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“The Five” on Fox News has reached a historic milestone.
The show has been the most-watched cable news program for four straight quarters. This is the first time ever for any non-primetime cable news show.
“The Five” averaged 3.3 million viewers for the quarter, according to Nielsen Media Research data.
This doesn’t come as a huge surprise. Critics claim that most cable news networks are simply pushing the left-wing political agenda of the Biden administration while Fox News is doing actual journalism.
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Fox News led all cable competitors in the third quarter.
This is the sixth straight quarter in which Fox News has outperformed everyone else in cable news.
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The roundtable discussion show, whose regular hosts include Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino, Jesse Watters and Jeanine Pirro, airs weekdays at 5 p.m.
According to Deadline, the quarter saw an overall slump in cable news viewership. For example, Fox News’ third-quarter average of 2.19 primetime viewers was down 8 percent, while CNN’s average of 717,000 was down 13 percent.
The overall slump was more pronounced in the 25-54 age group, where Fox was down 23 percent, CNN was down 21 percent and MSNBC was down 22 percent.
However, Fox News noted there was a great disparity among cable networks in attracting those who were watching TV.
