Fox News has been the #1 cable news network for eight solid years now, but 2009 was its best year ever. 2009 was the year Barack Obama was elected and the year journalism officially died. With the vast majority of the mainstream media firmly in the pocket of the Obama administration, more people turned to Fox in 2009 than ever before.
FNC topped the competition in all dayparts: morning (1 million total viewers, 340,000 viewers in news’ target demographic of 25-54-year-olds); total day (1.2 million viewers, 323,000 in the demo); primetime (2.2 million viewers, 551,000 in the demo). Those numbers mark year-to-year demo gains of 14% in the morning, 16% in total day and 10% in primetime (Mon-Sun), according to Nielsen.
FNC saw double-digit gains for all of its programs. Year-to-year, Glenn Beck is up 96% among total viewers (2.3 million) and 148% in the demo (612,000). Special Report with Bret Baier posted gains of 25% among total viewers (2 million) and 33% in the demo (454,000). The O’Reilly Factor is up 13% among total viewers (3.3 million) and 27% (801,000) in the demo, marking its tenth consecutive year as the No. 1 cable news program.
It’s stats like those that probably made The White House rethink their ridiculous Fox strategy. Anita Dunn has to be the dumbest woman alive.
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