Midterm elections: Fox News viewership crushes ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN with 7.7 million primetime viewers
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Fox News’ coverage of the midterm elections with Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum averaged a staggering 7.7 million primetime viewers, to thump CNN and MSNBC combined.
MSNBC averaged three million viewers and CNN settled for 2.5 million. Among broadcast options, NBC averaged 3.1 million viewers, ABC averaged three million and CBS managed 2.5 million. Brian Flood is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to brian.flood@fox.com and on Twitter: @briansflood.
Fox News also demolished all competitors among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults age 25-54, averaging 1.8 million viewers in the critical category. NBC finished second with a little over one-million demo viewers to top the broadcast outlets, while CNN managed 982,000 demo viewers to top MSNBC’S 747,000.
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