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    Fox News Audience Declines During John Lewis’ Funeral; Nielsen Week In Review 

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    Former President George W. Bush speaks during the funeral service for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Fox News Channel viewers are usually a loyal bunch, but thousands looked for the "off" switch during last week's telecast of civil rights icon John Lewis' funeral.

    Fox News, like the broadcast and other cable news networks, aired Lewis' funeral last Thursday, when former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama spoke.

    During the hour before the funeral's start, Fox averaged 1.67 million viewers, the Nielsen company said. In the same hour, MSNBC had 1.28 million viewers and CNN had 1.25 million.

    Once the funeral started, half of Fox's viewers slipped away while the audience increased for its rivals, Nielsen said.

    During the 2 p.m. hour, Fox had 595,000 viewers, Nielsen said. MSNBC had 2.25 million and CNN had 1.97 million at the same time.

    Things were back to normal by the time Fox News was airing "The Five" at 5 p.m. Eastern. That show had 3.2 million, while CNN and MSNBC combined reached 3.85 million.

    A day earlier, Fox's daytime viewership ranged between 2 million and 2.4 million, while CNN and MSNBC were in the 1.2 to 1.6 million range, Nielsen said. CNN's "Reliable Sources" first reported the funeral ratings.

    During primetime last week, CBS led broadcasters with an average of 3.2 million viewers. NBC had 2.8 million viewers, ABC had 2.3 million, Fox had 1.6 million, Univision had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.2 million and Telemundo had 910,000.

    Fox News Channel led the cable networks, averaging 3.07 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.88 million, CNN had 1.36 million, HGTV had 1.33 million and TLC had 1.25 million.

    ABC's "World News Tonight" led the evening newscasts with an average of 8.6 million viewers. NBC's "Nightly News" had 7.4 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.3 million.

    For the week of July 27 to Aug.2, the top 20 programs, their networks and viewerships:

    1. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.13 million.
    2. "America's Got Talent," NBC, 6.12 million.
    3. "NCIS," CBS, 5.08 million.
    4. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.52 million.
    5. "Hannity" (Tuesday), Fox News, 4.39 million.
    6. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 4.34 million.
    7. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Thursday), Fox News, 4.04 million.
    8. "FBI," CBS, 4.03 million.
    9. "Hannity" (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.97 million.
    10. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.95 million.
    11. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 3.84 million.
    12. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Monday), 3.8 million.
    13. "Hannity" (Thursday), Fox News, 3.79 million.
    14. "American Catastrophe," ABC, 3.75 million.
    15. "Titan Games," NBC, 3.69 million.
    16. "Yellowstone," Paramount, 3.63 million.
    17. "Regis Philbin: The Maestro," ABC, 3.622 million.
    18. "Hannity" (Monday), 3.622 million.
    19. "World of Dance," NBC, 3.59 million.
    20. "United We Fall," NBC, 3.58 million.

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