Averaging 2.4 million total prime time viewers and 1.4 million total day viewers, FNC earned another milestone with its highest viewership ever in total day for a full year. The 483,000 prime time demo viewer average is the network’s best since 2010. Additionally, Fox News remained the No. 1 cable news channel in every relevant measurement.
For the year, every hour on Fox News was up double-digits vs. 2015. Several programs in the daily lineup achieved a yearly high, including the network’s prime time programs – The O’Reilly Factor, The Kelly File and Hannity.
Bill O’Reilly marked 15 consecutive years as the No. 1 show in cable news among total viewers. Through December 13, The Factor is up +18 percent in total viewers and up +19 percent in A25-54 versus 2015.
Despite all of Megyn Kelly’s trials and tribulations this year, The Kelly File achieved its best year since launch, and was also up +18 percent in total viewers and up+19 percent in A25-54 relative to 2015.
Sean Hannity also had a breakout 2016. His program was up +44 percent in total viewers and up +46 percent in the news demo year-over-year.
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