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Fox News personality Kayleigh McEnany’s star continues to rise at the network, as evidenced by new broadcast ratings released this week.
According to ShowBuzzDaily, the former Trump White House press secretary’s “Outnumbered” show cracked the top 20 cable programs this week, along with several other Fox News programs, with Tucker Carlson’s nightly offering at No. 4.
Meanwhile, not a single CNN or MSNBC offering made the list:
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME ESPN
SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN
COLL FTBL COUNTDOWN L ESPN 7:00 PM
TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT FOX NEWS CHANNEL
JERSEY SHORE: FAM VACA S5B MTV
FIVE, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL
PARDON THE INTERRUPTION ESPN
SPORTSCENTER EARLY L ESPN
SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER FOX NEWS CHANNEL
NFL GAMEDAY KO PRE-KICK NFL NETWORK
JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME FOX NEWS CHANNEL
NFL GAMEDAY KO SHOWCASE NFL NETWORK
HANNITY FOX NEWS CHANNEL
AROUND THE HORN ESPN
SPORTSCENTER 12AM L ESPN
AMERICA REPORTS FOX NEWS CHANNEL
INMATE TO ROOMMATE A&E NETWORK
OUTNUMBERED FOX NEWS CHANNEL
AMERICAS NEWSROOM FOX NEWS CHANNEL
FAULKNER FOCUS, THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL
McEnany made headlines again on Friday after she dissected and pushed back on conspiratorial claims made by Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams regarding fetal heart tones.
Abrams said this week during a campaign event at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center in Atlanta: “There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman’s body.
“I believe that abortion is a medical decision, not a political decision. Arbitrary politically-defined timelines are deeply problematic because they ignore the reality of medical and physiological issues,” she noted further in a clip tweeted by the Republican National Committee, which also accused Abrams of supporting no limits on abortion.
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams: "There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman's body."
REMINDER: Abrams supports NO LIMITS on abortion. pic.twitter.com/f7XxeqzfF6
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 22, 2022
McEnany responded to Abrams during a segment on Outnumbered, where she serves as a primary co-host.
“Stacey Abrams said there’s ‘no such thing as a heartbeat at 6 weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman’s body’ – She is wrong! I heard my baby’s heartbeat at my 1st OBGYN appointment. It was not manufactured!” she tweeted along with the show segment.
Stacey Abrams said there's "no such thing as a heartbeat at 6 weeks. It is a manufactured sound designed to convince people that men have the right to take control of a woman's body"
She is wrong!
I heard my baby's heartbeat at my 1st OBGYN appointment. It was not manufactured! pic.twitter.com/KWcGinNzcV
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) September 22, 2022
Fox News has been blowing out all comers for more than a year.
The network smashed another record in August and was the third high-rated network in all of television.
“FOX News Channel (FNC) finished August 2022 as the third most-watched network in all of television during weekday primetime, outpacing ABC and trailing only CBS and NBC. According to Nielsen Media Research, FNC remained cable’s highest-rated network in total day and primetime with total viewers and the top-rated in total day with the 25-54 demo. FNC surpassed CNN and MSNBC combined with total day and primetime viewers and was number one in all of cable with total day and primetime viewers,” Fox News said in a press release.
“FNC also ranked number one in cable news in primetime viewers for the 19th month in a row and notched 96 of the top 100 cable news telecasts for the month. Notably, FNC was the only cable news network to post double-digit gains versus last month and August marked its most-watched month of the summer with every program gaining viewers month-to-month. In total day, FNC delivered 1.5 million viewers, 211,000 with the 25-54 demo and 128,000 with the 18-49 demo. In primetime, FNC netted 2.3 million viewers, 311,000 in the 25-54 demo, and 189,000 in the 18-49 demo. The network also delivered the top four programs in cable news with viewers and the top 15 of the top 16 cable news programs in the 25-54 demo,” the network added.
Popular Fox News host Sean Hannity’s 9 p.m. ET show averaged 2.9 million viewers and 397,000 in the 25-54 demo in August.
Fox News noted that Hannity’s program last month was “the third most-watched program in all categories and outpacing the competition on MSNBC and CNN combined. MSNBC’s newly-launched 9 PM/ET program Alex Wagner Tonight delivered a paltry 1.6 million viewers and 157,000 in the 25-54 demo, which Hannity more than doubled.”
Host Jesse Watters also has two top 10 programs, “Jesse Watters Primetime” and as co-host of “The Five.”
