![]() Cable-news viewership typically ebbs after a presidential race, and the networks see the midterms as a natural starting point to build back audience as the race for the White House starts to take shape. The midterm elections are a natural starting point for such an endeavor. Discovery, hopes to strike new connections with viewers by presenting a less intense version of the news, made more colorful, passionate, and even opinionated during the Trump administration under the network’s previous chief, Jeff Zucker. In the third quarter, the network’s average total-day audience among viewers between 25 and 54 - the demographic most coveted by advertisers in news programming - was off 17%, according to Nielsen, compared with a dip of 11% for MSNBC and one of 13% for Fox News Channel, which is the most-viewed network in the sector, even on Election Night. It’s no secret that CNN has seen its overall ratings fall in recent months. Mastering these nuances is critical for King and the network he has called home since 1997. “Having both hands reasonably accessible helps,” says King. In some cases, he may have to wave his hands over a state where one political party wins the gubernatorial race in one state, but another wins the campaign for a Senate seat. King is preparing for a wild Tuesday, one that will likely see tallies shift as different states follow bespoke laws about tabulating mail-in votes. “I lost it.” He was forced to use his brother’s right-handed counterpart to play games. “If you lose it, you’re done,” King says he was told. When he was young, his father gave him a left-handed mitt so he could play baseball, but warned his son the family didn’t have money to replace the glove. A fifth measure raised in Montana has yet to be called.īut it may be as much as another month before voters get any closure as to which party will take control of the Senate and at least several days to count remaining ballots that can determine some tight races in the House.That’s no easy task, but King, who has been working the Wall on CNN since Larry King was an on-air staple, had a childhood boost. California, Vermont and Michigan all voted to enshrine protections for abortions in the state’s Constitution, while voters in Kentucky rejected an initiative that would have enshrined an abortion ban into its state’s Constitution. And abortion rights, which was a key issue across the country, was on the ballot in five states. Vance, who defeated the Democrat Tim Ryan. It also resulted in a victory in Ohio for “Hillbilly Elegy” author J.D. Mehmet Oz, who was running as a Republican in the state of Pennsylvania but was defeated by Dem. Hollywood was also watching this year’s election very closely, as Tuesday night led to the defeat of Dr. ![]() While some pundits across all networks had predicted something of a Red Wave for Tuesday, with Republicans expected to flip control of either or both of the House and Senate in Congress, the Senate remains in play as the Georgia election between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker was so close that it will now call for a special runoff election. The cable news channel brought back Arnon Mishkin to lead its election night projection desk last night the evening was anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. Fox also wins gold in the demo wars CNN and MSNBC flip-flop for silver and bronze, respectively.įox News cemented its prominent Election-Night position in 2020, when it was the only major network to have called the state of Arizona for Joe Biden. Year-to-date, Fox News Channel (2.3 million) is averaging nearly twice MSNBC’s (1.2 million) overall primetime viewers, and is more than 3x CNN’s (727,000). Tucker Carlson and Fox News Part Ways - Host’s Last Show Already Aired MSNBC ranked fifth in the demo with 782,000 CBS (701,000) was again in last. In fourth was ABC, with 900,000 demo viewers. CNN attracted enough viewers in that age range (1.059 million) to rank second, coming in a mere 1,000 viewers ahead of third-place NBC. In the main news demo of adults 25-54, Fox News Channel was again No. CNN was a distant fifth place with 2.61 million total viewers CBS brought up the rear with 2.56 million. MSNBC was third (3.21 million) and NBC proper (3.11 million) was fourth. to 11 p.m.), according to final Nielsen numbers, more than doubling its closest competitor, ABC (a rounded 3.31 million). ![]() Tuesday was a Red Wave (of sorts) for the conservative-leaning Fox News Channel, which also claimed first place outright in 20.įox News drew an average of 7.42 million total viewers last night across primetime (8 p.m. We’re still waiting on a whole bunch of midterm results, but we know who won Election Night in TV ratings. ![]() UPDATE : Story now has final Nielsen numbers:
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