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.

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.

ABC led the “Big 4” broadcast networks on Tuesday with its Election Night news coverage from 8 to 11 pm ET. ABC’s coverage averaged just shy of 5.7 million total viewers, followed by NBC’s 5.3 million,

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While MSNBC viewership dropped 31% in the days after Election Day, Fox News ratings grew a whopping 61% in the same period, according to Nielsen data reported by Fox News.

MSNBC's prime-time viewership has plummeted by 54 per cent in the days following the US election. Sky News host James Macpherson claims left-wing media have “shot themselves in the foot” for telling “lies” during their coverage of the presidential campaign.

MSNBC’s viewership dropped on Thursday and Friday, following Donald Trump’s historic election night win. As Mediaite reports, on Thursday, Fox News averaged 2.6 million total viewers, with 375,000 in the key 25-54 demographic.