{"id":273900,"date":"2025-11-05T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/273900\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:40:09","slug":"even-magas-favorite-network-fox-news-lost-big-on-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/273900\/","title":{"rendered":"Even MAGA\u2019s Favorite Network Fox News Lost Big on Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump-friendly Fox News also lost out on Election Night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a rare occurrence, left-leaning MSNBC overtook Fox in primetime total viewers during election coverage on Tuesday, according to Nielsen Fast National ratings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">First reported by<a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/x.com\/DylanByers\/status\/1986128687780274254&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DylanByers\/status\/1986128687780274254\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DylanByers\/status\/1986128687780274254\"> Puck journalist Dylan Byers, <\/a>preliminary numbers show MSNBC drew 2.92 million primetime viewers\u2014comfortably surpassing Fox News\u2019 2.75 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Both MSNBC and Fox outperformed CNN, which averaged 1.68 million viewers, the ratings show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MSNBC Vice President Jesse Rodriguez announced the news in an X post on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RATINGS NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@MSNBC<\/a> was the #1 cable news network for primetime Election coverage last night among total viewers, beating FOX &amp; CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseRodriguez\/status\/1986134992863551908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Yesterday was MSNBC\u2019s most-watched day since Election Day 2024,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a statement to the Daily Beast, a representative for Fox noted the channel outperformed all other cable news networks outside of primetime, which occurs from 8 pm to 11 pm on weeknights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cFrom 7-11 PM\/ET, [Fox News Channel] was number one with 2.8 million viewers leading MSNBC\u2019s 2.7 million viewers and CNN\u2019s 1.5 million viewers,\u201d the spokesperson wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She added: \u201cFNC dominated the 8pm hour with 3.3 million viewers and 455,000 in the 25-54 demo leading MSNBC (2.6 million viewers and 400,000 in the 25-54 demo) and CNN (1.6 million viewers and 431,000 in the 25-54 demo).\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fox\u2019s Tuesday night <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/press.foxnews.com\/2025\/10\/fox-news-media-to-present-special-programming-on-election-night&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/press.foxnews.com\/2025\/10\/fox-news-media-to-present-special-programming-on-election-night\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/press.foxnews.com\/2025\/10\/fox-news-media-to-present-special-programming-on-election-night\">lineup <\/a>included coverage co-anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum and Jesse Watters, and guests such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s return to office has coincided with Fox transforming itself into the most-watched cable news network, Forbes reported. Just-released October ratings cemented it as the leading channel in primetime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But a wave of blue wins likely encouraged viewers to switch their channels on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In New York, Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani coasted to victory with the highest voter turnout the city has seen in half a century\u2014despite the president pleading with voters in his former home state to back his opponent, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump warned that New York would become an \u201ceconomic and social disaster\u201d if Mamdani triumphed, even threatening to withhold federal funds from the city if he was elected.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OIYBFCSX7ZAWHLX2UIEA6PZ4QQ.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>New Yorkers elected leftist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor. ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In Virginia, former Democratic congresswoman Abigail Spanberger became the state\u2019s first female governor, riding an anti-Trump wave fueled by the government shutdown and federal cutbacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">And in New Jersey, former Navy helicopter pilot Mikie Sherrill edged out another Trump-endorsed candidate, Jack Ciattarelli, who had embraced the president\u2019s tax and immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Nearly every county in the two states voted more Democratic than in the 2024 presidential election, The New York Times reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Even Fox News acknowledged the devastating blow, with the network\u2019s chief political anchor Bret Baier calling election night \u201ca big loss\u201d on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a big loss,\u201d Baier, a sometime Trump golfing buddy, said. \u201cIf you look inside the numbers, there are some dangerous things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Daily Beast has reached out to Fox News for comment.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump-friendly Fox News also lost out on Election Night. 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