Holy Diver

Jon Stewart

Only The O’Reilly Factor (2.8 million) drew more total viewers than The Daily Show (2.3 million). Jon Stewart beat everything else on Fox News. Stewart beat Sean Hannity by 246,000 viewers. He topped Bret Baier by 399,000 viewers. Jon Stewart beat Glenn Beck by almost 500,000 viewers, 1.812 million to 2.3 million. He beat Shep Smith (1.712 million) and Greta Van Susteren (1.702 million) by almost 600,000 viewers each. When Stewart and O’Reilly go head to head at 11 PM, Jon Stewart tops Bill O’Reilly’s replay by almost a million viewers (2.3 million to 1.321 million).

facts are facts....

Holy Diver

From the same article:

Unless Fox News can figure out a way to attract younger viewers, they are facing a future where their audience will eventually, literally die off. A 2010 survey found that the average age of the Fox News viewer is 65 years old. Fox has the oldest audience on all of cable. (FNC’s audience is older than The History Channel, The Hallmark Channel, and The Golf Channel).



I'm sure a guy like Roger Ailes can tap into that 'tween' market....

patsfan13

oReillu sucks, of course the young people will get older so the future Fox audience is already in place they will outgrow Stewart.

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khayos

Actually, if they're average age stays 65, the audience will only grow (if they repeal Obamacare).

JackBauer

Huh? I can't really tell, but are you suggesting that they'll pass sooner because of Obamacare?

Mrs.PatsFanInVa

No, Stewart will grow older along with his audience. They're not going to move to Fox just because they hit 55 or something. It's not the chronological age so much as it's the generational thing - and the generation that watchs Stewart today will continue to watch him tomorrow.

The next younger generation will find their own host - it might not be Stewart but it sure won't be FoxNews, either.

khayos

Presuming if life expectancy continues to increase, then the pool of viewers will grow. But with the government making decisions on affordable treatments, expectancy may stall.

JackBauer

As opposed to the insurance companies who currently make those decisions?

Mrs.PatsFanInVa

ROFLMAO And if Ryan and the Republicans get their way no one over 65 will be watching pay-for cable news stations at all - they'll be too busy paying for individual health care coverage to be able to afford internet or cable service.

Real World

In clicking the links, I noticed that their ratings also "plummeted" last May. So it's probably a May thing with their audience.

News Corpse » Fox News Ratings Plummet In May:

Also, when your ratings are as high as theirs have been, I'd guess that a drop is to be expected. By the same token, when you're only getting a couple hundred thousand viewers, it's hard to go any lower.

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