Fox News Channel finishes August with largest audience in cable, marking 30 straight months atop MSNBC, CNN
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Fox News averaged 1.2 million total day viewers during August, compared to 952,000 for MSNBC and 545,000 for CNN. Fox News has now topped cable news for 30 straight months.
"The Five" was the most-watched show on cable news once again, averaging 2.7 million viewers. The roundtable program co-hosted by Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino and Jeanine Pirro has been the top-rated show on cable news for seven consecutive quarters. Brian Flood is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to brian.flood@fox.com and on Twitter: @briansflood.
"Special Report with Bret Baier," which was recently named the most reliable program in cable news according to Ad Fontes, averaged 1.9 million viewers during the month of August. But hosting the most reliable program in the industry wasn’t Baier’s only accomplishment during the news-heavy month.