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 | ||||