, #3 Network On Cable

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 09.22.2009 | Media


Fox News continues to be a ratings magnet, even as the fall season has returned to TV. For the week of September 14-September 20, the cable news outl...

CNN Has Lost Its Way

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media


Reese Schonfeld

Giving an audience of millions to enraged extremists is too great a gift to qualify as "freedom of speech."

With Obama In Office, Fox News Finds Its Stride

AP | DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media


NEW YORK (Associated Press) - South Carolina Republican Bob Inglis, frustrated by a restive crowd at a recent forum to discuss health care reform, sug...

CNN Beats MSNBC In July, Fox News Still On Top

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media


CNN had its best July ever this month, and reclaimed second place in the cable news ratings, topping MSNBC. CNN, which may have been aided by its in-...

Fox News On Track For Best Year Ever, Claims Top 10 Programs In Q2

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media


Fox News again won the cable news ratings race in the second quarter of 2009, averaging 2.122 million total viewers in primetime and taking the top 10...

Fox News Averaging About Same Number Of Viewers As MSNBC, CNN, HLN Combined

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media


Fox News is on track to have its most-watched year ever, showing significant ratings growth despite having just come off a highflying election year. ...

Cable Ranker: USA, Fox News Back In Top Two Spots

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media


With the NBA playoffs off cable and on ABC, USA and Fox News reclaimed the top two spots in the primetime cable ratings last week (the week of June 1-...

May 2009 Cable Rankings: TNT #1 In Primetime, Fox News Top 5 In Primetime and Total Day

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media


Fox News ranked #4 in total viewers among all cable channels in primetime for the month of May 2009, according to Nielsen Media Research. TNT rode NB...

May Ratings Mayhem! Fox News Tops; MSNBC Beats CNN; Cooper, Olbermann Down; HLN Way Up

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media


Nielsen's May 2009 ratings are in, with Fox News again leading the cable news race by wide margins. Fox News Wins Ratings Race (Again) Fox News re...

Fox News Among Top 5 Cable Channels In NBA-Dominated Week

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.27.2009 | Media


Fox News was the #4 ranked cable channel in primetime last week, a week dominated by the NBA playoffs. Fox News Channel averaged 1.89 million total v...

Fox News Claims 9 Of Top 10 Cable News Programs In Q1

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media


In a sign of just how dominant Fox News is in the cable news network ratings game, the network easily won the rankings in the first quarter of 2009, a...

Fox News Ratings "Crazy High" During Obama Administration, #2 Channel In All Of Cable

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.24.2009 | Media


Fox News Channel continued its ratings tear last week, coming in second place again among all cable channels in primetime. This is the fifth straight...

Glenn Beck, Fox News, Find Ratings Gold By Challenging Obama

Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold | Posted 04.05.2009 | Media


Reporting from New York -- Before Glenn Beck started his new show on Fox News in January, he sat down with Roger Ailes, the network's chief executive,...

Fox News Ratings Remain Strong, #2 Cable Channel In Primetime

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media


Fox News is continuing its ratings dominance as America settles into the Obama era. After a strong month of February, in which the network ranked #3 ...

Fox News Widens Lead In First Month Of Obama Administration

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 03.30.2009 | Media


The first weeks of the Obama presidency were remarkably popular ones for the Fox News Channel. Fox News ranked No. 3 among all cable networks in pr...

Jason Linkins

Fox News Determined To Break New Ground In Satiric Disclaimers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.22.2009 | Media


Apparently, not everybody's pet chimpanzee was shot dead in a terrifying police standoff. Some continue to ply their trade in public relations, like ...

"Hannity" Debuts Strong In The Ratings

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 02.13.2009 | Media


Sean Hannity's solo career got off to a strong start Monday night, easily maintaining the 9PM top spot that he enjoyed while hosting "Hannity & Colmes...

Bret Baier's Ratings Show Smooth Transition From Brit Hume

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media


For anyone wondering whether Brit Hume's departure would slow the "Special Report" ratings, the answer is a resounding no. "Special Report with Bret ...

Post-Election Retention: Fox News Weathers The Storm Best

Broadcasting & Cable | Alex Weprin | Posted 12.25.2008 | Media


According to Nielsen Media Research, Fox News retained 74% of its total day and 70% of its primetime audience. MSNBC retained 62% of its total day an...