Categories: OLD Media Moves

Varney’s Fox Biz show hits ratings high

Stuart Varney‘s show “Varney & Company” on Fox Business Network hit a ratings high in February, one year after switching to the 11 a.m. time slot, reports Brian Flood of TVNewser.

Flood writes, “In February, Varney had his highest-rated month since the move, averaging 103,000 total veiwers and 18,000 in the key A25-54 demo.

“‘We are thrilled. We are working hard to keep it coming,’ Varney told TVNewser. ‘What a year!’

“The show was originally at 9:20atET, but the time change has been a success for Varney. The show is up +91% in total viewers and +38% in the demo, since the time change. For the month of February, ‘Varney & Company’ was the 72nd most watched show in cable news among total viewers, good enough to be the No. 1 show on FBN.”

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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.