{"id":72540,"date":"2022-01-26T06:10:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T00:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/jesse-watters-primetime-debut-is-fox-news-highest-rated-telecast-in-time-slot-in-a-year\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T06:12:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T00:42:04","slug":"jesse-watters-primetime-debut-is-fox-news-highest-rated-telecast-in-time-slot-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/jesse-watters-primetime-debut-is-fox-news-highest-rated-telecast-in-time-slot-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jesse Watters Primetime\u2019 Debut Is Fox News\u2019 Highest-Rated Telecast in Time Slot in a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Watters\u2019 7 p.m. debut scored 3.8 million total viewers on Monday<\/p>\n

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Jesse Watters\u2019 Monday premiere as the new permanent host of Fox News\u2019 7 p.m. ET hour netted him 3.8 million total viewers \u2014 the network\u2019s best ratings in the time slot in more than a year. <\/p>\n

In fact, Watters\u2019 debut scored double the viewership for the hour compared to the same day in 2021 and more viewers than every \u201cFox News Primetime\u201dSince the show’s launch last year, it has been telecast with a rotating cast hosts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In fact, Watters drew more viewers \u2014 including 537,000 in the advertiser-coveted age demographic of 25 to 54 \u2014 than Fox News has gotten at 7 p.m. slot since Jan. 6, 2021, the same day that Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in a deadly riot to protest of the certification of President Joe Biden\u2019s electoral win.<\/p>\n

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Notably, \u201cJesse Watters Primetime\u201d got more viewers than ABC\u2019s \u201cThe Bachelor.\u201d CNN\u2019s 7 p.m. offering, \u201cErin Burnett OutFront,\u201d drew 700,000 total average viewers, while MSNBC\u2019s \u201cThe ReidOut\u201dNetted 1.2 Million, giving \u201cJesse Watters Primetime\u201dThere was a 446% and 216% advantage in each case.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Five,\u201dWatters, who also co-hosts the program, was Monday’s top-rated cable show, attracting 3.9 million viewers on average, out of which 588,000 were in demo. <\/p>\n

Additionally, FNC\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Five\u201d\u00a0at 5 PM\/ET remained the top-rated live program in all of cable, with 3.9 million total viewers and 588,000 in the demo.<\/p>\n

Watters revived the project during the premiere \u201cWatters World\u201dFox News’ man-on-the street segments made him a household name. They also gave away a number viewers could text with questions and comments. He spoke earlier in the day about his vision for the show and how it will help to spark a national conversation.<\/p>\n

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Watters\u2019 7 p.m. debut scored 3.8 million total viewers on Monday Jesse Watters\u2019 Monday premiere as the new permanent host of Fox News\u2019 7 p.m. ET hour netted him 3.8 million total viewers \u2014 the network\u2019s best ratings in the time slot in more than a year. In fact, Watters\u2019 debut scored double the viewership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":72541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1643157658_\u2018Jesse-Watters-Primetime-Debut-Is-Fox-News-Highest-Rated-Telecast-in.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}