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Fox News anchors Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier. (Courtesy photo)

The Fox News Channel ended January as the most-watched cable news channel in America, delivering its highest single-month ratings for a January measurement period, according to Nielsen ratings.

The channel entered its 23rd consecutive year as the number one cable news channel in overall and key demographic ratings across the weekday schedule and in prime-time.

From 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern Time, Fox News delivered an average daily audience of 2.8 million viewers, including 353,000 viewers among adults between the ages of 25 and 54 years old (A25-54), the demographic most-attractive to cable news advertisers. Its year-over audience growth was logged at 40 percent in total viewership and 61 percent among A25-54 viewers.

In total-day programming, Fox News attracted an average daily audience of nearly 2 million viewers, including 253,000 in the A25-54 demographic, representing a 53 percent year-over increase in total viewers and a...

Fox News anchors Martha MacCallum (center left) and Bret Baier (center right) host the network’s coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention from Milwaukee. (Courtesy photo)

The Fox News Channel swept the post-election period with the top 500 individual cable news telecasts from early November to late December, according to Nielsen ratings reviewed by The Desk.

The top individual broadcast from the first day after Election Day to the last day of 2024 was Fox’s spillover coverage under its “Fox News Democracy 2024” banner, which saw 7.346 million households tune in between the hours of 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, the Nielsen data revealed.

The following hour’s broadcast of “The Five” was the second most-watched cable news program in the post-election period, retaining 7.155 million TV households.

Of the top 10 individual TV broadcasts on cable news channels in the post-election period, eight aired on Wednesday, November 6 while the remaining two aired the following day.

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Fox News has long entrenched itself as a pro-Donald Trump propaganda network dedicated to broadcasting, defending, and justifying the words and actions of the president-elect and his cronies. While Trump and Fox News regularly critique the “mainstream media” as corrupt, biased ideologues, the network itself is no stranger to bending the rules of ethics to suit their own political project.

According to the upcoming book Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power by Politico’s Alex Isenstadt, a Fox News insider fed Trump’s team questions...

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It’s almost time to walk the red, white, and blue carpet at the 2024 Patriot Awards. Hosted by Sean Hannity and presented exclusively on Fox Nation at 8 p.m. Et on Thursday, Dec. 5, the awards will honor and recognize America’s finest patriots, as judged by Fox. Tons of recognizable Fox News personalities will be on hand, and the only way to watch live is to stream the awards with a subscription to Fox Nation.

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Fox News Media will produce the sixth-annual Fox Nation Patriot Awards Ceremony on Thursday, December 5, the company announced this week.

The awards ceremony will be emceed by Fox News Channel prime-time host Sean Hannity, and will stream live through the Fox Nation streaming service at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (5 p.m. Pacific Time). Fox News will air an encore presentation of the awards ceremony on Sunday, December 8 at 10 p.m. Eastern Time.

The show partners with Tunnel 2 Towers (T2T), Patriot Mobile, Golden Corral and Belfor to honor and recognize America’s patriots, including military veterans, first responders and other everyday heroes.

Throughout the evening, heroes will be honored in a number of categories, including the T2T Stephen Siller Back the Blue Award, Fox Weather Ultimate Patriot Award, Fox Nation Award for Service to Veterans,...

The ratings are in, and Fox News is officially the winner of the 2024 election, TheWrap has exclusively learned. From Nov. 4 to 10, the network was the No. 1 network on all of television with weekday primetime viewers, beating both its cable and broadcast competitors.

During weekday primetime ratings for the week, which monitor 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Et, Fox News Channel averaged 5.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings. Fox News was followed by ABC, which led the broadcast networks with an average of 4.9 million viewers. As for CBS and NBC, both averaged 4.1 million viewers.

In total day from Monday to Sunday, Fox News reported an average of 2.6 million viewers and 472,000 in the 25-54 demo. This marked Fox News’ best week across both primetime and total day since November 2020. Overall, the network commanded 60% of the cable news audience share in both total day and primetime compared to CNN’s 16% and MSNBC’s 21%.

Looking at the total week,...

