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Fox News
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Fox News Channel dominates all of television in July, CNN hits rock bottom among key demo
Fox News Channel dominated all of television during July, outdrawing broadcast networks in critical categories, while CNN hit rock bottom among viewers sought after by advertisers. Fox News averaged 1.5 million total day viewers to dominate all cable throughout July as No. 2 MSNBC settled for an average audience of 530,000 and CNN managed only 370,000 average total day viewers. During primetime, Fox News averaged a staggering 2.4 million viewers, to more than double the audience of runner-up MSNBC, which managed 865,000 average viewers from 8-11 p.m. ET. CNN averaged a dismal primetime audience of 497,000 to finish behind ESPN, HGTV and Hallmark, in addition to Fox News and MSNBC. Fox News has now topped both CNN and MSNBC during primetime for 54 straight months. While Fox News dominated cable, it also all beat broadcast networks in primetime as NBC managed 2.1 million viewers and CBS and ABC settled for 2 million apiece. Since the first day of summer on June 20, Fox News has also led the broadcast networks in primetime with 2.6 million viewers, compared to ABC's 2.3 million viewers, NBC's 2.1 million viewers and CBS' 2 million viewers. Fox News also completely obliterated competition among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54 during July, a critical category that has long plagued MSNBC. Fox News averaged 184,000 total day viewers among the demo to finish atop all cable offerings, including ESPN, TBS, USA, Comedy Central, FX and Food Network. CNN managed only 62,000 demo viewers for its lowest-rated July of all time and MSNBC achieved only 52,000 as they failed to top Fox News combined. Fox News averaged 257,000 demo viewers during primetime, compared to only 92,000 for CNN, which had its worst month ever in that category, too. But while CNN failed to crack the top ten cable networks in the critical category and had its worst July of all time, it still managed to trounce MSNBC. MSNBC's primetime lineup averaged only 81,000 demo viewers to finish with a smaller audience than a variety of cable options, including A&E, TLC, Bravo, Nick-at-Nite, Comedy Central and Adult Swim. July marked the 53rd straight month that Fox News swept cable news among both total viewers and the key demo. Fox News commanded 63% of the cable news share with viewers across total day and 64% in primetime. "The Five," with Dana Perino, Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., averaged 3.5 million total viewers and 378,000 among the demo to lead cable news in both categories. "Jesse Watters Primetime," "Gutfeld!," "Hannity," "Special Report with Bret Baier," "The Ingraham Angle" and "The Will Cain Show" all finished with larger audiences than anything CNN or MSNBC had to offer as Fox News swept the top seven programs. "Gutfeld!" outdrew "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" despite the free advertising the CBS program generated by announcing it would cancel the program in 2026. The most-watched, non-Fox News program was MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show," which managed an average audience of 2 million. However, "Maddow" only aired three times during the entire month of July as its namesake continues to only work on Monday nights. "FOX & Friends" finished July with 1.3 million viewers and 169,000 in the demo, remaining the No. 1 cable news program in the mornings in both categories for the 53rd consecutive month. "America's Newsroom with Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino," "The Faulkner Focus," "Outnumbered," "America Reports with John Roberts and Sandra Smith" and Martha MacCallum's "The Story" all also had strong months to help Fox News crush the competition during the day and "Fox News @ Night" dominated its timeslot. "The Big Weekend Show" averaged 1.5 million viewers to finish as the No. 1 cable news program on Saturdays, while "Sunday Morning Futures" averaged 1.7 million to take the Sunday title. "My View with Lara Trump" was the most-watched weekend program in primetime with over 1.4 million viewers. Fox News was also No. 1 in cable news with Asians and Hispanics and upscale viewers throughout total day viewership during July. Ratings data courtesy of Nielsen Media Research.
Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Fox News expert suggests that ‘bystander apathy' is to blame for Manhattan shooting
A frequent Fox News guest, who touts himself as a law enforcement expert due to his brief tenure with the New York Police Department, groused that 'bystander apathy' led to the deaths of four people in a deadly Manhattan shooting Monday, urging citizens to 'deputize' themselves and confront gun-wielding suspects. Shane Tamura, 27, opened fire at a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper with an assault-style rifle around 6:30 p.m. after traveling to the city from Las Vegas, authorities say. He killed four people, including an NYPD officer and a senior executive at the company Blackstone, before turning the gun on himself. New York police said that Tamura had a 'documented mental health history', and wrote a suicide note claiming he suffered from a CTE brain injury, suggesting football was to blame. He appeared to have been targeting the NFL, which had offices in the building, but took an elevator to the wrong floor, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday. Around two hours after the shooting, 'Wild' Bill Stanton, a private investigator and one of Fox News' go-to police experts, appeared on Sean Hannity's primetime show to discuss the latest developments. Stanton is regularly referred to as a 'retired NYPD officer' during his Fox News appearances but left the department in the late 1980s after roughly two years on the job, following an accident that left him with an injured trigger finger and allowed him to collect a pension. According to Stanton, the Midtown shooting not only suggests the need for more police officers in New York City and across the nation, but also means that ordinary citizens should be prepared to stop an armed suspect. 'But we need to deputize ourselves,' he declared, before referencing Hannity's self-proclaimed martial arts expertise. 'Sean, let's take you as an example. My understanding is that you train really hard in MMA. I'm guessing you train with your firearm, as well.' After Hannity affirmed that he has been trained with guns, Stanton said that 'we each need to empower ourselves not to be a victim' because 'bystander apathy is what occurred' during this latest shooting. 'This cretin walked with a long gun down the street. No one said anything. I'd be curious to see how many 9-1-1 calls were made. We need to empower ourselves, deputize ourselves,' Stanton added. Turning back to Hannity, he reiterated that the Fox News star's fighting skills would have come in handy at the scene of Monday's massacre. 'If you would've seen that person, I guess you would've acted a lot different, as would have I,' Stanton boasted. 'These businesses that have security in the lobbies, there's a knee-jerk reaction. They may enhance it, but they do a cost-benefit analysis, and it'll go right back to the same.' Over the years, Hannity has regaled his viewers and guests with tales of his deadly martial arts training, describing himself as something of a lethal human weapon due to his 'street fighting' and 'blade' skills while sharing video footage of himself in the gym. The Fox host even touted his MMA training and 'personal security plan' when covering the 2023 Maine mass shooting. Stanton, meanwhile, also used his Fox News appearance to fume about the so-called 'defund the police' movement while claiming that it is loss of respect for law enforcement that leads to mass casualty events. 'We see this perpetrator, this sicko, as well as criminals all over Manhattan, all over the country, not respecting the law, feeling they can do what they want. Only when we collectively push back, fight back, and act will this lesson hopefully stop,' he declared. 'Yeah, it's sad,' Hannity responded. 'I do think people need situational awareness. And you know, if you see something, say something. Make the phone call. Call the police. Try and get on top of it.' Stanton's status as a security and law enforcement expert, who is regularly featured on Fox News and other networks to provide analysis, has been criticized by police accountability activists who have labeled him a 'copagandist'. It has prompted Stanton to sue several NYC civic association leaders for trying to 'cancel' him with 'defamatory' social media posts. A Bronx Supreme Court judge, however, largely dismissed Stanton's claims last year, asserting that 'cancellation' is not an actual cause of action while specifically taking issue with his argument that he's not a public figure. 'Plaintiff may not be a major 'celebrity,' but by his own admission he regularly appears on national TV to promote his security business and personal brand,' the judge stated last year. 'Plaintiff also took the step of running for and being elected to a leadership position with a local civic organization. Hence, plaintiff took purposeful steps to thrust himself into the spotlight as a security expert and local politician. Therefore, plaintiff is a limited-purpose public figure. As such plaintiff must prove by clear and convincing evidence that defendants' defamatory statements were made with actual malice to recover.'
