{"id":2395427,"date":"2025-01-27T05:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T10:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-dominated-inauguration-day-ratings-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T05:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T10:49:52","slug":"fox-news-dominated-inauguration-day-ratings-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-dominated-inauguration-day-ratings-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News dominated Inauguration Day ratings &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffox-news-dominated-inauguration-day-ratings-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2395427&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Inauguration Day for\u2064 President Donald trump\u200c and \u200cVice President JD Vance,Fox\u2062 News achieved notable ratings success,outpacing all other cable networks. Nielsen Media Research \u200dreported \u2063that Fox News coverage reached 10.3 million viewers,with 2 million in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-beats-cnn-msnbc-combined-for-10th-straight-month\/\" title=\"Fox News Beats CNN &amp; MSNBC Combined For 10th Straight Month\">key 25-54 age demographic<\/a>,making it the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-made-them-up-out-of-whole-cloth-republican-congressman-sues-rachel-maddow-over-russian-allegations\/\" title=\"\u2018She Made Them Up Out Of Whole Cloth\u2019: Republican Congressman Sues Rachel Maddow Over Russian Allegations\">top-rated program<\/a> on television that day. Notably, there was a peak viewership of 10.9 million during\u200d the noon hour. This event marked Fox \u200dNews&#8217; second-highest-rated Inauguration Day and highlighted that it secured \u206280%\u200c of the\u2063 cable news audience share during its coverage. In contrast, competitors CNN and MSNBC struggled with their lowest ratings \u2064in the networks&#8217; histories, as fox News continued to dominate throughout the evening with strong viewership numbers for its subsequent programming.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fox News dominated Inauguration Day ratings<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1948168\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fox News<\/a> continued its ratings dominance compared to other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-is-swirling-down-the-toilet\/\" title=\"Fox News Is Swirling Down The Toilet\">cable news networks<\/a> with its coverage of the inauguration of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JD Vance<\/a> on January 20.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Data from Nielsen Media Research showed that the network&rsquo;s programming for the inauguration was the highest-rated &ldquo;in all of television,&rdquo; according to a press release. This included multiple programs on Fox News Channel throughout the day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Inauguration of Donald Trump, <\/em>which was co-anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, reached 10.3 million viewers, including 2 million in the coveted age 25-54 demographic, read the release. This total outpaced Fox News Channel&rsquo;s competition, including legacy networks ABC, CBS, and NBC and &ldquo;all cable networks across the board. Viewership peaked during the 12 p.m. hour, with the data showing that 10.9 million viewers tuned in, including 2.1 million in the age 25-54 demographic.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The press release highlighted that it was the second-highest-rated Inauguration Day programming in the cable news channel&rsquo;s history. It received &ldquo;80% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">cable news audience share&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for special programming coverage of the inauguration. Also, Fox News was the only network to gain viewers compared to President Joe Biden&rsquo;s inauguration in January 2021, earning &ldquo;triple-digit increases.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, ratings for Fox News soared while its competition floundered. Cable networks MSNBC and CNN suffered some of their worst ratings in history. MSNBC had its lowest numbers in the network&rsquo;s history for Inauguration Day coverage, while CNN notched the second-smallest total viewership for a presidential inauguration in the network&rsquo;s history. MSNBC has been on the air since July 1996, and CNN since June 1980.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fox News continued its ratings dominance into the evening on Inauguration Day. <em>The Five <\/em>had 8.5 million viewers and <em>Special Report with Bret Baier<\/em>, which aired at 6 p.m., had nearly eight million people tune in and was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-posts-worst-ratings-since-2007-despite-homebound-audience\/\" title=\"Super Bowl Posts Worst Ratings Since 2007 Despite Homebound Audience\">highest-rated program<\/a> in its timeslot, noted the press release. Fox News Channel closed out the historic day with 6.2 million viewers watching the shows in its prime-time slots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1948168\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1948168\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News led Inauguration Day ratings, outperforming all networks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2395428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fox-News-outside-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32135,45689,4882],"class_list":["post-2395427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fox-news","tag-inauguration-day","tag-ratings"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fox-News-outside-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395427"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395431,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395427\/revisions\/2395431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}