As media outlets scrambled to report Friday on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s submission of his report stemming from the long-lasting investigation into the Trump campaign, more Americans tuned into Fox News’ coverage of the event than any other cable news network. The network beat out MSNBC and CNN, which stood at 1.7 million and 1 million total viewers respectively. Fox News beat both networks for extended special coverage from 5-11PM/ET with 2.5 million in total viewers and 446,000 in the younger 25-54 demographic, while CNN averaged just 963,000 in overall viewers and MSNBC averaged 2 million total viewers. FNC delivered a triple-digit advantage over CNN (162 percent) and a double-digit advantage over MSNBC (24 percent) in total viewers. MSNBC’S JOE SCARBOROUGH SAYS TRUMP IS EITHER ‘LOSING HIS MIND’ OR LYING: ‘I’M TALKING TO YOU, DONALD’In primetime, the network garnered almost 3 million in total viewers, making the coverage of the Mueller report the highest Friday primetime average for 2019.

Source: Fox News March 25, 2019 17:48 UTC