Lou Dobbs show beats all CNBC shows
“Lou Dobbs Tonight,” which airs on Fox Business Network, beat all other business news television shows in terms of viewers on Monday, becoming the first time a Fox Business show has accomplished that feat. Dobbs hosted as special two-hour edition of his show, with the 8 p.m. hour bringing in 291,000 total viewers, beating out “Shark Tank” […]
Fox Business beats CNBC in prime time with key audience
Fox Business Network beat rival CNBC in viewers in the key 25- to 54-year-old demographic during the primetime hours on Friday, according to Nielsen data. It’s the first time this year that the eight-year-old network has bested its rival during that time in that demographic. From 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Fox Business Network’s “After […]
Fox Business in dispute over reality series
Fox Business Network and reality TV heavyweight Leftfield Pictures have exchanged a new round of fire in the contract dispute that sparked a lawsuit earlier this year, reports Cynthia Littleton of Variety. Littleton reports, “Fox Business Network recently filed a response to Leftfield’s lawsuit, filed in July in New York Supreme Court, that accused Leftfield […]
Fox Business beats CNBC in key demographic
Fox Business Network, which earlier this month posted its best-ever ratings due to the stock market turmoil, has now beaten rival CNBC in viewers in a key demographic. The eight-year-old Fox Business scored Friday its first win in the 25- to 54-year-old demographic after dropping the Don Imus show in the 6 a.m. to 9 […]
Fox Business Network has its highest ratings ever
Fox Business Network‘s business day, averaging 179,000 total viewers and 36,000 in the 25- to 54-year-old demographic on Monday, was the network’s highest business day ever. Stuart Varney’s “Varney & Co.” set a network record for the 9 a.m. to noon block on Monday with 230,000 total viewers and 54,000 in the 25- to 54-year-old […]
When the stock market goes berserk
Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman writes for Town & Country magazine about what her day was like Monday covering the stock market, noting she has never used the word “crash” to describe the markets. Claman writes, “At 6am ET this morning I logged on and saw China’s stock market had been crushed to the […]
Fox Biz topped CNBC on Friday night
Fox Business Network beat CNBC in ratings on Friday night when it covered the stock market drop while its rival aired taped material, reports Chris Ariens of TVNewser. Ariens writes, “For its part, Fox Business Network’s 2-hour special anchored by Lou Dobbs from 7-9 p.m. ET, gave FBN a win over CNBC in prime time. […]
How Fox Biz’s Trish Regan covers a wild stock market
Trish Regan joined Fox Business Network as an anchor and markets reporter in April 2015. Regan is the anchor of “The Intelligence Report with Trish Regan.” Before Fox Business, Regan was at Bloomberg Television, where she served as the anchor of the daily market-close program, “Street Smart with Trish Regan.” While there, she also anchored […]
Fox Business Network posts highest July ever
Fox Business Network recorded its highest rated July ever in total viewers averaging 83,000 during the business day, according to Nielsen. In addition, every single program showed double- or triple-digit growth in their new time slot. July was also Fox Business Network’s highest-rated month of the year in total viewers in the key 25- to […]
Production company sues Fox Business
A production company that was preparing a reality television show for Fox Business Network has sued the business television channel after it halted production, reports Brian Flood of TVNewser. Flood writes, “Leftfield Pictures is suing Fox Business Network for $4.5 million for failing to pick up a reality series, according to a complaint filed Friday […]
