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Fox News Channel scored a major ratings victory on the final night of the historic 2024 Republican National Convention, capping a week of crushing victories over its rivals.
On the night former President Trump accepted his party's third nomination, Fox News drew more than 9.8 million viewers from 10:30 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday to late night, including 1.9 million in the 25-54 age group, according to Nielsen data.
From 10:00 PM-12:30 AM ET, “FOX News Democracy 2024: Republican National Convention,” co-hosted by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, drew 9.2 million total viewers and 1.8 million viewers 25-54, handily beating CNN (1.9 million/625,000) and MSNBC (1.2 million/158,000) in the same time slot, as well as broadcast rivals NBC, CBS and ABC.
At 10 p.m., when Trump spoke, Fox News reported that its highest-rated convention coverage since 1992, averaging 10.4 million viewers and 2 million in the core demographic. The popular late-night show “Gutfeld!” aired a special live broadcast at 12:30 a.m. in Milwaukee, drawing 3 million total viewers and 623,000 in the 25-54 demographic.
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Thursday, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancia)
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Fox News finished the Republican National Convention with 6.6 million viewers in primetime (8 p.m.-11 p.m. ET) Monday through Thursday, including 1.1 million viewers ages 25-54. FNC averaged nearly 3 million daily viewers and 446,000 viewers ages 25-54, generally double-digit increases from the 2016 Republican National Convention.
Overall, Fox captured about 75% of the cable news primetime audience this week, while CNN had just 1.1 million total viewers and 304,000 in the demo. MSNBC had 1.1 million total viewers and just 140,000 primetime viewers, according to the release.
The network's programming has been a huge hit throughout primetime every night, drawing 9 million viewers on Thursday when simulcast with Fox Business Network, including 1.6 million in the 25-54 demographic.
Fox's signature nightly programming also saw big wins every hour, with “The Ingraham Angle,” “Jesse Watters Primetime” and “Hannity” finishing as the top shows every night from 7:00-10:00 PM ET, beating out the competition by triple-digit percentages.
“The Five,” the most-watched show in cable news this year, had 4.2 million viewers and 413,000 in the demo as of 5 p.m. ET, while “Special Report with Bret Baier” had 3.8 million viewers and 438,000 in the demo in the next hour.
Fox News Channel's coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention was a ratings smash hit.
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In his acceptance speech on Thursday, Trump spoke solemnly about the assassination attempt on him in Pennsylvania and paid tribute to supporter Cory Comperatore, who was killed in the shooting.
While Trump called for unity in his speech, he also turned sharply critical of the state of the country under President Joe Biden, whose own candidacy is also in jeopardy as leading Democrats seek to replace Trump.
“It's time for change. We can't have this administration for another four years,” Trump said, pointing to inflation, the crisis on the southern border with Mexico and the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
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Fox News' Brooke Singman and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.