Fox News anchors Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier. (Courtesy photo)

The Fox News Channel scored the highest ratings of any broadcast or cable network in prime-time with its coverage of the 2024 election on Tuesday, according to preliminary data released by Nielsen.

The data showed 9.8 million households watched coverage of Election Night on Fox News between the hours of 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Eastern Time, the highest average audience across all television.

ABC News was the most-viewed broadcast network out of the “Big Four,” and second across all television, with 5.7 million people tuning in during East Coast prime-time hours. MSNBC was not too far behind, with an average audience of 5.5 million watching coverage hosted by Rachel Maddow on the cable network, while NBC News grabbed 5.3 million households with the network’s Election Night special.

CNN finished third among cable news channels and fifth overall, with just 4.7 million viewers tuning in...

Some of the nation’s biggest TV anchors saw the plans they had for Election Night change almost as soon as the first exit polls came in.

Early preparations for election coverage had called for hours and hours spent on sifting through what was supposed to be a neck-and-neck race. Instead former President Donald Trump quickly emerged as president-elect Donald Trump, while Vice President Kamala Harris’ supposed foundations among “Blue Wall” states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania crumbled throughout the evening.

The biggest audience tuned in to Fox News Channel, according to early Nielsen estimates that may change later in the day, followed by ABC News, and then MSNBC. From the late afternoon to the wee hours of the morning, the anchors had to keep level heads, and wait for the actual figures to come in before they could tell the full story.

Still, they could see a narrative building,...

TV viewing on election night dropped off considerably from four years ago.

Primetime coverage of the presidential election averaged 42.29 million viewers across 18 cable and broadcast networks from 7-11 p.m. Et, according to final same-day ratings from Nielsen. That’s a steep, 26 percent decline from four years ago, which drew 56.92 million viewers, and the least watched election night since the ratings service began keeping total viewer tallies in 2000.

Nielsen also says 22.6 percent of TV households (28.45 million) watched election coverage Tuesday, the lowest percentage ever dating to 1960. Donald Trump was elected to his second term, with most news outlets calling the race early Wednesday morning.

The great majority of Tuesday night’s TV audience — about 38.45 million people — was tuned in to the big four broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) and three biggest cable news channels (CNN, Fox News and NBC). Mirroring the overall decline, all them brought in smaller...

If there is one overarching theme of the best-laid plans by TV news organizations for covering the 2024 election night, it is “transparency.”

Wary of what happened four years ago, it seems that every channel is gaming out how best to not only show the numbers, but how the numbers came to be, what they really mean, and why they matter.

In a world where one call by a TV channel can throw a campaign into chaos, everyone involved seems to understand how high the stakes are.

The early Arizona call made by Fox News and the Associated Press in 2020 still looms large in newsrooms. Both parties, of course, ultimately stood by their call, and they were vindicated in the end, but according to executives and on-air talent at multiple TV networks that spoke with The Hollywood Reporter, the lessons of that call are still being felt.

Chris Stirewalt, for example,...

Election Day is here, and the major news networks are prepared for a long night — and potentially a long week.

With over 50 million people early voting in the 2024 Presidential Election, Tuesday night will offer plenty of results to thumb through even if an ultimate winner isn’t called until later in the week, and most of the news networks will kick off their election night coverage at 6 p.m. Et, with CNN even starting at 12 a.m. Et while NBC News begins at 5 p.m. Et.

MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki will return to the Big Board — and will even be livestreamed on Peacock and other social platforms — while Fox News will see Bill Hemmer steering the “Bill”-board.

Most networks have scheduled eight hours of election night programming from 6 p.m. Et to 2 a.m. Et, with a result for the presidential showdown between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump not expected immediately.

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Hate it or love it, Fox News Channel is a powerful force in American news, media, and politics. It’s one of the most-watched TV channels in the country, with viewership of all parties and ages. Right now, Fox News is especially important with the 2024 presidential election coming to a close. As with past elections, Fox News Channel will be providing non-stop coverage on Nov. 5. Bret Baier and...

New immersive graphics tech will be part of the Fox News Channel’s Election Night coverage in November. (Courtesy photo)

Fox News Media will unveil new immersive graphics technology during the Fox News Channel’s coverage of Election Night happenings next week.

