Fox News is Election Week’s TV Network Winner

Each week, we highlight the most-watched shows and networks using insights from Inscape, the currency-grade smart TV ACR data provider and data technology division of Vizio. Data is linear, live TV only and includes all episode types (new and reruns). Rankings are by percent share duration (i.e., time spent watching). Here's a look at the top 25 networks by viewership share for November 4-10 — head over to TVREV to see the program ranking and get insights about the top shows by watch-time.

Not only did Fox News dominate primetime watch-time on Election Night, it also captured the largest viewership share across the entire week. The network secured nearly 10% of all minutes watched Nov. 4-10, and had a 15% primetime viewership share on Nov. 5 specifically. Fox News also won for cable news network reach on Election Day, with reach peaking between 8pm and 11pm.

• CBS takes No. 2 for weekly viewership share (8.46%), driven by the NFL, CBS Mornings and The Price Is Right, plus election coverage. 
• Thanks primarily to election coverage, Fox Business jumps into the weekly ranking at No. 24 (0.68%), and it was No. 8 for primetime viewership share on Election Night (2.48%). 
• Paramount Network rises from No. 22 to No. 13 week-over-week, with its 1.14% viewership share fueled largely by Yellowstone. The network aired reruns of the series over the weekend ahead of a new episode that premiered on Nov. 10. 

Unsurprisingly, election coverage dominated watch-time on the programming side of things — read more on TVREV.