Because Hillary Clinton officially joined the presidential race last Sunday afternoon, many consider the 2016 primaries to officially be underway. For the first full week of that early “primary season,” Fox News topped all of cable television in primetime viewers, according to Nielsen ratings data.
Throughout last week, Fox averaged 1.7 million total viewers during primetime hours (8-11 p.m. ET), outperforming the big cable names like USA Network (1.6M), TBS (1.5M), Discovery (1.45M), and TNT (1.4M). This marks the third time in 2015 that Fox achieved such a feat — the last time beingthe week of controversy surrounding the network’s primetime star Bill O’Reilly.
Fox’s primary cable news competitors, CNN and MSNBC ranked 27th and 30th, respectively, among all cable networks. The Turner-owned channel averaged 523k primetime viewers for the week; while the NBC-owned news channel had 516k.
On top of that, Fox also ranked third place overall for total day cable viewers. The network’s 1.1M viewers placed them behind Adult Swim’s 1.14M and Nickelodeon’s 1.13M viewers. CNN’s 385k placed them 23rd overall, while MSNBC’s 311k was enough for 27th place.
Via: Mediaite
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