NEW YORK—Fox News Channel’s (FNC) Special Report with Bret Baier is reporting that 7.8 million viewers watched its interview with vice president President Kamala Harris from 6 – 6:30 PM ET on October 16th. About 1,126,000 of those viewers were in the 25-54 demo,
For the full 6 PM/ET hour, Special Report drew 6.7 million viewers and 901,000 in the 25-54 demo. Combined with the show’s midnight airing (6-6:30 PM/ET and 12-12:30 AM/ET), Special Report’s interview with vice president Harris nabbed 9.2 million viewers and 1.4 million in the 25-54 demo.
FNC averaged more than 12 million viewers on Wednesday between all three airings of its interviews with vice president Harris (6 PM/ET & 12 AM/ET) and its town hall with former President Trump (11AM-12 PM/ET).
FNC said that the network’s first formal interview with the vice president topped her appearance on CBS News’ 60 Minutes, which averaged 5.7 million viewers, CNN’s interview with Dana Bash, which nabbed 6.3 million viewers, MSNBC’s interview with Stephanie Rule, which posted 1.8 million viewers and 238,000 in the 25-54 demo, ABC’s The View, which saw 3.1 million viewers and 357,000 in the 25-54 demo and CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert which averaged 2.9 million viewers and 414,000 in the 25-54 demo.
