Fox News led the 8-11 p.m. ET block with 10.32 million viewers watching coverage anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. MSNBC (6.01 million) finished second, narrowly beating ABC’s 5.9 million. NBC averaged 5.5 million viewers, followed by CNN (5.1 million), CBS (3.61 million) and the Fox broadcast network (2 million from 8-10 p.m. ET).

Ratings for TV election coverage dropped for the second consecutive presidential campaign cycle, drawing 42.3 million TV viewers.

Fox News led the pack of cable outlets airing election coverage on Tuesday, with 9.8 million viewers tuning in to watch Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum deliver the news of Donald Trump‘s path toward—and eventual—victory,

Fox News Channel led the pack in primetime election coverage Tuesday night with 9.8M tuning in from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET, according to early data from Nielsen. However, this is a sharp decrease from the audience FNC drew in 2020,

Fox News dominated cable news ratings on election night, drawing 9.8 million prime-time viewers, followed by MSNBC and CNN, according to Nielsen data provided by the network. MSNBC attracted 5.5 million viewers,

Fox News was the most-watched network for the election, according to the website Deadline, citing early information from the ratings company Nielsen, followed by ABC and MSNBC. Re

Fox News cruised to an easy victory in the ratings battle for election night coverage, marking the second-straight time the network beat rivals CNN and MSNBC in viewership for presidential results.

The Fox News Channel scored the highest ratings of any broadcast or cable network in prime-time with its coverage of the 2024 election on Tuesday, according to preliminary data released by Nielsen. The data showed 9.