The new graphics tech is part of the network’s overhaul of Studio M earlier this year, where the Fox News Channel broadcasts some of its news programming. It includes combined augmented reality tech that will be utilized by Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer — the network is calling it the “Bill”board — as well as touchscreen applications to enhance the channel’s reporting of voter turnout and results throughout Election Night.

Other elements that will debut next week include a map that outlines the “Path to 270,” the number of electoral college votes a candidate for the White House must receive in order to clinch the presidency; a “super...

Fox News is planning a barrage of high tech features for its election night coverage, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

With tens of millions of people tuning in for election coverage on Nov. 5, every network is pulling out all the stops when it comes to technology, and figuring out creative ways to display data, close races, and other returns on election day.

Fox News, which is the most-watched cable news channel in the country by a wide margin, is no exception. Its election coverage will be led by anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum in New York, who will hold fort in Studio M, Fox’s massive studio set within its headquarters.

Among the enhancements is an even more tech-infused “Bill”-board, the interactive segment with Bill Hemmer digging into exit polls and voting results. By now every cable news channel has an anchor or correspondent with a touchscreen of...

Donald Trump once again turned down an offer to debate Kamala Harris for a second time this week, this time from Fox News, and Jimmy Fallon joked that the rejection was so devastating, that they renamed “Fox & Friends.”

Initially, CNN offered to host the second debate, but when Trump said no, Fox News swooped in to also offer. Their debate would’ve taken place at the end of this month, moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. Still, Trump immediately said no, having said last month that if he were to do a second debate, he specifically wouldn’t want them moderating.

And Fallon is pretty sure the network is taking it a little personally.

“Fox was upset. They changed the name of their morning show to ‘Fox & I Thought We Were Friends,'” Fallon joked on “The Tonight Show.”

Elsewhere in his monologue, Fallon pointed out that the election is just 25 days away,...

Donald Trump reiterated this evening that he will not do another presidential debate with Kamala Harris, after CNN set a Thursday deadline for their proposed event and Fox News offered the candidates two other options.

“It is very late in the process, voting has already begun — there will be no rematch!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

Last month, his rival Kamala Harris accepted a CNN proposal for an Oct. 23 debate, but he declined, saying the date was too late in the process. The network set a deadline of Thursday for a formal response from the campaigns.

Earlier today, Fox News sent both campaigns letters proposing a debate in Pennsylvania on either October 24 or October 27, with Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier as co-moderators.

But based on his most recent comments, Trump’s position is no more debates no matter what the network.

In the last cycle, the...

Fox News anchors Martha MacCallum (center left) and Bret Baier (center right) host the network’s coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention from Milwaukee. (Courtesy photo)

Fox News Media has renewed its proposal for a presidential debate on their network, according to letters sent to campaign representatives for former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

On Wednesday, executives at Fox News proposed holding a debate on Thursday, October 24 or Sunday, October 27, according to copies of the letters obtained by The Desk.

It is at least the third time this year that Fox News has offered to host a debate on their cable news channel. The channel extended an offer to campaign representatives in July, and again in September.

The recent offer came two days after the New York Times published an editorial urging Harris to debate Trump on Fox. Harris has previously expressed a desire to hold another debate,...

Donald Trump announced in September that he will not sign up for another debate with Kamala Harris, but there are some pundits who suspect it may still happen before the 2024 presidential election. The latest update is this: Fox News, a network Trump has long shown a preference for, has once again proposed to the parties that it could host a second debate between them. This time, the proposal is for the debate to take place in Pennsylvania on October 24 or 27, with Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum as moderators. It remains to be seen whether Harris or Trump will accept this new pitch from the network. Donald Trump announced his disinterest in another debate immediately after their September showdown. In a post to his social media website, Trump wrote that his reasoning for declining a second debate with the vice president is because he believes he “won” the debate against her.

From left: Senator J. D. Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. (Vance photo by Gage Skidmore; Walz photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Fox News Media has become the first broadcaster to announce a plan to simulcast the CBS News vice presidential debate when it airs next month.

