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Greg Gutfeld made history as Fox News continues its unprecedented streak in the extremely important cable-ratings game.
Fox News Channel finished August 2022 as the third most-watched network in all of television. They beat ABC and trailed behind only CBS and NBC.
According to Nielsen, Fox News was cable’s highest-rated network in total day and primetime with total viewers. They were also the top rated in total days with the important 25-54 demographic.
Fox News beat MSNBC and CNN in total day and primetime viewers combined. Fox ranked number one in cable news in primetime viewers for the 19th month in a row and had 96 of the top 100 cable news shows for the month.
“Gutfeld!” made television history by becoming the first late-night cable program to finish the month as the most-watched late-night show in all of broadcast and cable. It even beat CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” for August.
This is the first time that Colbert has been pushed from the top spot as late night’s highest-rated host for a full month in more than five years.
“Gutfeld!” Also had the show’s highest-rated month since launching last April in August.
It airs at 11 p.m./ET and topped every show on CNN and MSNBC in the younger 25-54 demographic.
“Gutfeld!” averaged 2.2 million viewers beating ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1,144,000) and NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (1,339,000) in total viewers.
Fox News reported:
At 5 PM/ET, FNC’s late afternoon offering The Five continued as the top-rated show in viewers for the fifth consecutive month and finished first in cable news for the last eight out of nine months.
The roundtable program averaged 3.4 million viewers, 427,000 in the 25-54 demo and 270,000 in the 18-49 demo, outpacing every show on CNN and MSNBC across the board.
At 8 PM/ET, Tucker Carlson Tonight continued as the highest-rated program in cable news in the younger 25-54 demo, averaging 3.3 million viewers and 486,000 in the demo, as well as 301,000 in the 18-49 category throughout July.
Hannity at 9 PM/ET scored 2.9 million viewers, 397,000 in the 25-54 demo, and 235,000 among adults 18-49, achieving the third most-watched program in all categories and outpacing the competition on MSNBC and CNN combined.
MSNBC’s newly-launched 9 PM/ET program Alex Wagner Tonight delivered a paltry 1.6 million viewers and 157,000 in the 25-54 demo, which Hannity more than doubled.
The Nielsen numbers for August 2022 vs. August 2021:
TOTAL DAY
FNC: 1,487,000 total viewers – up 4% (211,000 in 25-54 – down 12%)
CNN: 561,000 total viewers – down 10% (110,000 in 25-54 – down 21%)
MSNBC: 804,000 total viewers – up 10% (89,000 in 25-54 – down 9%)
PRIMETIME
FNC: 2,337,000 total viewers – down 6% (311,000 in 25-54- down 22%)
CNN: 733,000 total viewers – down 11% (153,000 in 25-54 – down 21%)
MSNBC: 1,299,000 total viewers – up 5% (134,000 in 25-54 – down 19%)
Overall, there has been a definite decline in the popularity of more left-wing news networks. Fox News consistently seems to be bringing in more and more viewers over time.
