Thanks for starting the new thread. The old thread was locked but I saw your question about Tucker Carlson and how much influence he has. Then I saw a response to it and disagree 100% so had to post myself
Fox News and that crazy Carlson have ZERO influence other than w Trump supporters. Their target audience are people in the south, the target being republicans and again, Trump supporters..
I live in New England and people here watch CNN, MSNBC… I lived on the west coast for years and is the same as here.
Kimmel and the like are late night comics. People watch them but for good laughs, nobody gets their “news” from them.
Here are the most recent viewer stats….
Fox News averaged 1.4 million viewers from Jan. 16-22, making it the only basic cable channel to crack the one-million viewer benchmark. ESPN finished second with an average audience of 825,000, followed by MSNBC, HGTV and Hallmark Channel. CNN managed an average of only 417,000 viewers during the same period.
Fox News also obliterated CNN during the primetime hours of 8-11 p.m., averaging nearly two million total viewers compared to only 444,000 for CNN.
MSNBC continued to struggle among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults age 25-54, even losing to ratings-challenged CNN among the critical category. Fox News averaged 176,000 viewers among the key demo compared to 80,000 for CNN and a dismal 69,000 for MSNBC.
During primetime, Fox News averaged 256,000 demo viewers while CNN managed 93,000 and MSNBC settled for a dismal 91,000. Fox News topped CNN and MSNBC combined among both
total day and primetime demo viewers.
Despite topping MSNBC, the tiny demo audience for CNN was the network’s worst turnout in the category since May 2014.
and here are the daily numbers on Adweek….Adweek is
a U.S.-based weekly trade publication that covers the advertising business. The magazine and online properties cover a wide range of advertising-related topics that extend beyond traditional advertising to new media and pop culture.
MSNBC posted the steepest week-to-week declines of the three networks.
www.adweek.com