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Tue May 21, 2019, 09:26 AM May 2019

Pete Buttigieg's Fox News Town Hall Beats Trump Interview in Key Ratings Demo

According to Nielsen data, Sunday night’s Fox News town hall with Mayor Pete — hosted by Chris Wallace — drew 1,110,000 overall viewers in the 7:00-8:00 p.m. timeslot, and 172,000 in the advertiser-coveted adults 25-54 demographic. The numbers trounced rival programming from MSNBC and CNN, beating the two networks combined in the total viewers category.

On Sunday May 12, Trump sat for a one-on-one with Steve Hilton during the 9 p.m. ET hour on Fox News. And interestingly, Mayor Pete out-rated Trump in the key demo, as the president only garnered 160,000 viewers. Trump did prevail in the overall category, with 1,319,000 tuning in for the interview with Hilton.

If he wins the Democratic primary, South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg will earn the right to square off against President Donald Trump next November. And while it remains to be seen how Buttigieg will do at the ballot box, he certainly appears to be a worthy challenger in the TV ratings department.

https://www.mediaite.com/uncategorized/pete-buttigiegs-fox-news-town-hall-beats-trump-interview-in-key-ratings-demo/

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Pete Buttigieg's Fox News Town Hall Beats Trump Interview in Key Ratings Demo (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2019 OP
Wonder how much of that is due to pnwest May 2019 #1
That's probably the main reason it got higher ratings than the usual spot. W_HAMILTON May 2019 #4
Wasn't even the biggest audience for a fox town hall, so not that many Democrats must have watched. rogue emissary May 2019 #5
That's good news for Fox, more viewers which translate to more money for them. rogue emissary May 2019 #2
Better ratings for Mayor Pete? I LOVE it! Paladin May 2019 #3
Good ratings means he will get more coverage which in turn means he patricia92243 May 2019 #6
DELICIOUS! That ought to just KILL the bellicose baboon! Maru Kitteh May 2019 #7
I really like Pete Buttigieg. GeniusJoy May 2019 #8
 

pnwest

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1. Wonder how much of that is due to
Tue May 21, 2019, 10:38 AM
May 2019

Democrats tuning in, not Fox viewers.

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W_HAMILTON

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4. That's probably the main reason it got higher ratings than the usual spot.
Tue May 21, 2019, 12:01 PM
May 2019
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rogue emissary

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5. Wasn't even the biggest audience for a fox town hall, so not that many Democrats must have watched.
Tue May 21, 2019, 12:06 PM
May 2019


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/business/media/fox-news-pete-buttigieg-chris-wallace.html

Viewers have tuned in, too. About 1.1 million people watched Mr. Buttigieg on Sunday. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota drew 1.6 million viewers earlier this month. Senator Bernie Sanders’s Fox News town hall event was seen by 2.5 million people, the biggest TV audience yet for a candidate for the Democratic nomination. A Fox News town hall with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is scheduled for next month.

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rogue emissary

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2. That's good news for Fox, more viewers which translate to more money for them.
Tue May 21, 2019, 10:44 AM
May 2019
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Paladin

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3. Better ratings for Mayor Pete? I LOVE it!
Tue May 21, 2019, 11:03 AM
May 2019

I can't imagine anything enraging trump more than somebody beating him at ratings. Let's see how long it takes for the first gay insult line to issue out of the White House.

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patricia92243

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6. Good ratings means he will get more coverage which in turn means he
Tue May 21, 2019, 12:08 PM
May 2019

can and will get the White House.

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Maru Kitteh

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7. DELICIOUS! That ought to just KILL the bellicose baboon!
Tue May 21, 2019, 12:22 PM
May 2019
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GeniusJoy

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8. I really like Pete Buttigieg.
Tue May 21, 2019, 12:58 PM
May 2019

He is wicked smart and eloquent. It's a pleasure listening to him speak

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