The attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the Republican Party convention and President Joe Biden's exit from the presidential race created a wave of breaking news on the major news networks in July.
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Fox News' average primetime viewership was 3.45 million, a massive 120% increase over the same period in 2023. MSNBC grew 5% to 1.18 million and CNN saw a 60% increase to 856,000.
In adults 25-54, Fox News averaged 498,000 viewers in primetime, up 236 percent. CNN averaged 206,000 viewers, up 98 percent, and MSNBC averaged 136,000 viewers, up 26 percent.
Fox News averaged 1.9 million viewers per day, up 78%, while MSNBC averaged 721,000, about the same as in 2023, and CNN averaged 523,000, up 23%.
