# Fox News suffers ratings slump on bleak election night for Republicans

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/fox-news-suffers-ratings-slump-on-bleak-election-night-for-republicans/
- Published: 2026-11-05T22:04:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T22:34:50+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/nov/04/fox-news-midterm-ratings
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Fox averaged 4.3 million prime-time viewers on election night.
- NBC and ABC drew larger audiences.
- Fox’s audience was down about 41% from 2022.

## Summary

Fox News drew fewer prime-time viewers than NBC and ABC on election night, as Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress and Republicans suffered a major setback. The figures point to a sharp decline for a channel that often leads election-night audiences, amid signs that some viewers have tired of Donald Trump and his party.

Nielsen figures show Fox averaged 4.3 million viewers from 8pm to 11pm, compared with 6.7 million for NBC and 5.2 million for ABC; it narrowly beat CNN and MS Now. The six major networks together averaged nearly 27 million viewers, up from 22.2 million in 2022, while Fox’s own audience fell about 41% from its 7.4 million average that year. Fox Corp chief executive Lachlan Murdoch has cited “viewer fatigue”; Trump blamed the network’s coverage for its recent ratings decline.

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