‘Hannity’ Carries Fox News to Double-Digit Primetime Viewer Growth in Third Quarter

When Fox News Channel celebrates its 22nd anniversary this weekend, it will undoubtedly toast to the recent July-September period, when it scored another strong quarter in Nielsen TV ratings. The cable news network saw its primetime viewers grow 14 percent above Q3 2017, thanks mostly to Sean Hannity’s arrival at 9 p.m.

“Hannity” made FNC the only cable news channel to grow in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic year over year, with Fox experiencing a 3 percent boost in 8-11 p.m. ET averages. CNN and MSNBC both declined double digits — down 12 percent and 10 percent, respectively — there.

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