The debate, scheduled to take place on Tuesday, October 1, will pit Republican Party nominee Senator J. D. Vance and Democratic Party nominee Governor Tim Walz in their only scheduled television debate of the 2024 presidential race.

As was the case with the two presidential debates hosted by CNN and ABC News earlier this year, CBS is offering other broadcasters the opportunity to simulcast its television debate. The simulcast rules will be revealed in the coming days, but are expected to be substantially similar to the guidelines offered by CNN and ABC.

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After Tuesday night’s presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Taylor Swift took to Instagram to officially endorse Harris for the 2024 election. In the following 24 hours, nearly half a million people visited Vote.gov, the official government website where United States citizens can register to vote (learn more on how to register here).

As reported by Elizabeth Wagmeister (a CNN entertainment correspondent) and Betsy Klein (CNN’s Senior White House Producer), 405,999 people were referred to Vote.gov directly from Swift’s Instagram page. Such a number dwarfs the website’s usual traffic, which averages about 30,000 visitors per day.

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Update: According to data firm TargetSmart, Swift’s endorsement has led to a “400% or 500% increase” in voter registration — between 9,000-10,000 people per hour.

“I’m voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,...

Greg Gutfeld hosts the prime-time comedy talk show “Gutfeld!” on the Fox News Channel. (Photo courtesy Fox News Media)

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Fox News Channel (Fnc) finished the month of August as the most watched network in all of cable, dominating total day and prime-time viewers and coming only behind Olympics-focused USA Network in the 25-54 demo. According to Nielsen, Fnc occupied nearly half of the total day (47 percent) and prime-time (45 percent) audience share. As the Democratic National Convention (DNC) commenced in Chicago, Il (August 19th through August 22nd) Fnc secured its spot as most watched for combined overall convention coverage, averaging 4.5 million viewers and 731,000 in the 25-54 demo during prime-time for the DNC and RNC. In contrast, CNN had 2.3 million viewer and 614,000 in 25-54 demo and MSNBC drew 3.2 million and 516,000 in 25-54 demo. Fnc finished the week...

Donald Trump had a lot of things he wanted to get off his chest on Thursday night (August 22) following Vice President Kamala Harris‘ speech at the Democratic National Convention. The former president called into Fox News after the conclusion of Night 4 of the DNC, which took place at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. However, Trump’s comments were cut short when hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum had to hang up so they could throw to the live edition of Gutfeld! Before he was cut off, Trump claimed Harris gave “a tax increase of four to five times what people and companies and paying right now,” all the while being interrupted by dial tones, seemingly caused by someone pressing buttons on his phone. MacCallum tried to keep Trump on topic, asking his strategy for rebuilding momentum amid Harris’ rising popularity, particularly as “she’s trying to pull the youth vote,...

Donald Trump lasted about two minutes into Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination acceptance speech before launching into a full-blown public unraveling.

Moments after Harris took the stage Thursday at the Democratic National Convention, it became clear that the former president — and her 2024 opponent — was glued to the television in a hate-watch for the ages.

“Here she comes into the Arena,” was the first of around furious 50 posts in a Truth Social meltdown that began when Harris entered the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, and continued long after she left the stage.

Updated: The 2024 Democratic National Convention has reached its last day, Thursday, August 22. Programming began as early as 7 a.m. local time/8 a.m. Et with delegation breakfasts, and blocs of events are broken up into morning, midday and evening sessions. Primetime events take place in the evening starting at 6 p.m. Et.

Et News will air a live coverage special of the final night of the convention on August 22. BET: News Presents: Black America Votes the 2024 DNC will feature journalists Ed Gordon, Jemele Hill and Van Lathan. More details can be found below.

Related: Democratic National Convention Fourth Night: Kamala Harris’ Speech Finishes Week; Lineup Also Includes Gretchen Whitmer, Adam Kinzinger

Other networks providing comprehensive coverage of the DNC include ABC, CNN, CBS Fox News, MSNBC, PBS and more. Detailed outlines of segments and their times on the networks covering the convention can be found below.

