Fox News cruised to an easy victory in the ratings battle for election night coverage, marking the second-straight time the network beat rivals CNN and MSNBC in viewership for presidential results. Fox News reeled in 10.

Fox News dominated Tuesday’s election night coverage on cable news as MSNBC followed behind them by beating CNN for the first time in history. On Tuesday night, millions of Americans tuned in to watch President-elect Donald Trump claim victory across multiple battleground states to win the presidency.

Ratings for TV election coverage dropped for the second consecutive presidential campaign cycle, drawing 42.3 million TV viewers.

The Rachel Maddow Show,” the liberal network’s highest-rated program, drew 1.3 million viewers on Monday, about a million shy of her October average, according to Nielsen. In a crucial ratings metric — viewers under the age of 54 — it was the least-watched edition of the show since April 2022.

Fox News’ livestream of President-elect Trump speaking was the most-streamed livestream on Election Day with 1 million peak concurrent viewers.

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MSNBC's prime-time viewership has plummeted by 54 per cent in the days following the US election. Sky News host James Macpherson claims left-wing media have “shot themselves in the foot” for telling “lies” during their coverage of the presidential campaign.