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Tucker Carlson’s Interview With Tony Bobulinski Draws Huge Audience

Carlson’s interview with Bobulinski topped the heavily promoted season premiere of NBC’s “This Is Us” to finish as the No. 3 program in all of television on Tuesday, finishing behind only FOX’s World Series Game 6 and NBC’s “The Voice.”

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3 years ago

October 30, 2020

Ryan Hedrick

Nearly eight million people tuned in for a Fox News exclusive interview Tuesday with a former business associate of Hunter Biden who claims the Biden family ignored concerns Joe Biden’s alleged ties to his son’s business dealings could hurt his shot to become president.

Tucker Carlson host of Tucker Carlson Tonight sat down with retired U.S. Navy lieutenant Tony Bobulinski who said he raised concerns to Jim Biden nearly three years ago about Joe Biden’s alleged ties to a possible joint venture with a Chinese energy firm.

DePauw University professor and media critic Jeffrey McCall told the network that the story is getting the silent treatment on other mainstream networks. “Of course, there are lots of stories that need to be covered in the busy 2020 news agenda, but the total omission of Bobulinski’s accusations is curious, to say the least.”

Nearly two million people in the “money demographic” of adults age 25-54, tuned in to the show. Tuesday’s show was Carlson’s most watched show of 2020.” “It is pretty much a 100 percent blackout of the Bobulinski story in the traditional media,” McCall said.

While CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, and The Washington Post chose not to run the story, six-million people stuck around to watch Hannity following the blockbuster interview.

“Odds are that most mainstream media outlets are devoting very few reporting resources, if any, to the Bobulinski story,” McCall added. “It would seem those outlets could at least be investigating the accusations to try to prove them invalid.”Fox News’ primetime lineup finished October with the highest-rated month in cable news history – beating primetime TV heavyweights such as ABC’s “The Bachelorette” in the process.

Ryan Hedrick

Ryan Hedrick serves as the Assistant Program Director and Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. Prior to WFMD, he hosted an afternoon program at News Talk 103.7 FM in Chambersburg, PA. He has worked at Sirius XM in Washington D.C., WBEN in Buffalo, NY, and for stations in Baltimore, MD. He has also worked at WIBW-AM in Topeka KS, earning the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) award for Major Market enterprise reporting in 2016. To connect with Ryan, find him on Twitter @SureToCover.

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Fox News Average Viewers Dropped 32% in May

“ Newsmax saw an increase in viewership, gaining 70% to reach 298,000 prime-time viewers.”

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11 hours ago

June 2, 2023

Maddy Troy

Fox News Channel experienced a significant decline in prime-time viewership in May, following Tucker Carlson’s departure. The channel’s average viewers dropped by 32% to 1.42 million, compared to April’s results of 2.07 million, according to Nielsen ratings.

Despite the decrease, Fox News Channel maintained its position as the cable news network with the highest ratings. MSNBC’s ratings came closer to Fox’s, trailing by just 260,000 viewers, with an average of 1.16 million total viewers. MSNBC lost 12% of its prime-time viewership compared to the previous month.

According to Media Post, CNN also experienced a decline in viewership, losing 16% in May compared to April, with an average of 416,000 viewers. It is worth noting that these results included a highly-rated Town Hall event featuring former President Trump.

On the other hand, Newsmax, a conservative news network, saw an increase in viewership, gaining 70% to reach 298,000 prime-time viewers.

Analysts suggest that Newsmax benefited from Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News at the end of April. Carlson had the highest viewership among all cable TV news programs in April, averaging 3.1 million viewers. Following Newsmax was Nexstar Media’s “NewsNation” with 94,000 prime-time viewers, which had an average of 101,000 viewers in April.

In terms of total day viewership, Fox News Channel remained the leader. However, all three major networks experienced a decline compared to the previous year, with Fox at 1.09 million, MSNBC at 736,000, and CNN at 416,000 viewers.

“The Five,” Fox’s roundtable program, was the highest-rated prime-time cable news show in May, attracting 2.63 million viewers.

In the overall rankings among all cable TV networks for the month, Fox News Channel secured the third position, trailing behind TNT and ESPN. TNT and ESPN claimed the top two spots in prime-time for cable TV networks, with 3.1 million and 2.5 million average viewers, respectively. This success was largely due to their coverage of high-profile NBA Playoff games.

Maddy Troy

Maddy Troy serves as a writer and editor for Barrett News Media, with a specific focus on media business, advertising, and podcasting. You can find her on Twitter @Troy_Maddy.

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Fox News Shakes Up Weekends As Steve Hilton Exits

“The new shows are set to launch this weekend.”

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12 hours ago

June 2, 2023

BNM Staff

Steve Hilton is leaving his Fox News show. He will still be a contributor to the network, but he will take on a new full-time role with what the network calls a “California non-partisan policy organization” that will debut next week.

The exit of Hilton comes on the heels of Dan Bongino’s decision to leave the network. While both moves were the decision of the hosts and not related to layoffs at the network, they do leave Fox News with some holes to fill.

Mediaite reports that Fox will rebrand The Big Saturday Show and The Big Sunday Show as The Big Weekend Show. It will air at 7:00 on both weekend nights. No host has been announced.

Another new show is joining the weekend lineup too. Fox News Saturday Night will air Saturdays at 10 pm. A host has not been announced for that show either.

The new shows are set to launch this weekend.

BNM Staff

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Laura Ingle Latest Victim of Fox News Layoffs

“A source told Mediaite that the cuts are not related to the more than $787 million FOX will pay to settle the defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems.”

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12 hours ago

June 2, 2023

BNM Staff

The financial belt is getting tighter at Fox News. Mediaite reports that Laura Ingle was let go by the network on Thursday. She had been a reporter there since 2005.

Ingle came to FOX from radio. She had been a reporter for KFI in Los Angeles. She had also worked in Sacramento for KFBK.

Greta Van Susteren was not a fan of the decision. She took to Twitter noting that she was the one that advocated for the network to hire Ingle in the first place.

Fox has gone off the deep end..they just fired @lauraingle .. a great reporter who I had Roger Ailes hire in 2006..and why did they fire her? So that Rupert and his sons can add more to their bank accounts and they already have more than they can ever spend.. #greed
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) June 2, 2023

Van Susteren left FOX in 2016. She said that she couldn’t help but think that had something to do with Ingle being let go.

I know Rupert Murdoch hates me because I walked away from him and my Fox contract (I may have been first and only)..but I never thought he was so greedy that he would fire a great reporter like @LauraIngle to save himself a few dollars..I am so glad I told Rupert “I am out of…
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) June 2, 2023

A source told Mediaite that the cuts are not related to the more than $787 million FOX will pay to settle the defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems.

BNM Staff