The gamble paid off for Vice President Kamala Harris. The Democratic presidential candidate’s contentious Wednesday night interview on Fox Information returned good dividends from a scores perspective. In response to closing numbers from Nielsen Media Analysis, 7.8 million complete viewers and 1.126 million views within the advertiser-coveted Adults 25-54 demo viewers tuned in to see Harris on FNC.
The interview was performed by anchor Bret Baier and aired throughout his 6 p.m. ET present, Particular Report with Bret Baier. It proved to be Fox Information’ most-watched present of the night and the highest-rated episode of Particular Report since 2020. Wednesday’s episode drew 6.7 million complete viewers and 901,000 A25-54 viewers.
When the present re-aired at midnight, it was seen by a further 1.3 million complete viewers and 273,000 demo viewers.
Baier’s dialog with Harris is the highest-rated interview of the presidential election cycle since Harris took excessive of the ticket. It falls behind the ABC Information interview that George Stephanopolous performed with President Joe Biden after the primary presidential debate in June, which 8.5 million folks noticed at the moment.
Fox Information’ interview additionally carried out higher than current interviews that includes the vice chairman on competing networks. That record consists of Harris and working mate Tim Walz‘s first interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, which introduced in 6.3 million viewers; MSNBC’s interview with Harris and Stephanie Rule, which posted 1.8 million complete viewers and 238,000 within the demo; her look on ABC’s The View, which noticed 3.1 million complete viewers and 357,000 within the demo; her sit-down on CBS’ The Late Present with Stephen Colbert which averaged 2.9 million complete viewers and 414,000 within the demo; and, lastly, Harris’ 60 Minutes interview, which noticed 5.7 million complete viewers.
Wednesday was a candidate event-heavy day for Fox Information, because the community additionally aired a city corridor with former President Donald Trump earlier within the day throughout The Faulkner Focus with Harris Faulkner.
That city corridor, which was geared in direction of the president addressing girls’s points, was seen by 2.9 million complete viewers and 338,000 demo viewers, making that specific episode the second highest-rated episode of Faulkner’s present since its launch.
The ultimate numbers from Harris’ interview and Trump’s city corridor are under. (All instances ET.)
6-6:30 p.m. (Harris Interview)
FNC: 7.8 million complete viewers; 1,126,000 A25-54
CNN: 805,000 complete viewers; 161,000 A25-54
MSNBC: 1.6 million complete viewers; 148,000 A25-54
6-7 p.m. (Particular Report)
FNC: 6.7 million complete viewers; 901,000 A25-54
CNN: 851,000 complete viewers; 181,000 A25-54
MSNBC: 1.6 million complete viewers; 150,000 A25-54
