In total day from Monday to Sunday, Fox News reported an average of 2.6 million viewers and 472,000 in the 25-to-54 year old demo. This marked Fox News' best week across both prim

As Mr. Trump has turned to some Fox News talent to help fill out his administration, the network’s coverage has been more euphoric than sober. Mr. Trump has named Tom Homan, a Fox News contributor, as his “border czar,” and on Tuesday night said he had selected Pete Hegseth, a co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend,” as his defense secretary.

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.

Social media has been alight with anecdotal explanations for why the liberal-leaning news networks are seeing such a stark drop in viewership: Many blame the media for “normalizing” Trump’s candidacy and refuse to reward them with the ratings they suspect the network execs desired in doing so.

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.