Fox Business nearly doubles viewers in past year

Fox Business Network has nearly doubled its audience in the past year.

According to Nielsen numbers, Fox Business Network’s business day has pulled in an average of 102,000 total viewers this month, a 92 percent gain compared to October 2014.

In addition, the 25- to 54-year-old demographic saw a 60 percent increase year to year with an average of 16,000 viewers for October.

“Varney & Company” leads the network in viewers, closely followed by “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” and “The Intelligence Report with Trish Regan,” all of which have earned ratings wins over rival CNBC this fall.

The ratings records comes as Fox Business preps to host its first ever presidential debate on Nov. 10.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.