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On the first day of the Democratic National Convention, there was a display of energy and optimism over the course correction, even if the proceedings itself have had to grapple with a crush of attendees, long security lines and an overly packed lineup that resulted in President Joe Biden getting pushed out of primetime.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-md), who got one of the choice earlier speaking slots, was unfazed as he walked out of the United Center just after 11 p.m.

“What a night,” he told Deadline. “I couldn’t imagine it going any better.”

Privately, some Hollywood boosters wondered if the first night would have been better had an hour been shaved off the lineup — a message that seems to have gotten through to the convention planners, who were making adjustments today.

Related: Democratic National Convention: What To Expect During A Week Of Political Stars, Protests And Kamala Harris...

Former President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff are among the speakers scheduled for the second night of the Democratic National Convention, while organizers are pledging changes to try to prevent delays.

The first night’s lineup ran into delays, to the point that President Joe Biden’s speech got pushed out of primetime on the East Coast, and finished after that key time period in the Central time zone. The delays occurred even as some parts of the lineup, including a performance by James Taylor, were scrapped.

Alex Hornbrook executive director of the Democratic National Convention Committee, said that they made “some real-time schedule adjustments last night” and that they were making some “other adjustments this evening, including beginning at 5:30 to make sure that we stay on track for that tonight.”

Related: “America, I Gave My Best To You”: Joe Biden Delivers Fiery Farewell To DNC,...

Exclusive: Despite the ardent wishes of politicians and pop fans, Taylor Swift will not be appearing at the Democratic National Convention this week.

“Everybody loves Taylor, but having her here would overshadow everything,” a DNC insider tells Deadline of a drop-in by the “Shake It Off” singer. “Think about it, no one would remember a word the Vice President said in her acceptance speech. All the headlines would be about Swift.”

“That doesn’t help us right now,” the source added of Kamala Harris’ jet-fueled bid for the White House ever since Joe Biden stepped aside late last month. The vice president is set to give her acceptance speech on Thursday. President Joe Biden will speak tonight after a DNC tribute to the 46th Potus and remarks by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden.

Along with Beyoncé, who has allowed the VP to use her 2016 tune “Freedom” as theme music, Swift...

Exclusive: Vice President Kamala Harris has turned to an old friend and Hollywood veteran to help reintroduce her to the nation and the world at the Democratic National Convention this week.

Reginald Hudlin has directed the short film on Harris that will precede the VP taking to the stage on Thursday for her acceptance speech as the party’s historic presidential candidate. Tracing Harris from her childhood in Oakland, CA to the corridors of power in Sacramento and Washington D.C., the August 22-debuting biopic is about 10 minutes long, we’ve learned.

“Reggie is the perfect person to do this,” an insider at the convention in Chicago says. “He knows her (Harris) well, they’re friends, and he clearly has the chops.”

Related: Democratic National Convention Lineup For Monday: Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Karen Bass And Aoc Among Speakers

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The highlight of tonight’s Democratic National Convention will be a speech by President Joe Biden in what is expected to be an emotional moment following his decision to step aside.

First Lady Jill Biden also is expected to make remarks, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also is in the lineup.

Others who will speak include Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-ny), Sen. Chris Coons (D-de), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-il), Uaw President Shawn Fain, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-tx), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-md), Rep. Grace Meng (D-ny), Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-ga) and Gov. Andy Beshear (D-ky). There also will be a focus on those who have been impacted by the state abortion bans.

Related: Democratic National Convention To Again Feature Celebrity Hosts

The theme of the night is “For the People.”

Biden’s speech is not a farewell, but will, like his campaign, highlight his accomplishments.

Fox News was the most watched network for the Republican National Convention last month, drawing an overwhelming share of the viewers throughout the week, including an average of 9.43 million on the final night.

The question is whether the Democratic National Convention will be a far different story — a big if given that leaders in the party have at times chided or shunned the network.

That said, figures such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Chris Coons (D-de) have made recent appearances, while Kamala Harris’ campaign announced over the weekend that part of a mega ad buy would be on the network’s daytime programming, “particularly during day-time programming which reaches a more moderate audience.”

In separate interviews, Deadline spoke to Special Report‘s Bret Baier and The Story‘s Martha MacCallum, who are lead anchors of Fox News’ coverage, about what they expect this week, whether it’s a...

