{"id":6535,"date":"2021-07-14T14:38:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T21:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=6535"},"modified":"2021-07-14T14:38:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T21:38:38","slug":"cnn-viewership-falls-fox-capitalizes-reclaiming-cable-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=6535","title":{"rendered":"CNN Viewership Falls, Fox Capitalizes Reclaiming Cable News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Christian Capperllari<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the 2020 Presidential Election, Fox News took an unexpected tumble below CNN\u00a0 in ratings. However, after the first half of 2021, Fox News is top dog again in both daytime and primetime viewership, with CNN coming in third behind both Fox News and MSNBC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fox News\u2019 lead has grown significantly since the winter season when they took over the lead from CNN, averaging 1.2 million viewers per day from April-June which surpassed MSNBC\u2019s average of 847,000 and CNN\u2019s average of 654,000 by a large margin. Fox News\u2019 gap in ratings is even larger in primetime with Fox averaging 2.2 million viewers, while MSNBC averaged 1.5 million and CNN averaged 914,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two programs with the highest ratings also belong to Fox News. Tucker Carlson Tonight and Hannity, which are both Fox News primetime shows, have attracted the highest viewership with 2.9 million viewers and 2.7 million respectively\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, all three of these networks have dropped at least 30 percent from this point in time last year. This could be in relation to the fact that hot button topics such as the Coronavirus Pandemic and the 2020 Presidential Election are no longer in the news cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fox\u2019s dip in viewership was likely closely related to the Capitol Surge in early 2021, and smaller networks such as One America News and Newsmax, who are far more pro-Trump, taking viewers from Fox, a network Trump had been critical of at times. Fox responded to this by shifting their reporting to become more right-leaning than before and regained a lot of these viewers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Christian Capperllari After the 2020 Presidential Election, Fox News took an unexpected tumble below CNN\u00a0 in ratings. 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