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a kennedy

(34,842 posts) Wed Nov 5, 2025, 10:06 PM Nov 5

Kinda good news for MSNBC's election coverage

Election night’s Democratic wins boosted MSNBC to lead the pack among its fellow cable news networks in primetime as the network secured its most-watched day and night since Election Day 2024.
MSNBC averaged 3.04 million total viewers in primetime, outpacing Fox News, which averaged 2.85 million viewers, as well as CNN, which averaged 1.78 million viewers, according to Nielsen preliminary ratings.

While MSNBC scored big in primetime, it’s Fox News that led the pack in total day, with the right-leaning network scoring an average 1.97 million viewers, exceeding viewership for MSNBC, which scored 1.28 million viewers, as well as CNN, which averaged 748,000 viewers.

https://www.thewrap.com/election-night-ratings-2025-cable-news-msnbc/

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Kinda good news for MSNBC's election coverage (Original Post) a kennedy Nov 5 OP

Steve leaves and the numbers go up? Ouch dem4decades Nov 5 #1

Much of Fox viewership is quite elderly, intheflow Nov 5 #2

TY Kick! Cha Thursday #3

I have not watched MSNBC or any US news station since Nov 2024 but I did Bev54 Thursday #4

See it an' weep, foxbots oasis Thursday #5

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dem4decades

(13,390 posts)

1. Steve leaves and the numbers go up? Ouch

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 11:08 PM

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intheflow

(29,866 posts)

2. Much of Fox viewership is quite elderly,

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 11:49 PM

Nov 5

retired or on disability. This is not to say all elderly, retired, and disabled peoples sit around all day watching Fox or are MAGA. It’s simply a cohort that has the time to have Fox on all day, not to mention the notorious fact that most MAGA vote against their own interests.