On Tuesday, Fox News lost to both CNN and MSNBC in the 8 p.m. Carlson, its biggest prime-time star, has been felt. And the network has bounced back from losing stars like Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck.īut the absence of Mr. Fox News has pointed to Nielsen data showing that in the first three months of the year, it was the highest-rated network across all of cable TV. On Tuesday evening, “Hannity” on Fox News drew 2.1 million viewers “The Ingraham Angle” attracted 1.6 million. Over all, Newsmax remains a ratings minnow. Carlson, in part because of private messages sent by the anchor that included offensive and crude remarks. The sharp rise in viewership can be timed almost to the minute of Fox News’s announcement on Monday that it was parting ways with Mr. Newsmax’s other prime-time shows also experienced big jumps. Bolling’s audience grew to 562,000 viewers, equal to about 80 percent of Anderson Cooper’s CNN viewership that evening. Newsmax program drew 531,000 viewers, according to Nielsen. Carlson’s exit - an abrupt spike that has turned heads in conservative circles and the cable news industry. But its audience at certain hours has doubled, and in some time slots tripled, in the immediate aftermath of Mr.

Viewership of Newsmax remains far below that of Fox News. So far, the strategy is showing some promise. Newsmax, the niche conservative news channel that has long played David to Fox News’s Goliath, has seized on Tucker Carlson’s shock dismissal from its rival network and declared itself the true TV home for right-wing Americans.

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