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# Cable News Networks See Audience Surge in 2020
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/cable-news-networks-see-audience-surge-in-2020/
- Published: 2020-10-14T20:20:56.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-16T17:18:11.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, #wp-bottom-left-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:50

**Cable news networks CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC** averaged just under 10 million viewers in primetime last week, or 72 percent more than the same week in 2019, the Nielsen company said.

According to an AP report, “At a time most networks are grateful not to lose too many viewers year-to-year, Fox News’ average of 4.42 million last week was up 63 percent, MSNBC’s 2.75 million was up 38 percent and CNN’s 2.59 million represented an eye-popping 172 percent increase.

“Gravity usually has a way of dealing with what goes up, and there’s concern about what will happen to the news networks when the election is over.”

More [here.](https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/254566/cable-news-ratings-up-72-over-2019/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com)