Fox News Channel’s town hall with presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg dominated cable news on Sunday night, averaging 1.1 million viewers to top MSNBC and CNN combined, according to early Nielsen Media Research. Fox News viewership increased 22 percent for the Buttigieg town hall compared to other 7 p.m. programing on the network in 2019. CNN aired a town hall with the mayor of South Bend, Indiana back on March 10, which delivered only 545,000 total viewers. CNN aired a second Buttigieg town hall on April 22, a ratings-friendly Thursday evening, and still finished behind Fox News and MSNBC despite attracting 1.2, million viewers, according to TVNewser. Buttigieg’s Fox News appearance also outdrew recent CNN town halls with Democratic hopefuls Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

Source: Fox News May 20, 2019 19:52 UTC