President Trump's terrible week has apparently infected his favorite TV network, too. Fox News almost always beats rivals CNN and MSBNC in total viewers and among the key demographic, people age 25 to 42 (the "demo"), but it was No. 3 on Monday and Tuesday nights, and MSNBC got the most total viewers on Tuesday. CNN won the "demo" during prime time Tuesday night, and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow continued her 9 p.m. winning streak with the most demo viewers for any show.
The last time Fox News "placed third in the demo for two consecutive days was during the 2016 Democratic National Convention, when some of its conservative base naturally tuned out," The Hollywood Reporter notes. And with Trump mired in controversies about his firing of FBI Director James Comey, sharing classified intelligence with top Russian officials, and allegedly telling Comey to stop investigating top aide Michael Flynn, Fox News' conservative-leaning audience has likely been dispirited by the news — nobody wants to see their guy beat up on TV.
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