Tuesday Cable Ratings: Fox Wins Election Night with High of 6.6 Million

A big night for Republicans was also a big night for Fox News Tuesday when the network led the cable news ratings in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers as polls closed and election results came in. Fox’s coverage, anchored by Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly averaged 1.662M in the demo and 6.310M total viewers. It peaked during the 10 p.m. hour with 1.825M in the demo and 6.607M total viewers.

CNN came in second place for the night with 909K in the demo and 2.107M total during primetime while MSNBC was third with 525K in the demo and 1.687M total.

Here are the rest of your Tuesday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  333	New Day  71	Morning Joe  95	Express  94
5 pm	The Five  532	Blitzer  150	Schultz  70	WWYD  19
6 pm	Election  653	Blitzer  237	Election  175	Files  46
7 pm	Election  1.078	Election  520	Election  354	Files  120
8 pm	Election  1.458	Election  828	Election  469	Grace  101
9 pm	Election  1.701	Election  986	Election  535	Dr. Drew  58
10 pm	Election  1.825	Election  912	Election  566	Files  133
11 pm	Election  1.556	Election  675	Election  447	Files  186
PRIME TIME	1.662	909	525	97
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.270	New Day  261	Morning Joe  335	Express  243
5 pm	The Five  2.650	Blitzer  626	Schultz  586	WWYD  65
6 pm	Election  2.994	Blitzer  681	Election  834	Files  123
7 pm	Election  4.419	Election  1.240	Election  1.305	Files  229
8 pm	Election  6.007	Election  1.984	Election  1.672	Grace  273
9 pm	Election  6.290	Election  2.401	Election  1.788	Dr. Drew  178
10 pm	Election  6.607	Election  1.936	Election  1.594	Files  342
11 pm	Election  5.523	Election  1.474	Election  1.315	Files  429
PRIME TIME	6.310	2.107	1.687	264
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data