
Fox News Channel’s dominance in cable news has been as consistent as the rising sun for nearly a decade. As a network, FNC will hit a decade of leadership in total viewers in January and Fox & Friends achieved that landmark in October. O’Reilly Factor, Hannity, and On the Record with Greta dominate primetime, but it’s not all about the opinionated commentators at FNC where its newscasts also dominate. In October, FNC had the top 13 programs in all of cable news, and among the top five were the aforementioned primetime shows plus the two news shows, Special Report with Brett Baier and The Fox Report with Shepard Smith. Here’s a look at the 6p & 7p shows and their October averages sorted by adults 25-54.
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October '11 |
Show |
Net |
25-54 (000) |
Viewers (000) |
|
6p |
Special Report w/Brett Baier |
FNC |
353 |
1890 |
|
HLN |
147 |
494 |
||
|
Politics Nation |
MSNBC |
145 |
655 |
|
|
CNN |
121 |
464 |
||
|
7p |
Fox Report w/Shepard Smith |
FNC |
378 |
1731 |
|
Hardball w/Chris Matthews |
MSNBC |
163 |
737 |
|
|
Erin Burnett Outfront |
CNN |
146 |
490 |
|
|
Issues |
HLN |
144 |
496 |
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2011 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.






