Fox News Ratings

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...

Fox News Sees No Post-Election Slump

MediaWeek | Anthony Crupi | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media


Conventional wisdom would suggest that cable news ratings were ripe for a precipitous fall once the cuticle-gnawing tension of the election finally ab...

Fox News Wins Election Week, #1 Network In All Of Cable

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.12.2008 | Media


CNN may have won election night, but Fox News retained the most viewers, winning Election Week and taking the #1 spot in primetime among all cable net...

Election Night 2008 Ratings: 71.5 Million Watch Obama Victory, ABC, CNN Tops

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media


Over 71 million people watched the Election Night coverage, making it the most viewed event of the political season and the most watched television ev...

Cable News Ratings Return To Normalcy: Fox News Wins Wednesday

Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media


After MSNBC's surprise win in the demo Tuesday night, cable news ratings underwent a return to normalcy Wednesday night, to some extent, with Fox News...

"Fox & Friends" Hosts Having Fun — And Crushing Their Competitors

Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold | Posted 11.21.2008 | Media


t was just after 7 a.m. on the set of "Fox & Friends," but the studio already looked like the scene of a college all-nighter. Papers and blue index ca...

Fox News Most-Watched Channel On Cable In Prime Time Weekly Ratings

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media


Fox News Channel was the number one network in prime time on all of basic cable last week (10/6/08-10/12/08), marking only the second time this year t...

Vice Presidential Debate Ratings: 69.9 Million Total, ABC, Fox News Win, MSNBC Tanks

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media


Update: The final numbers are in: 69.9 million viewers watched the Vice Presidential debate, making it the most watched debate since 1992 and the most...

Fox News Wins Q3 Cable News Race

TVWeek | Michele Greppi | Posted 11.02.2008 | Media


The wild rides of the campaign for president and the economic turmoil boosted Fox News Channel's prime-time block to fourth among all cable channels f...

Hannity's Palin Interview Ratings: 4.9 Million For Second Highest Rated "Hannity & Colmes" Ever

Broadcasting & Cable | Marisa Guthrie | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media


Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes clocked its second-most-watched installment Wednesday night with part one of Sean Hannity's two-part interview wit...

O'Reilly's Obama Interview Crushes Olbermann's In The Ratings

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 10.11.2008 | Media


So much for home field advantage. Cable news outlets shouting from opposite ends of the political spectrum both aired sit-downs with Barack Obama on M...

Fox News Sweeps The Republican National Convention Ratings Race

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media


While CNN was the undisputed winner of the Democratic National Convention, Fox News swept the Republican National Convention ratings race in impressiv...

Fox News Rides Sarah Palin To Ratings Victory

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media


ST. PAUL, Minn. -- It's still to be seen whether the pick of Sarah Palin as his running mate will help carry John McCain to the White House. But the ...

Fox News Ratings Soar On Politically-Themed Programming

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 09.21.2008 | Media


NEW YORK -- Political-themed programming this week has worked wonders for the already high ratings of the Fox News Channel. Special "Character & Cond...

Fox News Back On Top, Wins Second Quarter Ratings After Q1 Loss To CNN

Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media


NEW YORK -- Fox News is poised to reclaim the title of the most-watched cable news network in the key advertising demographic in the second quarter of...

"Countdown" Beats "O'Reilly Factor" In Ratings Demo For First Time Ever

Huffington Post | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media


MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" beat Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" in the key Adults 25-54 demographic for the first time ever last week. ...