[FOX] Americans relied on Fox News for information and analysis during the news-heavy month of August that featured the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the devastating Hurricane Ida.
Fox News outdrew CNN and MSNBC combined among both total day and primetime viewers while snatching 94 of the top 100 most-watched cable news telecasts of the month. But Fox News didn’t only dominate liberal CNN and MSNBC, it finished as the most-watched network in all of basic cable.
Fox News averaged 2.5 million viewers during the primetime hours of 8-11 p.m. ET, compared to 1.2 million for MSNBC and only 819,000 for CNN. Fox News’ primetime lineup averaged 394,000 viewers among the key demographic of adults age 25-54, while CNN settled for only 191,000 and MSNBC managed only 163,000 average viewers among the crucial category. |