The election night ratings are in, and not surprisingly Fox News did really well.
TV RATINGS: Fox News beat every network with 7.9 million viewers on Wednesday during Harris’ concession speech, hosted by @BretBaier and @marthamaccallum with @brithume and @DanaPerino.
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) November 8, 2024
This set a record for post-election coverage.
According to Nielsen data, ABC nabbed 2.4m… pic.twitter.com/dtRia4xXJC
However, MSNBC did, for the first time, have more election night viewers than CNN:
Fox News crushes rivals in ratings race on election night — CNN falls behind MSNBC https://t.co/ELwlxttQM1 pic.twitter.com/jF3vkXPArI
— New York Post (@nypost) November 8, 2024
Here's the MSNBC statement:
Thank you to our loyal @msnbc viewers!
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) November 6, 2024
MSNBC TOPS CNN ON A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NETWORK HISTORY pic.twitter.com/YvZgXsv0y5
About six million people were watching MSNBC on election night:
Fox News cruised to an easy victory in the ratings battle for election night coverage, marking the second-straight time the network beat rivals CNN and MSNBC in viewership for presidential results.
Fox News reeled in 10.3 million viewers from 8 to 11 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, according to Nielsen data.
The ratings were more than double that of CNN, which finished behind MSNBC for the first time on a presidential election night.
MSNBC’s coverage, anchored by Rachel Maddow, averaged 6 million viewers, besting CNN’s 5.1 million viewers.
Of course MSNBC had bigger than usual ratings that night. But they probably don't understand why...
Most of us tuned in just to watch everyone on the network cry. https://t.co/INKowV0cAJ
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) November 8, 2024
y'all had way better meltdowns than cnn
— Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) November 7, 2024
Bingo! I had MSNBC on (as well as a couple other nets) for most of the night. Based on the 2016 meltdowns, I knew what was coming if Trump won and I didn't want to miss stuff like this:
Joy Reid calls Florida an "extreme right-wing fascist state" pic.twitter.com/IZGsGSDNOj
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 6, 2024
NEW: MSNBC panelists are obviously shook about Ohio going to Trump. pic.twitter.com/qRhFHIIqtR
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) November 6, 2024
Joy Reid is disgusted that ~1/2 of the country will have voted for Donald Trump:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 6, 2024
"What does it tell you? We need to really take a step back and think about: What does that say about us?" pic.twitter.com/8Aw7TMfGpr
Actually, Joy, it was MORE than half of the country (cue maniacle laughter).
I thought this was a fantastic rundown of the night on MSNBC that six million people didn't want to miss:
After re-watching, MSNBC Election Night coverage, in a nutshell (all times EST):
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) November 8, 2024
Until 8p:
“Kamala blowout”
8p - 9p:
“No surprises so far”
9p - 10p:
“Was always going to be close”
10p - 11p:
“Don’t worry, blue wall”
11p - 1a:
“Uh oh”
1a onward:
“Fuck” https://t.co/dCg2osF13s
The full post from @ITGuy1959:
After re-watching, MSNBC Election Night coverage, in a nutshell (all times EST):
Until 8p: “Kamala blowout”
8p - 9p: “No surprises so far”
9p - 10p: “Was always going to be close”
10p - 11p: “Don’t worry, blue wall”
11p - 1a: “Uh oh”
1a onward: “Fuck”
From the sound of the continuing insanity on MSNBC, we're never going to reach an "acceptance" stage.
MSNBC (better known as MSLSD) closing the Election Show having a total meltdown. I love it. pic.twitter.com/bnlGnierfM
— Kick Em All Out (@tebohn1962) November 6, 2024
Yes, MSNBC, many people were watching. How could we not love something like that! Well done.