J. D. Vance speaking with attendees at the 2021 Southwest Regional Conference hosted by Turning Point USA at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Gage Skidmore)

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Ohio Senator J.D. Vance have agreed to participate in a television debate that will be produced by CBS News in early October.

The news follows a confirmation by former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris that they will participate in a separate presidential debate scheduled for September 10, which will be produced and distributed by ABC News.

Vance has further called for his challenger to accept an offer to participate in a second vice presidential debate that would air in early September on CNN. A spokesperson for the Harris-Walz campaign said they will not accept that invitation, affirming their willingness to offer Walz for only one TV debate.

Historically, in election years, the candidates for vice president participate in one TV debate,...

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Fox News Media (Fnm) will present special programming surrounding the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) beginning Sunday, August 18th through Friday, August 23rd. Originating from Chicago, Illinois, the network’s convention coverage will be available across all of Fox News Media’s signature platforms, including Fox News Channel (Fnc), Fox Business Network (Fbn), Fox News Audio, Fox News Digital and Fox Nation.

Fnc will commence its special coverage from Chicago on Sunday with Fox News Sunday anchored by Shannon Bream (check your local listings). From 10 Am-12 Pm/Et on Fnc, Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino will anchor America’s Newsroom, followed by Outnumbered at 12 Pm/Et, America Reports from 1-3 Pm/Et, The Story with Martha MacCallum at 3 Pm/Et and...

Add NewsNation to the growing list of TV-news outlets hoping to telecast a presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.

In letters to sent to each candidate’s campaign staff Sunday that were reviewed by Variety, Nexstar executive Sean Compton, who oversees the NewsNation for parent Nexstar Media Group, proposed that both sides consider the cable outlet after Trump said Saturday he would not take part in an event already scheduled with ABC News for September 10 and instead proposed one with Fox News for September 4.

“I’d like to offer an alternative that would satisfy both candidates — not to mention the American public — a fair, respectful and even-handed debate on NewsNation, co-sponsored by The Hill,” said Compton, referring to the political-news media outlet also owned by Nexstar. He added: “We of course are flexible on the timing, format and location of the debate,...

Donald Trump has backed out of his previously scheduled presidential debate on Sept. 10 on ABC News.

Instead, the former president shared on Truth Social early Saturday morning that he has agreed to debate Kamala Harris on Fox News on Sept. 4.

In his post, he wrote, “The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant, and I am in litigation against ABC Network and George Slopadopoulos, thereby creating a conflict of interest.”

Trump agreed to the original debate on the network two months after he filed his suit against ABC News, and George Stephanopoulos was never set to moderate it.

He continued his post on Truth Social, explaining that his Fox News debate will be held in Pennsylvania and moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.

“The Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with Sleepy Joe,...

Weeks after Donald Trump backed out of a scheduled Sept. 10 debate, the former president proposed a televised face-off against Kamala Harris, but under his own terms.

In a Truth Social post, Trump offered to debate Harris but with a change of date — Sept. 4 — as well as a change in televised venue, insisting on the much-friendlier (for him) confines of Fox News instead of ABC, which was to host the planned Sept. 10 debate.

“The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden...

Former President Donald Trump said he would no longer take part in a planned debate between presidential candidates that had been slated for Sept. 10 on ABC, and instead pitched the concept of a new stand-off hosted by Fox News Channel on Sept. 4.

The ABC debate had been agreed to by both the Trump campaign and the campaign for President Joe Biden. Biden exited the 2024 presidential race in July, and Vice President Kamala Harris is now the Democratic nominee. She had committed to keep the ABC debate in place. The event was to have been moderated by David Muir and Linsey Davis.

In comments posted to Truth Social late Friday, Trump said the September 10 debate had been “terminated,” noting it had been agreed to when Biden was still the nominee. He also raised the issues of legal conflicts he had with ABC; Trump has filed a defamation suit against the network...

Update, with Harris campaign comment: Donald Trump says he will do a Sept. 4 debate on Fox News, albeit at a different date than the network publicly proposed, while he’s declared ABC News’ plans for a Sept. 10 face off with Kamala Harris “terminated.”