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The Independent
5 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Fox News expert suggests that ‘bystander apathy' is to blame for Manhattan shooting
A frequent Fox News guest, who touts himself as a law enforcement expert due to his brief tenure with the New York Police Department, groused that 'bystander apathy' led to the deaths of four people in a deadly Manhattan shooting Monday, urging citizens to 'deputize' themselves and confront gun-wielding suspects. Shane Tamura, 27, opened fire at a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper with an assault-style rifle around 6:30 p.m. after traveling to the city from Las Vegas, authorities say. He killed four people, including an NYPD officer and a senior executive at the company Blackstone, before turning the gun on himself. New York police said that Tamura had a 'documented mental health history', and wrote a suicide note claiming he suffered from a CTE brain injury, suggesting football was to blame. He appeared to have been targeting the NFL, which had offices in the building, but took an elevator to the wrong floor, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday. Around two hours after the shooting, 'Wild' Bill Stanton, a private investigator and one of Fox News' go-to police experts, appeared on Sean Hannity's primetime show to discuss the latest developments. Stanton is regularly referred to as a 'retired NYPD officer' during his Fox News appearances but left the department in the late 1980s after roughly two years on the job, following an accident that left him with an injured trigger finger and allowed him to collect a pension. According to Stanton, the Midtown shooting not only suggests the need for more police officers in New York City and across the nation, but also means that ordinary citizens should be prepared to stop an armed suspect. 'But we need to deputize ourselves,' he declared, before referencing Hannity's self-proclaimed martial arts expertise. 'Sean, let's take you as an example. My understanding is that you train really hard in MMA. I'm guessing you train with your firearm, as well.' After Hannity affirmed that he has been trained with guns, Stanton said that 'we each need to empower ourselves not to be a victim' because 'bystander apathy is what occurred' during this latest shooting. 'This cretin walked with a long gun down the street. No one said anything. I'd be curious to see how many 9-1-1 calls were made. We need to empower ourselves, deputize ourselves,' Stanton added. Turning back to Hannity, he reiterated that the Fox News star's fighting skills would have come in handy at the scene of Monday's massacre. 'If you would've seen that person, I guess you would've acted a lot different, as would have I,' Stanton boasted. 'These businesses that have security in the lobbies, there's a knee-jerk reaction. They may enhance it, but they do a cost-benefit analysis, and it'll go right back to the same.' Over the years, Hannity has regaled his viewers and guests with tales of his deadly martial arts training, describing himself as something of a lethal human weapon due to his 'street fighting' and 'blade' skills while sharing video footage of himself in the gym. The Fox host even touted his MMA training and 'personal security plan' when covering the 2023 Maine mass shooting. Stanton, meanwhile, also used his Fox News appearance to fume about the so-called 'defund the police' movement while claiming that it is loss of respect for law enforcement that leads to mass casualty events. 'We see this perpetrator, this sicko, as well as criminals all over Manhattan, all over the country, not respecting the law, feeling they can do what they want. Only when we collectively push back, fight back, and act will this lesson hopefully stop,' he declared. 'Yeah, it's sad,' Hannity responded. 'I do think people need situational awareness. And you know, if you see something, say something. Make the phone call. Call the police. Try and get on top of it.' Stanton's status as a security and law enforcement expert, who is regularly featured on Fox News and other networks to provide analysis, has been criticized by police accountability activists who have labeled him a 'copagandist'. It has prompted Stanton to sue several NYC civic association leaders for trying to 'cancel' him with 'defamatory' social media posts. A Bronx Supreme Court judge, however, largely dismissed Stanton's claims last year, asserting that 'cancellation' is not an actual cause of action while specifically taking issue with his argument that he's not a public figure. 'Plaintiff may not be a major 'celebrity,' but by his own admission he regularly appears on national TV to promote his security business and personal brand,' the judge stated last year. 'Plaintiff also took the step of running for and being elected to a leadership position with a local civic organization. Hence, plaintiff took purposeful steps to thrust himself into the spotlight as a security expert and local politician. Therefore, plaintiff is a limited-purpose public figure. As such plaintiff must prove by clear and convincing evidence that defendants' defamatory statements were made with actual malice to recover.'
Fox News
18 hours ago
- Fox News
Retired NYPD officer shares lesson in 'bystander apathy'
Retired NYPD officer Bill Stanton discusses a shooting at a Midtown Manhattan office building on 'Hannity.'
Fox News
19 hours ago
- Fox News
New York shooting suspect appeared to have had 'purpose,' former homicide detective says
Fox News contributor Ted Williams analyzes the investigation into the Midtown Manhattan shooting that left five dead on 'Hannity.'
