1) Of COURSE all cable news ratings dropped after the election, which always happens. CNN's had gained the most. So naturally they are taking the biggest hit.
2) Fox is NOT a lock to continue its "dominating streak" because Trump and his supporters have abandoned it in droves for OANN and Newsmaxx. They aren't coming back.
3) Fox, in fear of law suits just dropped Lou Dobbs, one of its most popular hosts. More viewers headed for the exits.
Please go back to huffing your glue.
I don't know the hourly line-ups of shows (morning shows, etc.). Can anybody help me here? I don't have an extensive knowledge of the whole cable news and COMMENTARY, TV news, webcast-only options.
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What happens if you add all the Left and Right shows in each block? Over the years, I think that Fox has stood alone (or mostly alone) in the Right leaning column. On the Left side, at least during the Trump regime because anyone not in 100% agreement with Trump is against Trump, there are CNN, MSNBC, The Young Turks, Axios, The Daily Beast, etc.. I'm not sure which of the smaller ones are cable or just streaming. Maybe I'll add Alex Jones and Limbaugh to the Righty side but those are single shows (a few hours), not continuous 24-hour programming.
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Anyway, getting to my point, for any single given hour, the head-to-head audience might be (made up numbers to illustrate the point):
Righty-Fox: 300,000
Righty-Limbaugh: 100,000
Others?: 100,000
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Righty-Total: 500,000
(OANN and America News came in late, 2018/9?)
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Lefty-CNN: 200,000
Lefty-MSNBC: 200,000
Lefty-CBS: 140,000
Lefty-Axios: 100,000
Lefty-The Young Turks: 60,000
Others?: 100,000
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Lefty-Total: 800,000
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I argue that Fox appears to be the sole leader in some time blocks because their audience is less fragmented. If you want to tune in to Trump apologists and yes-men, you go to Fox. If you want to listen to the latest Trump critiques, you can choose Maddow, Cuomo, Cooper, et al., thus splitting the audience in those time blocks.
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Has anyone done that analysis? Is there anyplace to get the raw data to do that analysis here?
Posted By: cks175
Re: Fox News #1 In Ratings 19 Years In A Row
Fox News had two of the five highest-rated shows in cable news in January, Hannity and Tucker Carlson Tonight, with the month marking 19 consecutive years at number one—based on January 2020 through January 2021 ratings
What we’ve seen post inauguration is a rather precipitous drop in the ratings among all the cable news channels. CNN looks to be taking the biggest hit.
Maddow’s always had strong ratings, but she can’t carry the network. Fox will continue its dominating streak as the ratings leader, and come next January, will celebrate 20 consecutive years as the ratings champion.
