Cable Ratings: Harvey Levin, Tucker Carlson Boost Fox News to No. 1
Fox News Channel finished No. 1 among all cable networks in both total day and primetime viewers for the week of Nov. 14-20, marking the 14th straight week that it was the most-watched network.
Fox News averaged 3.09 million viewers from 8-11 p.m., edging ESPN’s 3.02 million viewers despite a big week of NFL coverage.
Fox News (1.8 million) and ESPN (1.2 million) also finished atop total day viewers, with Nickelodeon, Hallmark and Adult Swim rounding out the top five.
On Friday night, Fox News aired a special hosted by TMZ’s Harvey Levin, “OBJECTified” averaged over 4 million in total viewers, beating cable news rivals CNN and MSNBC combined in the 10 p.m. timeslot.
“Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace had its most-watched episode in 10 years when Vice President-elect Mike Pence joined the program to discuss the developments surrounding his visit to the “Hamilton” Broadway play.
“Hannity” had a huge day on Nov. 17, averaging 761,000 to beat all cable news competition in the demo and help the network’s overall weekly numbers.