Sean Hannity’s move to the 9 p.m. timeslot paid immediate dividends for the network. President Donald Trump’s biggest cable news backer averaged 3.2 million viewers in October, topping Rachael Maddow’s 2.5 million. For the broadcast networks, baseball led Fox to the easy win for the week in primetime, with the network averaging 13.2 million viewers. CBS had 7.8 million, NBC had 6.9 million, ABC had 4.5 million, Telemundo had 1.48 million, Univision had 1.47 million, the CW had 1.35 million and Ion Television had 1.2 million.
NETWORK RATINGS ROUNDUP: OCT. 23-29
Fox’s Hannity Tops Cable News Rankings
NEW YORK (AP) — After the summer of Rachel Maddow, Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity ascended to the top of the cable news mountain.
Hannity’s move to the 9 p.m. timeslot paid immediate dividends for the network. President Donald Trump’s biggest cable news backer averaged 3.2 million viewers in October, topping Maddow’s 2.5 million, the Nielsen company said. Fox’s Tucker Carlson, in an earlier time slot, had 2.8 million viewers.
When Bill O’Reilly was working at Fox, there was no question for years who was the top person in cable television talk. His ouster in April following the revelation of sexual harassment settlements put that distinction up for grabs, and MSNBC’s Maddow took the title in July, August and September.
Fox’s Laura Ingraham made a strong debut Monday, reaching 3.27 million viewers at 10 p.m. and beating CNN and MSNBC in the time slot, Nielsen said.
It’s got a near-impossible act to live up to, but the Dodgers-Astros World Series is averaging 16.1 million viewers through five games for Fox, Nielsen said. The thrilling fifth game, won by the Astros in extra innings, was the most-watched contest with nearly 19 million viewers.
Last year’s Cubs-Indians series averaged 23.6 million viewers, primarily on the strength of an epic seventh game that was seen by 40.5 million, the most-watched World Series game since 1991.
Baseball led Fox to the easy win for the week in prime time, with the network averaging 13.2 million viewers. CBS had 7.8 million, NBC had 6.9 million, ABC had 4.5 million, Telemundo had 1.48 million, Univision had 1.47 million, the CW had 1.35 million and ION Television had 1.2 million.
Fox News Channel (2.294 million) and ESPN (2.291 million) were in a virtual tie atop the prime-time ratings for cable networks. MSNBC had 1.53 million, Hallmark had 1.4 million and USA had 1.32 million.
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ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.4 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.2 million.
NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.2 million viewers. ABC’s “World News” was second with 7.5 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.4 million viewers.
The Top 20
Primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Oct. 23-29. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. World Series, Game 5: L.A. Dodgers at Houston, Fox, 18.94 million.
2. World Series, Game 3: L.A. Dodgers at Houston, Fox, 15.68 million.
3. World Series, Game 2: Houston at L.A. Dodgers, Fox, 15.5 million.
4. World Series, Game 4: L.A. Dodgers at Houston, Fox, 15.4 million.
6. “World Series Game 5 Pregame,” Fox, 14.16 million.
7. NFL Football: Pittsburgh at Detroit, NBC, 13.86 million.
8. “The OT,” Fox, 13.6 million.
9. “NCIS,” CBS, 13.3 million.
10. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 13.21 million.
11. NFL Football: Washington at Philadelphia, ESPN, 11.75 million.
12. NFL Football: Miami at Baltimore, CBS, 11.37 million.
13. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 11.27 million.
14. “Bull,” CBS, 10.7 million.
15. “This is Us,” NBC, 10.6 million.
16. “The Good Doctor,” ABC, 10.39 million.
17. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 10.1 million.
18. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 9.75 million.
19. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 9.66 million.
20. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 9.52 million.
Comments (9)
Cheryl Thorne says:
November 1, 2017 at 7:44 am
Truth=Credibility=Viewers..Get that Rachel Maddow??
kendra campbell says:
November 1, 2017 at 8:57 am
LOL. 3.2 million wingnuts. No surprise.
Michael Castengera says:
November 1, 2017 at 9:37 am
Both of them together have fewer viewers than the CBS Evening News, the lowest ranked broadcast network news, so by your own math, the evening newscasts from CBS, NBC and ABC have more truth and credibility than Hannity or Maddow. And on that, I agree.
John McElfresh says:
November 1, 2017 at 12:28 pm
Where did all these idiots come from? The networks were all shills for Ugly Hillary, and the still can’t accept that they and you mr TVgm have no idea what middle america wants. You folks lost, get over it!
John McElfresh says:
November 1, 2017 at 12:31 pm
The surprise is you have no idea your one of the problems in the country.
Veronica Serrano Padilla says:
November 1, 2017 at 4:15 pm
@TVGenMgr states a fact, @Bailusout says “Ugly Hillary” – par for the course in these discussions. As for issues of Middle America, one would be education. Pop quiz: Should it be “Your one of the problems…” or “you’re one of the problems…?” Never mind, you haven’t figured out what a period is for.
Cheryl Thorne says:
November 1, 2017 at 7:34 pm
Mr Ridgeline..Get your thumb out of your mouth
Veronica Serrano Padilla says:
November 1, 2017 at 10:52 pm
Get your out of your ass…
Cheryl Thorne says:
November 2, 2017 at 8:01 am
I was going to say that to you except I thought I would get removed so the same to you…