Fox News Channel Beats Broadcast And Cable News Networks Covering AG Bill Barr Spin And Mueller Report Release In Early Stats
Fox News Channel attracted more viewers than broadcast and cable news networks on Thursday when Attorney General Bill Barr took the podium to spin, then release, special counsel Robert Mueller’s report about his nearly two years investigation into Russian election meddling and Trump campaign rannygazoo.
Fox News Channel averaged 2.8 million viewers between 9:30 AM ET and 1 PM PT ET. That includes 441K in the 25-54 news demo.
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FNC outlapped MSNBC (2.0M, 307K) and CNN (1.2M, 286K).
FNC also edged out CBS’ 2.5M viewers, and ABC 2.2M during that mid-day period when Barr spun and TV news talking heads poured over Mueller’s 400+-page report and discussed. However, both network logged bigger crowds in the news demo than did FNC at that time, ABC averaging 493K viewers in the 25-54 age group, and CBS 471K.
NBC broadcast network’s 9:30 AM-1 PM ET numbers, however, remain a mystery until Monday. It does not provide Nielsen with info the ratings-crunching firm needs to churn out early Nielsen numbers – aka “fasties” – media outlets crave in covering TV news ratings performances during big-news events.
Fox News Channel also dominated the cable news competition in primetime Thursday night. FNC averaged 3.2 million total viewers, including 591K in the news demo, from 8-11 PM ET.
FNC outran CNN (1.1M, 315K) and MSNBC (2.6M, 445K).
FNC’s primetime pro-Trump opinionators also clocked a larger crowd than did NBC (2.2M), and Fox broadcast network (2.4M), in primetime Thursday night, both with non-Mueller programming.
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