The former president’s Truth Social post on Friday, though, appears to be yet another effort to gain the upper hand in debate negotiation brinksmanship.

Fox News and ABC News have yet to comment on Trump’s post. The Fox News debate, Trump wrote, would be an arena event and held in Pennsylvania, a key swing state.

I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th. The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant, and I am in litigation against ABC Network and George…

— Donald J. Trump...

Fox News, known for the primetime hot talk backed by primetime regulars like Sean Hannity and Jesse Watters, is ready to enforce silence — for a good cause.

The Fox Corp.-backed cable-news outlet is vying for a presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, and top news personnel say they are willing to consider muting the candidates’ microphones when they are not responding directly to questions. The condition, which has not been traditionally employed, appeared to be a key one that helped CNN land its June 27 debate between Trump and President Joe Biden.

“It seems as if they liked it,” says Jay Wallace, president and executive editor of Fox News Media, and one of the executives who recently sent a letter to both the Biden and Harris campaigns proposing a debate on Fox News Channel for Sept. 17 — one week after ABC News had...

Bret Baier has in recent days been turning up in places where Fox News viewers might not expect to see him.

Yes, that was Baier and co-anchor Martha MacCallum anchoring President Joe Biden’s Oval Office address last Wednesday night, offering some news analysis of his decision to step down after his current term before ceding the screen to regular 8 p.m. opinion host Jesse Watters. And Baier and MacCallum greeted the Fox News primetime audience each evening at 10 p.m. during the week of the Republican National Convention. The usual host at that hour, Greg Gutfeld, instead moderated a live version of his comedy roundtable program at 11 p.m.

Fox News Channel may be better known for the rightward opinion shows that fill up its primetime grid, but in July, at least, it’s getting large audiences for more of its news content. The Fox Corp.-backed outlet has...

When will America get its first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and current Vice President Kamala Harris?

Trump, the Republican nominee, faced off against President Joe Biden on June 27, in a memorable debate that aired on CNN and instantly elevated concerns about Biden’s age and acuity. That set in motion a series of events that led the incumbent Potus to ultimately drop out of the 2024 race. (n a TVLine poll, nearly 70% said that Trump bested Biden in that first debate of the election cycle.)

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From left: Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. (Harris photo by Adam Schultz for the White House; Trump photo by Gage Skidmore)

Executives at Fox News Media have sent letters to campaign representatives for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump asking for the two presidential candidates to participate in a televised debate in September.

The letters, penned by Fox News Media President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace and Vice President of Politics Jessica Loker, were sent to Trump campaign co-chairpersons Susie Wiles and Chris Lacivita and Harris campaign chairperson Jennifer O’Malley Dillon on Tuesday, according to copies of the notes obtained by The Desk.

The requests amend one made earlier this year, in which Fox News sought to host a vice presidential debate between Harris and Trump’s running mate, whom Trump named as Senator J. D. Vance after accepting the Republican nominee for president last week.

Fox News has sent letters to the Donald Trump and Kamala Harris ampaigns proposing a presidential debate for September 17 in Pennsylvania.

“We are open to a discussion on the exact date, format and location — with or without an audience,” Jay Wallace, Executive Editor of Fox News Media, and VP Politics Jessica Loker wrote in the letters to both campaigns.

They also recommended Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum to moderate the debate.

Trump and then-candidate Joe Biden had agreed to two debates: the CNN event on June 27 and an ABC News-sponsored debate on September 10. The status of the latter debate is unclear, as Trump recently has bashed ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos. The ABC News event was to be moderated by David Muir and Linsey Davis.

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Fox News has proposed a new Sept. 17 debate to the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, a sign that TV networks see new opportunity amid a chaotic run for the White House and a desire by both sides to skip around the traditions that have been set in place in the past by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

In letters to the Harris and Trump campaigns, Jay Wallace, the president and executive editor of Fox News Media, proposed a debate moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, two veterans who typically lead the cable-network’s coverage of elections and top political moments. The event would take place in Pennsylvania.

