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 demographic.
Varney’s 9 a.m. hour on the tumultuous open of the markets when the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 1,000 points in the first four minutes was also the highest rated hour of the day for Fox Business, bringing in 252,000 total viewers and 65,000 in the 25 to 54 demographic.
In addition,”Cavuto: Coast to Coast” also posted a record high in the noon hour with 188,000 total viewers and 36,000 in the demographic.
Rival CNBC had its best business day of 2015, with 415,000 total viewers and 117,000 viewers in the demographic.