Opinion: Fox News pulls huge election day ratings
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If you followed the suspense of Tuesday’s elections, odds are you landed on Fox News.
Fox News Channel absolutely crushed the other networks in prime-time election coverage ratings.
Despite -- or perhaps thanks to -- being on the Obama White House enemies list recently.
Between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. (8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time), Fox News grabbed 4.04 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The other outlets weren’t even close.
MSNBC had 974,000 viewers. The CNN-owned HLN (previously CNN2 or CNN Headline News) had 842,000, and CNN trailed with 826,000.
Even with the CNN networks’ combined 1.67 million viewers, it was still way behind Fox News in viewership.
Fox News even dominated in the younger 25-54 age demographic with 1.13 million. The three other networks combined don’t even touch that number.
The divide between Fox News and MSNBC somewhat underscores the big win for Republicans in New Jersey and Virginia, though not the loss of a conservative congressional candidate in New York. The big numbers for Fox News, often considered a right-leaning network, demonstrates that conservatives nationwide may have kept a close eye on the East Coast competitions.
-- Mark Milian
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