“We are open to discussion on the exact date, format and location — with or without an audience,” Wallace said. The letters to campaign officials contained statistics on Fox News’ reach among independent voters in swing states.

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Fox News anchors Martha MacCallum (center left) and Bret Baier (center right) host the network’s coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention from Milwaukee. (Courtesy photo)

The Fox News Channel scored the highest ratings of any broadcast or cable network for its multi-night coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, according to data from Nielsen.

More than 10.3 million people tuned in to watch former President Donald Trump accept the Republican nomination, marking the highest program of the year and outpacing CNN’s presidential debate in June, the network said in a press release. Of those that watched, 2.1 million were in the key demographic of adults ages 25 to 54 years old (A25-54), the group most-attractive to cable news advertisers. The figures included the Fox News broadcast and a simulcast on Fox Business Network.

Across all four nights of the RNC, Fox News averaged 6.7 million overall viewers and 1.1 million in...

Many of them knew it was coming, but not exactly when.

The nation’s big TV-news outlets appear to have been caught flat-footed by President Joe Biden’s Sunday announcement that he would end his 2024 campaign for the White House, with many top anchors not visible on screen in the minutes after the president dropped his bombshell.

Broadcast networks fielded faces that were not as familiar. CBS News broke into programming at 2:02 p.m. with coverage lead by Kristine Johnson, an anchor at Wcbs, the company’s New York station, suggesting Norah O’Donnell, Margaret Brennan or Major Garrett were not immediately available (O’Donnell and Brennan joined about 45 minutes later). NBC News put up a special report 30 seconds later anchored by Hallie Jackson, who was recently named to lead weekend broadcasts of “NBC Nightly News.” ABC News broke in at 2:04 p.m. with coverage led by Rachel Scott, its senior congressional correspondent.

Scott MacFarlane, the CBS News correspondent, wasn’t quite sure what was going on Saturday night. He was covering former President Donald Trump’s rally in western Pennsylvania when he heard noises that reminded him of firecrackers. They were gunshots.

Suddenly, MacFarlane realized he was in potential danger — and a nearby rival was trying to keep him safe.

“Rachel Scott pulled me down,” says MacFarlane, referring to the ABC News veteran. She “grabbed me by the arm, told me to get beneath the bleachers.” On Sunday morning, MacFarlane tells Variety, “I gave her a big hug.”

As TV news outlets try to pivot from one of the rarest of events — an assassination attempt on a former U.S. president — to coverage of the Republican National Convention, such goodwill may be in short supply. MacFarlane, who has remained in Pennsylvania to cover some of the investigation into what has been described...

America decides in 2024, and viewers who want to see the most coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention when it meets in Milwaukee starting Monday, July 15 have plenty of options. Unsurprisingly, the most coverage will come from Fox News and the Fox broadcast network. With the assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump on Saturday, there will undoubtedly be even more attention on the GOP proceedings than normal. That means the best way to stream the 2024 RNC is with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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About 2024 Republican National Convention

The 2024 RNC will give Donald Trump the chance to...

This year’s Republican National Convention will take place in Milwaukee, Wi ahead of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Chicago in August. The RNC summit has been overseen by Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley and Chairwoman of the Committee on Arrangements Anne Hathaway for the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Amid Biden and Trump’s second showdown in a presidential election, eyes will be on both the RNC and DNC, which serve as the forums to officially nominate each party’s presidential candidate.

Here’s what the networks and streamers have planned for the 2024 Republican National Convention:

When is the 2024 Republican National Convention?

The RNC this year will take place from July 15-18.

How can I watch the 2024 Republican National Convention? Is it streaming?

Several networks are offering coverage.

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The 2024 U.S. presidential election promises to be one of the most consequential in the history of the country. Incumbent President Joe Biden will take on former President Donald Trump, and the pair have scheduled a single debate to lay their positions before the country. Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the debate on CNN on Thursday, June 27 at 9 p.m. Et, and will be simulcast on a number of different networks. Viewers can stream the entire debate live with a subscription to Sling TV.

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About Biden-Trump 2024 Presidential Debate

CNN is hosting the Biden-Trump debate, but it will be simulcast on a host of other networks.